Naming your equipment

[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

[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

[Magicman]

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

[thecfarm]

I have big tractor and small tractor.

[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

[DDDfarmer]

They only get names when they break or get stuck  :D

[clww]

I've named some of my saws and we have names for some of the equipment at work.

[Jeff]

My lt-30's name is slushmizer. it was changed briefly one year during a pigroast to foodmizer.

[Dave Shepard]

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.

[Magicman]

it was changed briefly one year during a pigroast to foodmizer. 

I know sawhorses, but sawhogs is a new one for me.   ;D

[sawguy21]

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.

[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.

[DDDfarmer]

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

[Jeff]

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)

[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

[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.  Surfice it to say, I am the "Beaver" 8)

[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. 

[Alcranb]

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.....

[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

[LeeB]

My trucks have names but my equipment doesn't. The truck's names are kinda self explanatory, Blacky, Whitey, and Green Meanie.

[Bert]

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

[coxy]

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

[r.man]

Bert, my cousin had a VW van that she called " Trusty " and then when it got older she dropped the " T ".