prankin.

ronnyb · 25th January 2008, 05:51 PM

Insert a couple of newspapers inside the feed rollers of the chipper. The first piece of brush pushes it into the knives, and instant giant confetti. It blows right back out of the truck because it's so lightweight and makes a nice big mess. Another is to take grease and put it on the underside of the doorhandles.

newguy18 · 25th January 2008, 07:12 PM

or canola oil smeared inside a doorway.

polly · 25th January 2008, 08:09 PM

I can't wait to try the newspaper one... that's funny and trying to use the blower to clean up would'nt work either., only make it worse........
he he he

I like this thread

Polly

newguy18 · 25th January 2008, 08:10 PM

you could always let the air out of the truck tires.

polly · 25th January 2008, 08:21 PM

I can't do anything that's going to cost me too much money unfortunatley,

lucky for me non of the boys read stuff on tree world so I should get away with it.

We had this lady ring for a job she was vietnamese and of course you ca'nt discriminate (although i think there would be hardly chicks out there who could do tree work full time) so I asked her all the questions like
do you have a truck license?
she said she could get one and pay for that herself
could she climb? she said she was a quick learner
could so maintain and operate a chainsaw, she said she'd read the manual and would be willing to get her tickets
I asked if she was fit? she said yes
she lived about 60km away from our yard and had no transport , but her answer to that was she liked to catch the bus.

She had an answer for everything!

So there I was imaging this 4 foot tiny little vietnamese lady, built like a sparrow out with the boys and was almost about to say 'come in tommorrow and try out 'when she asked me what time we started , I said 7am sharp and her reply was

"oh no dis no good for me dis my barftime'

God forbid having a bath at another time!

I would have loved to see the look on the boys faces when she turned up

newguy18 · 25th January 2008, 08:47 PM

you could always do the usual stuff.sawdust in thier coffee or leaves in thier sandwich.

TrevMcRev · 25th January 2008, 11:52 PM

Cover your arm in red kino from a Euc, drop the running chainsaw and run towards em screaming

Sean Freeman · 25th January 2008, 11:57 PM

newguy18 · 26th January 2008, 06:41 AM

make sure to put some on the saw too.

JohN Dee · 29th January 2008, 04:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TrevMcRev

Cover your arm in red kino from a Euc, drop the running chainsaw and run towards em screaming

All time favourite!

newguy18 · 29th January 2008, 06:52 PM

taking the spark plugs out of the saws?

playfordtree · 31st January 2008, 11:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polly

the boys in our crew often play tricks on me , ring me up and say the chipper just rolled away , they forgot to put chocks down and the brake failed and they ca'nt find it and did'nt hear a thing cause they were in the backyard ( i get tears in my eyes and they are sooooo convincing) or they just took out the latest audi, whoops!
I just wait a week and tell them the next days job is removal of 20 langanara's and we've got no suits left ( but I wait till it also going to be a really hot day) you should see the looks on their faces

also another i sometimes throw in but not too often otherwise they dont fall for it is, the next job the customer has this really wild bull mastiff, would they mind to catch it and tie it up, the owner left out baseball gloves and gave instructions that whatever they do do'nt turn their backs on it and they'll be fine.
( there is always a dog to tie up but it's a little thing not a mastiff)
anyone got any other good ideas for me for payback?

I love a good practical joke.

How are ya Polly?
I hope you and Stef & kids had a good Christmas/New Year.

as for a prank,

Wait till your crew have just finished a big job and they are nearly home, then ring them up and say you've just had the customer on the phone complaining about the cleanup they did at the job.

They will swear black & blue that the customer was happy with the job.

You then reply "the customer told you they didn't want to complain at the time as they felt intimidated."

Tell the crew they have to turn around and go back to the job and redo the cleanup.

Make up some story about the customers husband being a lawyer or something.
Act a little pissed off with the crew like they have let you down, and then hang up on them.

Then give them about ten minutes, in which time they should have turned around and be heading back to the job.

Then ring them up and let them in on the joke.

