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Started by Bert, March 28, 2014, 09:40:51 AM

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Bert

We give most all of our equipment nicknames. Mostly they are named after people we bought them off of. We've got Harvey the wheel loader, Darryl the power unit, AJ the 064 saw and of course Jack the skidder. People look at you a little strange when you start saying "AJ's over on Jack" or "I just about ran over AJ with Harvey". When you spend your days with these machines its nice that they have a name.  lol
Saw you tomorrow!

red oaks lumber

the only piece of equipment i ever named was my old rip saw.. yup we called it jack, as in jack the ripper :D :D
the experts think i do things wrong
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Magicman

The Oliver backhoe is "Fat Albert", the Ford 1500 is "Ole Blue", and the John Deere, is well, "John Deere".   ;D
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thecfarm

I have big tractor and small tractor.
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

jwilly3879

Our old Barko with a 353 Detroit is the Screaming Pumpkin.

m wood

Bert, we've named our stuff too.  Like MM, the old "B" Model Deere was named John.  The old blue Fordson, my wife named Roy.  Our son named the Caterpillar Homer because it's about the same faded yellow as Homer Simpson :D
I am Mark
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modified nissan 4x4/welding rig
4x4 dodge plow truck
cat 931b track loader
Norwood mark IV
4' peavy
6' peavy
stihl 034
"her" wildthing limber saw
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DDDfarmer

They only get names when they break or get stuck  :D
Treefarmer C5C with cancar 20 (gearmatic 119) winch, Husky 562xp 576xp chainsaws

clww

I've named some of my saws and we have names for some of the equipment at work.
Many Stihl Saws-16"-60"
"Go Ask The Other Master Chief"
18-Wheeler Driver

Jeff

My lt-30's name is slushmizer. it was changed briefly one year during a pigroast to foodmizer.
Just call me the midget doctor.
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Dave Shepard

Quote from: DDDfarmer on March 28, 2014, 09:44:45 PM
They only get names when they break or get stuck  :D

That was my initial response as well. :D We have some tractors with names around here. Also some cows get names, too.
Wood-Mizer LT40HDD51-WR Wireless, Kubota L48, Honda Rincon 650, TJ208 G-S, and a 60"LogRite!

Magicman

Quote from: Jeff on March 29, 2014, 09:34:32 AMit was changed briefly one year during a pigroast to foodmizer. 
I know sawhorses, but sawhogs is a new one for me.   ;D
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sawguy21

Quote from: DDDfarmer on March 28, 2014, 09:44:45 PM
They only get names when they break or get stuck  :D
:D We won't pursue that one. I called one truck Harley 'cause it spent so much time at the side of the road.
old age and treachery will always overcome youth and enthusiasm

Bert

With foodmizer, I get the image of slicing the pig on the mill. Im hoping it was just a serving table ??? Know what you guys mean about choice names when they are broke down. I find a little sweet talk when they're running goes a long a way.
Saw you tomorrow!

DDDfarmer

Quote from: Dave Shepard on March 29, 2014, 11:23:17 AM
Quote from: DDDfarmer on March 28, 2014, 09:44:45 PM
They only get names when they break or get stuck  :D

That was my initial response as well. :D We have some tractors with names around here. Also some cows get names, too.

Some of our cows get names, I just can't say them here  ;D  I had one old cow that just would never shut up from the start of calving season till they went to pasture.  I called her Gail.. the name of my now ex-mother in law  :D  She would NEVER shut up either. :D
Treefarmer C5C with cancar 20 (gearmatic 119) winch, Husky 562xp 576xp chainsaws

Jeff

Quote from: Bert on March 29, 2014, 06:04:57 PM
With foodmizer, I get the image of slicing the pig on the mill. Im hoping it was just a serving table ??? Know what you guys mean about choice names when they are broke down. I find a little sweet talk when they're running goes a long a way.

