terminology/slang

[treeslayer]

Hold my beer, watch this...................

Damn, that had to hurt, but I don't feel a thing.....

Don't worry, it will grow back..........

That was supposed to happen, sweeps the sawdust off your roof and cleans the shingles....

Dammit, who put that mailbox/fence/sprinkler head/plant(insert your own) there?

we'll just drop it and prune the hangers it leaves later...........

Hell yeah, that's GOOD firewood, anybody will take it.....

 

[outofmytree]

most of the terminology I use looks like this ######## on the forums...

Lol. Thanks for the belly laugh man. I have similar memories of words that have slipped out when the branch didn't quite go where it was meant to......

I had not heard the term headache used untill a couple of weeks ago. A climber from the UK said it is SOP where he comes from. Over here we use "clear below" and "all clear". No reply means no cut.

 

[BlackenedTimber]

It's an old linemans term I think, been around for a long time. There is a 1930s movie called "Slim" (Kirk Douglas I think), about a lineman. They use "Headache" when they drop a wrench or something off a pole and almost hit a groundman.

That's absolutely correct. My old man was a lineman, and owner/operator of Morris Communications, he worked all over the Northeast US, and he is the one that taught me about "headache". It's industry-standard for lineman.

 

[Job Corps Tree]

as far as I know it was always head ache
Big stuff I liked (Get our the way Boys She is going to unwind) you know the ones that are going to spin twist and bounce off the tree

 

[beowulf343]

I'll yell "heads up" before i cut a bigger piece or one i'm not to sure about. My ground guys know when they hear the saw fire up to stop and look to see what i'm doing, and i make eye contact with both of them before i cut. I'll also tap the saw on the branch i'm about to cut, just incase they can see something i can't. If were rigging stuff out, i'll give a "thumbs up" and wait for a "thumbs up" back before i make the final cut.

This is almost exactly what we do. The only thing to add is we do alot of stem chunking, which means a lot of cutting with nothing happening. When I'm getting ready to make the money cut, i'll rev my saw three times. I hate throttle jockying, so my guys know when they hear it to look up.

 

[treemandan]

Here it comes

Here comes some

Watch out for yer pretty dumpling heads

Those are the usuall staples. I used to say headache but it turned into haddock then went to scrod. every once in a awhile I scream " Gefilte!"

So basically, in a nut shell, your are on yer own under there so if you are down there blow me, please and be careful. I am like a box of choclates...

 

[371groundie]

i saw a TP dispenser that was labeled "JB Hunt log sheets"

BTW i appologise to the OP, didnt mean to hijack the thread.

 

[jefflovstrom]

Once I had a climber so slow, I called him "Deadwood".
I had to get "Deadwood" out of the tree.
Jeff

 

[lego1970]

We had a groundman we called "Two Twig Tommy" because that's about all he would drag.

 

[Mikecutstrees]

Usually I say "coming down" and the groundies respond "All clear". My one groundie calls big rounds "Chubs"... I guess its a southern thing. On a few occasions we have had "chubs go for a swim. Once down a well, that I had to go spelunking for. That was interesting..... Mike

 

[treeslayer]

I like to yell LAY DOWN, B.I.T.C.H!! when I slam a big tree or pole, and can get away with it without the wrong person hearing it. :hmm3grin2orange:

 

[BlueRidgeMark]

It's an old linemans term I think, been around for a long time. There is a 1930s movie called "Slim" (Kirk Douglas I think), about a lineman. They use "Headache" when they drop a wrench or something off a pole and almost hit a groundman.

I've heard radio tower crews use it, so I guess it's been around.


Of course, I've also seen those crazy loons THROW stuff down at their buddies. Things like 4" x 5/8" bolts. From 150' up. All in fun.

 

[mckeetree]

I like to yell LAY DOWN, B.I.T.C.H!! when I slam a big tree or pole, and can get away with it without the wrong person hearing it. :hmm3grin2orange:

Sounds like a personal problem to me.