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if you drive up any road and start to see doors or bonnets or even wheels then you know a tratter is some where up that road.
What is a "tratterer"?
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A tratterer is the person who pulls your gaylander off a mildly damp field when it's part time four wheel drive fails.
Everybody knows a tratter will just sink on a mildly damp field cos of all those bits you bolt on to them:
Bigger coils
Bigger springs
Bigger wheels
Bigger tyres
Diff guard
Sump guard
Checker plate
More checker plate
Some more checker plate to cover the rust
Pig
Wing air vents
Snorkel
Checker plate on the wing where you cut the hole for the snorkel and found more rust
Winch
50 buckets of under seal to stop the rust
10 tonnes of weld to stick everything back together, cos "it wouldn't weld proper cos of all the rust mate"
Ifor Williams back to keep your pig dry
And I haven't even started on the Paddock Spares accessories brochure
Mike
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And I haven't even started on the Paddock Spares accessories brochure
Don't tell me that was rolled up and stuffed in the sill with underseal?
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Everybody knows a tratter will just sink on a mildly damp field cos of all those bits you bolt on to them:
Bigger coils
Bigger springs
Bigger wheels
Bigger tyres
Diff guard
Sump guard
Checker plate
More checker plate
Some more checker plate to cover the rust
Pig
Wing air vents
Snorkel
Checker plate on the wing where you cut the hole for the snorkel and found more rust
Winch
50 buckets of under seal to stop the rust
10 tonnes of weld to stick everything back together, cos "it wouldn't weld proper cos of all the rust mate"
Ifor Williams back to keep your pig dry
And I haven't even started on the Paddock Spares accessories brochure
Mike
Well known facts!
Same as that a freelander cant get to the end of the road without the doors falling off! My 90 hard top weighs 1660 kg, and with locking rear axle, 85% LSD in the front, it doesnt get stuck.
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My 90 hard top weighs 1660 kg, and with locking rear axle, 85% LSD in the front, it doesnt get stuck.
Ooo, nice... what sort of LSD has yer got?
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The doors fall off when a special button is pressed. It says " Emergency use only- Hair dryer failure" the doors then fall off and the sunroof opens to aid in getting the perfect hair doWell known facts!
My 90 hard top weighs 1660 kg, and with locking rear axle, 85% LSD in the front, it doesnt get stuck.
Mike
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Tru Trac, try it, very good. Pulls the front around so the locker in the back doesnt stop you steering when its really greasy.
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I has a hybrid LSD on me slitty... yours must be a rigid pig with the lot locked in.
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Lot of Jap an Jeep have rear locker as standard. Mine drives very well, very good for traction off road, doesnt seem to cause problems on road. I dont drive hard on the road anyway, just potter about, aint like there is a motorway round here anyway.
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Lucky buggerer
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Well if you wuznt near a motorway you'd miss out on yer regular 'Gordano Services Meets'.. flash once for watch twice for open the door...
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We dont say that when we have to go anywhere!
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That's so yesteryear, has that not eard of geonoshing?
"flash twice for open the door...and hope they don't fall ortf"
"flash twice for open the door...
and hope they don't fall ortf"
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Well if you wuznt near a motorway you'd miss out on yer regular 'Gordano Services Meets'.. flash once for watch twice for open the door...
Gordano is horrible! Although not as bad as Frankley !
Which, frankly , is the worst service stop on the system.Hilton park is pretty bad too, and a few others.
If you want a world class, state of the art motorway services experience, try the new Gloucester Farm Shop, on the M5,, or Tebay, in what used to be Westmoreland, up on the M6.
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Totally agree, but why do the farmers insist on inflating the prices?
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Just remembered, Stirling is a urine smelling, rat infesteed hole as well
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Plus you have to step over the pi$$ heads cuddling the urinals
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They dont.
It is more or less a retail operation, just more quality and local sourcing. Prices are fairly competitive with like for like quality in other services. They are a bit of a rip off, and always were!
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