Slushmizer


foodmizer (Note the Pink "Lube-Inade" Dispenser)

Just call me the midget doctor.
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m wood

Quite the contrast there, Jeff.  We have got to come 'round the lake one of these summers to see that set up.
mark
I am Mark
80 acre woodlot lots of hard and soft
modified nissan 4x4/welding rig
4x4 dodge plow truck
cat 931b track loader
Norwood mark IV
4' peavy
6' peavy
stihl 034
"her" wildthing limber saw
ALL the rustic furniture  woodworking stuff
check out FB

Busy Beaver Lumber

Cool Topic. The kids always thought I was nuts for naming the equipment, but most times it did it so they could actually remember which piece of equipment I was talking about. They were never good at brand names, but give it a catchy nick name and they might have a 50% chance of remembering exactly what you are talking about:

1988 Chevy one ton truck is "Rolling Gas Crisis" - Because it get 10 miles per gallon
Hydraulic Splitter is "Large Persuader"
CNC Router is " The Sign Maker"
Laser Engraver is now nicknamed "Sparky"

Every family member has a nickname as well. Some names are more flattering than others, usually associated with their talents, or the lack thereof.  Many could not be aired on the forum.  :o Surfice it to say, I am the "Beaver" 8)
Woodmizer LT-10 10hp
Epilog Mini 18 Laser Engraver with rotary axis
Digital Wood Carver CNC Machine
6 x 10 dump trailer
Grizzly 15in Spiral Cut Surface Planer
Grizzly 6in Spiral Cut Joiner
Twister Firewood Bundler
Jet 10-20 Drum Sander
Jet Bandsaw



Save a tree...eat a beaver!

Darrel

I have a name for the nice lady that lives inside my wife's gps device in the dashboard of her Subaru.  Can't say it here though, but trust me, it fits her well. 
1992 LT40HD

If I don't pick myself up by my own bootstraps, nobody else will.

Alcranb

Quote from: Darrel on March 31, 2014, 04:33:09 AM
I have a name for the nice lady that lives inside my wife's gps device in the dashboard of her Subaru.  Can't say it here though, but trust me, it fits her well.

Guess I'm not alone  :) we call her Phyllis. Ours has a few years behind her so consequently Phyllis occasionally gives some lousy info. Sweet old Phyllis quickly changes gender and becomes a son..... :-X
"Twenty years from now, you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do.  So throw off the bowlines.  Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.  (Mark Twain)

Texas Ranger

I don't name anything, other than my friend that stays in my pocket most of the time,  I call him Colonel.   ;D
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LeeB

My trucks have names but my equipment doesn't. The truck's names are kinda self explanatory, Blacky, Whitey, and Green Meanie.
'98 LT40HDD/Lombardini, Case 580L, Cat D4C, JD 3032 tractor, JD 5410 tractor, Husky 346, 372 and 562XP's. Stihl MS180 and MS361, 1998 and 2006 3/4 Ton 5.9 Cummins 4x4's, 1989 Dodge D100 w/ 318, and a 1966 Chevy C60 w/ dump bed.

Bert

If I named my stuff by colors, I'd have Rusty 1, Rusty 2, Rusty 3..... well you get the point :laugh:
Saw you tomorrow!

coxy

Quote from: DDDfarmer on March 28, 2014, 09:44:45 PM
They only get names when they break or get stuck  :D
and boy do I have a lot of names for them :D :D :D :D

flyboy16101

the neighbor's dump truck is trigger mostly be cause he bought it off of a guy named Roy Rodgers
Wood-mizer Lt35, International 504 w/ loader, Hough HA Payloader, Stihl Ms290, Ms660, LogRite Cant Hook

r.man

Bert, my cousin had a VW van that she called " Trusty " and then when it got older she dropped the " T ".
Life is too short or my list is too long, not sure which. Dec 2014

Jeff

I think this is a good topic to bump back up, it never got the input it could have got. i can add to it.

We call my newest to me 2000 silverado 4red because its the 4th red one in a row. And of course we have Mr. Truck.
Just call me the midget doctor.
Forestry Forum Founder and Chief Cook and Bottle Washer.

