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Who names their kit ?

Posted by Gary RK on May 1, 2018 at 7:05pm in Machinery

Come on.......who does that ?

Apparently I do, as I have referred to a couple pieces of kit recently by their pet names - much to the amazment of some of my guys (or possibly they think I've lost it....)

I feel emotionally attached to various pieces of kit, having spent a lot of time using/working with or sitting on them over the years.

Spill the beans.....any good pet names that reflect in some way the equipment, its use or your affection for it ......

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  • Ben Carter May 1, 2018 at 8:20pm

    I think we would all like to hear some examples?

  • Jim Gibbon May 2, 2018 at 7:49am

    Hi Gary, I definitely feel quite attached to my machinery and care for it well. Names....not yet but I think you have started somethiing:).

  • GORDON May 2, 2018 at 7:56am

    Does "START, you $€>#%+  thing" count.? 

    • Glen Stillman > GORDON May 2, 2018 at 8:07am

      Yep, they get some rather exotic names when they won't start 

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    Neal Barker @ Etesia uk May 2, 2018 at 9:18am

    i used to name my most used tools,

    only thing i have left from my days as a pro is my soft malet for slab's (timmy) and a post rammer AKA ''THE BOSS'',

    all the other kit i have now re purchased over the years although it has a value to me its not the same as when the kit i had was responsible for my living and ability to pay the bills so none of this has any pet names, not yet anyway

     

    • Ben Jakes > Neal Barker @ Etesia uk May 2, 2018 at 7:08pm

      We have Tina the Tipper and Fanny the Forklift.

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    Nick @ NM Garden Services Ltd May 2, 2018 at 7:19pm

    We call spades and forks "knives and forks"

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    Darren Walters May 2, 2018 at 9:04pm

    Not all necessarily pet names but here are a few!

    King Kong - Etesia Pro 51K

    Matilda the mulcher - Etesia ME53B

    Little Etesia - Pro46

    Monster mower - Hayter Condor - now sold

    The red one - Mountfield

    The little green one - Hayter 41 spirit

    Supermower - our new Hayter 41 Pro

  • Graeme Brown May 5, 2018 at 8:50am

    My brother calls tools weard names

    Sledgehammer called "betsy"

    A saw called "haw morris"

    A crowbar called "the persuader"

    No rhyme or reason at all, he is a rather strange man

  • Josh braker May 5, 2018 at 1:00pm

    One of my lawn mowers is named miss Jocelyn. We had a client who we installed artificial turf for and afterwards she gave us her old mower as she would no longer need it. Her name was Jocelyn so the mower is now named miss Jocelyn 

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