Tafe tractors are they wearing well

[Devil's advocate]

Tafe tractors have been around for some time now, are they proving to be durable.

Shame they were not David Brown based with MF hydraulic system.

 

[Cowabunga]

They are basically older MF designs built to the same standard as when they were built at Banner Lane. Personally I would only buy the one that looks like a 35, the one with drum brakes and the swept back front axle, as a collectable, not for serious work. The ones with wet brakes though, are a far more practical work tool.
I had an Ursus, that was mechanically identical to a MF 275, for a number of years. It was a gem and I really do regret selling it in 2001 for a far more useful skid steer loader. The MF80 loader I took of my 165 fitted straight on to the Ursus with the only issue being the Ursus spool valves being rather difficult to modulate smoothly. It had the lovely shifting MF 8 speed gearbox and the square rear axle with the latest design [for the time] where the seal between the reduction hubs and transmission had been deleted.