Commercial circle sawmill sawyer in a past life for 25yrs.
Ezekiel 22:30

Southside

My skidder is the "Drag Queen" because she can pull a house without any effort, and the feller buncher is "Big Pig" as one day I was crawling around on those 72" tall, 60" wide tires and said to myself, "this thing is one big pig of a machine".   One day I will get someone to paint those names across the back of each one.  
Franklin buncher and skidder
JD Processor
Woodmizer LT Super 70 and LT35 sawmill, KD250 kiln, BMS 250 sharpener and setter
Riehl Edger
Woodmaster 725 and 4000 planner and moulder
Enough cows to ensure there is no spare time.
White Oak Meadows

Downstream

I have a slightly different naming game we play.  When I finish a new piece of live edge furniture if it picks up a name from my wife then I can't put it up for sale.  That is the loose rule of thumb.  Here is an example of one of the first items affected by this policy.  My wife called it the "knobby knee" table first time she saw it.  When I started to price it she calmly stated that I can't sell it because it has been named.  I guess kind of like old school farm animals that became pets.  I did quickly put a limit on the naming game informing my wife that it is not a business If I can't sell anything.  Fortunately, she has only named a couple of items.



 
EZ Boardwalk Jr,  Split Second Kinetic logsplitter, Granberg Alaskan Chainsaw Mill, Stihl 660 and 211, Logrite 60" cant hook, Dixie 32 Tongs

Southside

The cows get names too, the heifers get endearing names and the bull calves get cut of beef names, Slider, Tri-tip, Arby, etc.   ;D
Franklin buncher and skidder
JD Processor
Woodmizer LT Super 70 and LT35 sawmill, KD250 kiln, BMS 250 sharpener and setter
Riehl Edger
Woodmaster 725 and 4000 planner and moulder
Enough cows to ensure there is no spare time.
White Oak Meadows

Pine Ridge

I've got an old 1990 chevy 4x4 pickup, bought it off a guy named Bob, so i wanted to call it Bob. My wife calls it the bomb, she said it may blow up at anytime.
Husqvarna 550xp , 2- 372xp and a 288xp, Chevy 4x4 winch truck

Kindlinmaker

I've named a few thru the years.  Several got names that shouldn't be repeated in mixed company because of performance issues but a few got names because I just enjoyed them. My favorite was a bale chopper named PacMan - loved watching huge bales of straw spinning around, being chopped up and blown out. 

Was always going to buy a new fishing boat when I retired and name it after my bride.  I decided to stay inland and enjoy my wood habit instead of fishing. When I bought a new Kubota M62 to replace a smaller Deere for moving logs, I used the boat name for it.  Not sure the name helped any when I told my wife I had ordered it and got that cold look only wives have.  Didn't help much when I told her it cost a whole lot less, is easier on fuel and more productive than a boat either. 

Just picked up an Eastonmade 22-28. What a beast.  Love watching it tear thru wood.  That one will definitely get a name. 
If you think the boards are twisted, wait until you meet the sawyer!

scgargoyle

Every old truck I've owned was called 'Bubba'. My '65 Ford tractor was dubbed 'Sven' because it's blue and yellow (loader), the colors of the Swedish flag. Her beloved Oldsmobile was named 'Bessie'. Equipment has to be around a while to earn a name. My new zero-turn has a long way to go.
I hope my ship comes in before the dock rots!

clww

I name all my OTR tractors. Starting in alphabetical order with "Amanda", to the current one I just picked Tuesday, "Fred".
Many Stihl Saws-16"-60"
"Go Ask The Other Master Chief"
18-Wheeler Driver

WV Sawmiller

  As to naming farm animals I used to name my billy goats after various politicians whose traits they exhibited. If you ever raised goats you will understand that was not complimentary and maybe unfair to the goats but I digress.

   My Mill is generally Milly.
Howard Green
WM LT35HDG25(2015) , 2011 4WD F150 Ford Lariat PU, Kawasaki 650 ATV, Stihl 440 Chainsaw, homemade logging arch (w/custom built rear log dolly), JD 750 w/4' wide Bushhog brand FEL

Dad always said "You can shear a sheep a bunch of times but you can only skin him once

Bert

Well since this was first written old Harvey and AJ passed away. Darryl and Jack are still going strong.
Saw you tomorrow!

lxskllr

My robot was named Robby by one of the contractors I work with. He loves that thing. Me OTOH... I'd get banned if I listed the names I've given it.   :^P

Would have been nice if it got stolen with my personal gear...

