JB,
The 109E is currently 2850kg MAUW, and is no better or worse than the earlier A or C models. A little twitchy with #1 hyd off, as with many of its ilk, but I wouldn't subscribe to your description "lift you out of your seat nearly".
ISTR the 212 was a bit of a handful with hyd failure, and I do recall that I had to be specifically checked out hyd off when I returned to the North Sea after a fractured femur (I was still using a walking stick
). Someone thought it may be too much strain, in retrospect they were probably right!