kered
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Hi all, my name is Derek, i'm English but live in NW corner of Spain, about 120km north of the border with Portugal. After spending most of my life at sea i'm now a landlubber, forced to retire due to health, even though i seam to work more now than when i worked :laughing:
I live in a rural area with La Coruña, the closest city, half an hours drive away so i'm not completely isolated.
At the end of last year i bought an old tractor, 1978 Ebro A30L. Its a small 30hp articulated tractor with 4 wheel drive(all the same size) that needed a lot of work to get it in some sort of decent workable condition and spent most of my winter on that and other projects asociated with it, carry box, car trailer hitch and more recently a small agricultural trailer. Lacking knowlege on most stuff the internet has been a great help, thats how i found the forum, looking for and reading different topics related to tractors and the varios implements to make the labour easier.
I would have loved to have bought a brand new tractor but as i mentioned, retired due to health, money is not in great abundence but to compensate I have time and so i've had to do lots of scrounging, recycling and salvage to get working what i have. I must admit its been quite gratifying
The Ebro A30L is similar to the probably more famous Pasquali and Agria tractors, and was built under licencing from Valpadana in Italy.
It has a Lombardini LDA 672 aircooled diesel engine rated from 28 to 35hp depending on which tractor its on as this engine has been used by all the manufactures i have mentioned, and others on varios tractors.
8 speed grarbox, 3x forward and 1x reverse in each of the low and high ratios
3 point hitch and double PTO, the main one turns anticlockwise which is a pain when looking for implements that need power like a tiller or brush cutter as the clockwise PTO is not as robust and is mainly used for the likes of power driven trailers and pumps.
Once i find my way around i'll post more photos that i took during the restore.
Regards to all
Derek
I live in a rural area with La Coruña, the closest city, half an hours drive away so i'm not completely isolated.
At the end of last year i bought an old tractor, 1978 Ebro A30L. Its a small 30hp articulated tractor with 4 wheel drive(all the same size) that needed a lot of work to get it in some sort of decent workable condition and spent most of my winter on that and other projects asociated with it, carry box, car trailer hitch and more recently a small agricultural trailer. Lacking knowlege on most stuff the internet has been a great help, thats how i found the forum, looking for and reading different topics related to tractors and the varios implements to make the labour easier.
I would have loved to have bought a brand new tractor but as i mentioned, retired due to health, money is not in great abundence but to compensate I have time and so i've had to do lots of scrounging, recycling and salvage to get working what i have. I must admit its been quite gratifying
The Ebro A30L is similar to the probably more famous Pasquali and Agria tractors, and was built under licencing from Valpadana in Italy.
It has a Lombardini LDA 672 aircooled diesel engine rated from 28 to 35hp depending on which tractor its on as this engine has been used by all the manufactures i have mentioned, and others on varios tractors.
8 speed grarbox, 3x forward and 1x reverse in each of the low and high ratios
3 point hitch and double PTO, the main one turns anticlockwise which is a pain when looking for implements that need power like a tiller or brush cutter as the clockwise PTO is not as robust and is mainly used for the likes of power driven trailers and pumps.
Once i find my way around i'll post more photos that i took during the restore.
Regards to all
Derek
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