Ed_K

 I've only named one. Taylor skidder is Jimmy, my oldest son had a imaginary friend "jimmy" and it was born to same month same yr as my son maybe a few days difference but I don't think so.It's strong headed and doesn't quit just like danny. And of coarse it has a detroit too.
Ed K

gspren

The female voice in any of my vehicle GPS's is "Gypsy" for gps lady. My brother calls his Rhoda for road atlas. 
Stihl 041, 044 & 261, Kubota 400 RTV, Kubota BX 2670, Ferris Zero turn

Al_Smith

My 1954 Oliver OC 6 crawler is good ole Ollie .

Corley5

None of the names I've given to equipment are allowed in a family friendly environment.
Burnt Gunpowder is the Smell Of Freedom

DFILER2

Not sure why but we usually named equipment also, I had a 770 Oliver with a loader we called "Ollie" and a Ford Major diesel that was such a good little tractor I promoted it to "Seargent Major". Those are the only two I can remember.

alan gage

My skidloader is named Skiduardo. 

Everyone else wanted to name it Skiddy but that was too obvious.

Alan
Timberking B-16, a few chainsaws from small to large, and a Bobcat 873 Skidloader.

reride82

My 1996 Chevy 3/4 ton is "Ol Red" because of the color, My Farmall M is Margaret, the newly acquired Cat D4 is Delores, and I really like Milly for the Belsaw ;D

Levi
'Do it once, do it right'

'First we shape our buildings, then our buildings shape us'
Living life on the Continental Divide in Montana

Warbird

The log splitter I call "Jewel Crusher" cause on more than one occasion while splitting a really gnarly log, when it came apart, pieces nearly took out the family jewels if you know what I mean.

The F350 dually is called "Big Bertha" cause well, uhhh, a friend who is a LEO was following me after lunch when the truck was new.  He called me up and made some comments about big rear ends.  And it's probably best if the story stops there.  ;D 

breederman

When I was breeding cows I drove.a white mini van for several years that a customer named the giant sperm. I am now on my second company truck named genny ,after the name of the company plastered on the side of it. 
Together we got this !

caveman

I refer to my wife's Suburban as the Chevy Lemon.  It is not yellow. My first Chevy.
Caveman

moodnacreek

My first forklift, an IH 350 u conversion, I named Dougy, after my son. When people asked how I did things around here like heavy lifting I would say Dougy helped me.

hedgerow

I have a old homemade tractor that the wife named it after the builder. Had a old ford cabover semi years ago that was named old rust. We have several farms that are named after the old owners that are long gone. 

alan gage

Quote from: hedgerow on July 23, 2019, 08:59:59 AM
We have several farms that are named after the old owners that are long gone.
I have friends that do that too. But one piece of land is named "shaky", which describes their financing at the time.
Alan
Timberking B-16, a few chainsaws from small to large, and a Bobcat 873 Skidloader.

WV Sawmiller

   My daughter would not entertain naming my grandson "Sawyer" when he was born. :(
Howard Green
WM LT35HDG25(2015) , 2011 4WD F150 Ford Lariat PU, Kawasaki 650 ATV, Stihl 440 Chainsaw, homemade logging arch (w/custom built rear log dolly), JD 750 w/4' wide Bushhog brand FEL

Dad always said "You can shear a sheep a bunch of times but you can only skin him once

moodnacreek

Quote from: hedgerow on July 23, 2019, 08:59:59 AM
I have a old homemade tractor that the wife named it after the builder. Had a old ford cabover semi years ago that was named old rust. We have several farms that are named after the old owners that are long gone.
That is an old and very respectful tradition.

thecfarm

We use to own the Gordon Place,Yeaton Place and Clark Place.  People would move off from the farms into town. They would ask my Grandparents to buy their land. He had a job and could buy it. I can still hear my Father say he saw one family haul everything they owned away in a hay wagon.
Model 6020-20hp Manual Thomas bandsaw,TC40A 4wd 40 hp New Holland tractor, 450 Norse Winch, Heatmor 400 OWB,YCC 1978-79

Ron Scott

Many of our loggers have named their woodhauler's and have the name painted on their rigs. Many names have been posted through out the "Timber Harvesting Methods & Equipment" thread.

Timber Harvest Methods & Equipment in Forestry and Logging
~Ron

moosehunter

I had a 1964 D6 named Bullwinkle. When I bought my wife a Polaris 4 wheeler it became "Rocky". We had a 67 Ford Galaxy 500 named Yellow Bird. It was very yellow.

mh
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