machinery names and tree lingo

[butler]

tit reduction

[butler]

i was once asked by my boss (and older brother) to go and give that conifer a quick tickle....half a hour later he reapered to see if id finished to find me stood at the bottom of the tree actual tickling it....

[Pat Ferrett]

If a bit more effort is needed we say (Give it ere - Av it- gercher_bugger )

Twisted branches are referd to as (cuckooed up)

A heaverly pollarded tree is a (hat rack or coat stand)

[Big Bolt]

Iron Horse = nedy

Boxer = bully

renault 75/14 = traky

Holder = easy peasy

Entec = feed me

346xp = cut and slash

youngest bloke = the boy

[TRADITIONAL LOGGERS]

Depends if the chainsaw starts first time and the work goes well.

[armchairarborist]

Dumpy -tracked dumper

Splitty -log splitter

Old Tug -landy

Claire -ms460 (don't ask:blushing:)

Expendable objects -clients fence/bedding plants/shrubs/old tug

Strap on -webbing strap, best shouted down as 'put us big strapon't line' or 'ill av big strapon please'

 

edit

Oik -qualified subbie for groundwork

Scrote -unqualified subbie for groundwork

Edited February 21, 2011 by armchairarborist

[Le Sanglier]

Landrover= witches curse

088 =widowmaker

heavy reduction= giving it a good muppeting

groundsman=plonky

[corylus]

My 8 yr old christenened the chipper 'Blake', cos its a Bearcat and has a picture of sommat like a Tiger on it.

Always call alders 'Larrys' as in Larry Adler. Suppose we should really call em Alans!

 

Oh and of course, its either "pass the Brian" or "pass Immanuel" when i want the cant hook.

Edited February 22, 2011 by corylus

[ben lightfoot]

If someone leaves stubs and have not cut back to points we say that peggy mitchell has been up there or if a tree has been butchered well old frank butcher must have been up there. For some reason we call the valtra 3600 snoopy, think its the nose?

[Breton monkey]

Abu Hamza = claw shaped garden weeding tool, that we use on a telescopic handle to get down any hangers or to catch rope ends.