A beauty for sure. How is the forks, what sort of weight can you get her to lift? Silage bale?
Grey fergy’s with mill loaders are rated for 10CWT, which I think is around 500kg’s, however, it’s commonly known that greys have ridiculously strong hydraulics for their size - I know it will lift more but the front axel/mounts can be over stressed - so it’s not a good idea lifting over the half ton… they really are remarkable little tractors, I’ve had three variants, a P3, a TED and a TEA that myself and a friend co-own, I don’t think I’d ever be without one…
She’s a beauty! And yes, have used the little TE for cultivating and ploughing, they are so capable, you just need to know when to lift up to stop them bogging and they usually pull themselves out as they are relatively light…I cultivated some old clearfell ground with rotted tree stumps with the TE…I was amazed at the stumps and boulders it was pulling out of the ground! And was always told they need to be worked hard now and again to prevent glazed bores.
We have by law to be fully equipped with ROPS, roll over protection bars. It appears that you dont in the UK?
i don't think it's a requirement to retro fit ROPS to vintage tractors but you certainly cant buy a new one without but there is no law saying you can't remove it as far as i am aware but you would be at risk of prosecution if there was an accident and the HSE got involved
I believe all tractors old/new are required to have them. Even quad bikes as well by law.
I should clarify - pulling out of the ground with the cultivator…
not in the UK , there will also be a distinction between commercial and domestic
