Hilly
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Grays
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Chae1
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Looks like brand been sold. They are based in Dumfries originally were from fetterangus.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
Back in the day i used to have a few of there implements, always good designs but soft as butter, still have a greys multi harrow great but always needing the welder.
Gapples
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I concur on the old Gray's equipment, we fitted lots of their loaders, great big num brackets, they seemed to work on the theory that size was a guarantee of strength, it's not, use quality steel & not near as much of it & you'll have far better neater brackets & frames, plus they'll last...if the design guys have executed their job correctly.
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
I had a Grays loader on a 7610 and later extended it for a 7810. It worked well, although there were no replaceable bushes, self levelling or refinements like that. The side members did eventually crack but were easily welded and plated. Subframe was great. I think it did about 5000 hours in all between the two tractors. Changed the 7810 and loader for the NH8360 and big Quicke that still works evey day, now with 8000 hours on the clock.
Also have a Grays buckrake which must be nearly 30 years old. Its just ensiled second cut. Never had a problem with it. Wore the first set of Kv tines short and these were replaced, plus it had a set of oil pipes a couple of years ago just in case. No welding whatsoever done to it and it has been used on the 8360 since 1997 and was almost certainly bought in '87 to go on the back of the Ford 7610. No, come to think of it I have pictures of it behind the Same Tiger6 which must date it a year or two earlier. Possibly '85 then.
Also have a Grays buckrake which must be nearly 30 years old. Its just ensiled second cut. Never had a problem with it. Wore the first set of Kv tines short and these were replaced, plus it had a set of oil pipes a couple of years ago just in case. No welding whatsoever done to it and it has been used on the 8360 since 1997 and was almost certainly bought in '87 to go on the back of the Ford 7610. No, come to think of it I have pictures of it behind the Same Tiger6 which must date it a year or two earlier. Possibly '85 then.
Fishie
tweedale terrier
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- The Hills
Grays 14 tine buckrake probably the best money could buy back in the day !
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- Durham, UK
We have a greys hi tip bucket. Its a cracking bit of kit.
Weren't grays stuff still being manufactured by Murray at Peterhead?
Looks like they've just sold the thirty (forty / fifty?) year old designs to someone at Kirkpatrick Fleming.
Watson rollers use steel that's double the thickness these days and were asking less money for them.
Good luck to the "new" company, hopefully they'll update the product lineup to become robust and competitive.
Looks like they've just sold the thirty (forty / fifty?) year old designs to someone at Kirkpatrick Fleming.
Watson rollers use steel that's double the thickness these days and were asking less money for them.
Good luck to the "new" company, hopefully they'll update the product lineup to become robust and competitive.
Jon 3085
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- Worcester, UK
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
I used to have two of them, sold one recently, have a slewtic now far better grabs than them out there now im affraid.
Jon 3085
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- Worcester, UK
Will check them out.
Hilly
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- Scottish Borders.
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albut f501 them n slewtic can handle 3 rounds or 3 square at once.
Where can I find there original logo?
Cowabunga
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- Ceredigion,Wales
Get one or a few made by your local van/truck vinyl sign writer/decorator.