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Got Monsooned out today, dammit
supposed to rain all damn weekend too


By Gum I'll turn this into the Whining Thread Part Duex before long :biggrin:
 
It aint me im worried about. I Read the papers this morning and apparently we broke the record for rainfall 2 days ago, the road into the job was completely under water for quite a ways

Mud and you will become real well acquainted lol..........least ya in a skidder ......spare a thought for fallers they gotta be out in it
 
Comin out to the coast. It rains so much here your cold would be washed away! Lol yea roads an water don't mix especially with the regulatory folks nearby. Spent 2hrs yesterday workin with a number 2 excavator to keep the trucks rollin.

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Just think .......some folks have to pay to go mud holing lol .......you get paid for it .......however NASCAR slides are not obligatory esp when your giving the fallers a ride lol ..........We get enough excitement....
 
That's what we :coffee:got told when marking timber on steep, rocky, ground. "Just think! You're getting paid to rock climb while most people have to pay to do it!"

Did we forget the common tip of Always Carry Raingear. The day you don't, it'll rain for sure. ?

Well, there it is. Happy weekend logger! Now go maintain your equipment so it'll be ready next week. :biggrin:
 
That's what we :coffee:got told when marking timber on steep, rocky, ground. "Just think! You're getting paid to rock climb while most people have to pay to do it!"

Did we forget the common tip of Always Carry Raingear. The day you don't, it'll rain for sure. ?

Well, there it is. Happy weekend logger! Now go maintain your equipment so it'll be ready next week. :biggrin:

Haha. Thanks Patti! I just mopped down the boots with some sno-seal and put a what would chuck norris do? Sticker on my tin hat
 
It has been annoyingly wet here.

But, in retrospect -- every Memorial day weekend is usually crappy and rainy.
 
I was just glad it wasnt me running it when the trans fitting blew on wednesday

Did ya not download the pdf entitled 1001???

It contains 1001 excuses and tips on what to tell the boss when things go pear shaped on ya lmao

(the fallers book only contains 1 page .......blame the wind lol)
 
Right you are Jr. Thought it worth posting in full...


Common Tools Explained

To the unitiated, the workshop can be an intimidating place, full of tools you may not know what to do with. To help, here's a helpful explanation of common tools and their uses.

DRILL PRESS:
A tall upright machine useful for suddenly snatching flat metal bar stock out of your hands so that it smacks you in the chest and flings your beer across the room, denting the freshly-painted vertical stabilizer which you had carefully set in the corner where nothing could get to it.

WIRE WHEEL:
Cleans paint off bolts and then throws them somewhere under the workbench with the speed of light . Also removes fingerprints and hard-earned cleco calluses from fingers in about the time it takes you to say, "Oh sh*t!"

ELECTRIC HAND DRILL:
Normally used for spinning pop rivets in their holes until you die of old age.

SKILL SAW:
A portable cutting tool used to make studs too short.

PLIERS:
Used to round off bolt heads. Sometimes used in the creation of blood-blisters.

BELT SANDER:
An electric sanding tool commonly used to convert minor touch-up jobs into major refinishing jobs.

HACKSAW:
One of a family of cutting tools built on the Ouija board principle. It transforms human energy into a crooked, unpredictable motion, and the more you attempt to influence its course, the more dismal your future becomes.

VISE-GRIPS:
Generally used after pliers to completely round off bolt heads. If nothing else is available, they can also be used to transfer intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

WELDING GLOVES:
Heavy duty leather gloves used to prolong the conduction of intense welding heat to the palm of your hand.

OXYACETYLENE TORCH:
Used almost entirely for lighting various flammable objects in your shop on fire. Also handy for igniting the grease inside the wheel hub you want the bearing race out of.

TABLE SAW:
A large stationary power tool commonly used to launch wood projectiles for testing wall integrity.

HYDRAULIC FLOOR JACK:
Used for lowering an automobile to the ground after you have installed your new brake shoes, trapping the jack handle firmly under the bum per.

EIGHT-FOOT LONG YELLOW PINE 2X4:
Used for levering an automobile upward off of a trapped hydraulic jack handle.

E-Z OUT BOLT AND STUD EXTRACTOR:
A tool ten times harder than any known drill bit that snaps neatly off in bolt holes thereby ending any possible future use.

BAND SAW:
A large stationary power saw primarily used by most shops to cut good aluminium sheet into smaller pieces that more easily fit into the trash can after you cut on the inside of the line instead of the outside edge.

TWO-TON ENGINE HOIST:
A tool for testing the maximum tensile strength of everything you forgot to disconnect.

CRAFTSMAN 1/2 x 24-INCH SCREWDRIVER:
A very large pry bar that inexplicably has an accurately machined screwdriver tip on the end opposite the handle.

AVIATION METAL SNIPS:
See hacksaw.

PHILLIPS SCREWDRIVER:
Normally used to stab the vacuum seals under lids and for opening old-style paper-and-tin oil cans and splashing oil on your shirt; but can also be used, as the name implies, to strip out Phillips screw heads.

STRAIGHT SCREWDRIVER:

A tool for opening paint cans. Sometimes used to convert common slotted screws into non-removable screws.

PRY BAR:
A tool used to crumple the metal surrounding that clip or bracket you needed to remove in order to replace a 50 cent part.

HOSE CUTTER:
A tool used to make hoses too short.

HAMMER:
Originally employed as a weapon of war, the hammer nowadays is used as a kind of divining rod to locate the most expensive parts adjacent the object we are trying to hit.

MECHANIC'S KNIFE:
Used to open and slice through the contents of cardboard cartons delivered to your front door; works particularly well on contents such as seats, vinyl records, liquids in plastic bottles, collector magazines, refund checks, and rubber or plastic parts. Especially useful for slicing work clothes, but only while in use.

DAMMIT TOOL:
Any handy tool that you grab and throw across the garage while yelling "DAMMIT" at the top of your lungs. It is also, most often, the next tool that you will need.
 
SF do not use the dammit tool in the presence of your forman and or bossman. Especially if the dammit tool is one of their tools lol.
 

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