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
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 Oliver backhoe is "Fat Albert", the Ford 1500 is "Ole Blue", and the John Deere, is well, "John Deere". ;D
I have big tractor and small tractor.
Our old Barko with a 353 Detroit is the Screaming Pumpkin.
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
They only get names when they break or get stuck :D
I've named some of my saws and we have names for some of the equipment at work.
My lt-30's name is slushmizer. it was changed briefly one year during a pigroast to foodmizer.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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
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foodmizer (Note the Pink "Lube-Inade" Dispenser)
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Quite the contrast there, Jeff. We have got to come 'round the lake one of these summers to see that set up.
mark
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)
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.
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
I don't name anything, other than my friend that stays in my pocket most of the time, I call him Colonel. ;D
My trucks have names but my equipment doesn't. The truck's names are kinda self explanatory, Blacky, Whitey, and Green Meanie.
If I named my stuff by colors, I'd have Rusty 1, Rusty 2, Rusty 3..... well you get the point :laugh:
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
the neighbor's dump truck is trigger mostly be cause he bought it off of a guy named Roy Rodgers
Bert, my cousin had a VW van that she called " Trusty " and then when it got older she dropped the " T ".
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.
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.
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.
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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
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.
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.
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 name all my OTR tractors. Starting in alphabetical order with "Amanda", to the current one I just picked Tuesday, "Fred".
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.
Well since this was first written old Harvey and AJ passed away. Darryl and Jack are still going strong.
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...
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.
The female voice in any of my vehicle GPS's is "Gypsy" for gps lady. My brother calls his Rhoda for road atlas.
My 1954 Oliver OC 6 crawler is good ole Ollie .
None of the names I've given to equipment are allowed in a family friendly environment.
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.
My skidloader is named Skiduardo.
Everyone else wanted to name it Skiddy but that was too obvious.
Alan
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
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
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.
I refer to my wife's Suburban as the Chevy Lemon. It is not yellow. My first Chevy.
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.
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.
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
My daughter would not entertain naming my grandson "Sawyer" when he was born. :(
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.
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.
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 (http://forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=13313.msg686820#msg686820)
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.
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