As for the Vietnamese lady ringing up for a job,
sounds like you've been pranked again.

cheers Simon

polly · 1st February 2008, 12:46 AM

No one could act that well, but maybe....... I never thought of that.

I have an even better idea, next time if we chip for you again, you can help me with a prank!

cheers

Polly

by the way are you going to the tree climbing masters workshop at waite?

Sounds pretty good, stef's going.

playfordtree · 2nd February 2008, 08:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by polly

No one could act that well, but maybe....... I never thought of that.

I have an even better idea, next time if we chip for you again, you can help me with a prank!

cheers

Polly

by the way are you going to the tree climbing masters workshop at waite?

Sounds pretty good, stef's going.

Haven't heard about it?
Have you got any info?

Killa Ferret · 11th March 2008, 12:18 PM

When my boss goes to climb a tree he usually asks for the ladder, so when he starts goin up, i steady the ladder at the bottom, when his ass is level with my face, he'll fart, it'll be silent then you hear him crank another one out, you look up and there he is looking about as if there was something else that did it.

Another one is while someone is on the back of the truck having a pee, you jump in the truck and raise the tipper, another thing with the tipper is that water collects on the top, if your behind it when it gets tipped , you get wet.

This one isnt a prank but it's annoying, i was about three quarters up a pine taking off the branches when i look down to see that the customer had brought them coffee, they jus stood there drinking, by the time i got done, mine was stone cold, ah well.

Ferret

JohN Dee · 17th March 2008, 09:16 PM

Before the climber goes up the tree(without him noticing), remove one of his gaffs from the shank.

Watch him try to kick in and miss or even better he steps on the other one and gets his motion going only to land on his ass. (And yes I'm aware of how much it hurts when you go to gaff in and you completely miss

)

bigshea13 · 18th March 2008, 05:49 PM

today my brother hooked the snap on his harness to another trimmers harness and took off running.

i wish id had the camera ready.

25th January 2008, 05:51 PM	#26 (permalink)
ronnyb Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 64	Re: prankin. Insert a couple of newspapers inside the feed rollers of the chipper. The first piece of brush pushes it into the knives, and instant giant confetti. It blows right back out of the truck because it's so lightweight and makes a nice big mess. Another is to take grease and put it on the underside of the doorhandles.

25th January 2008, 07:12 PM	#27 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,632	Re: prankin. or canola oil smeared inside a doorway. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

25th January 2008, 08:09 PM	#28 (permalink)
polly former member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide Hills Posts: 74	Re: prankin. I can't wait to try the newspaper one... that's funny and trying to use the blower to clean up would'nt work either., only make it worse........ he he he I like this thread Polly

25th January 2008, 08:10 PM	#29 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,632	Re: prankin. you could always let the air out of the truck tires. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

25th January 2008, 08:21 PM	#30 (permalink)
polly former member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide Hills Posts: 74	Re: prankin. I can't do anything that's going to cost me too much money unfortunatley, lucky for me non of the boys read stuff on tree world so I should get away with it. We had this lady ring for a job she was vietnamese and of course you ca'nt discriminate (although i think there would be hardly chicks out there who could do tree work full time) so I asked her all the questions like do you have a truck license? she said she could get one and pay for that herself could she climb? she said she was a quick learner could so maintain and operate a chainsaw, she said she'd read the manual and would be willing to get her tickets I asked if she was fit? she said yes she lived about 60km away from our yard and had no transport , but her answer to that was she liked to catch the bus. She had an answer for everything! So there I was imaging this 4 foot tiny little vietnamese lady, built like a sparrow out with the boys and was almost about to say 'come in tommorrow and try out 'when she asked me what time we started , I said 7am sharp and her reply was "oh no dis no good for me dis my barftime' God forbid having a bath at another time! I would have loved to see the look on the boys faces when she turned up

25th January 2008, 08:47 PM	#31 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,632	Re: prankin. you could always do the usual stuff.sawdust in thier coffee or leaves in thier sandwich. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

25th January 2008, 11:52 PM	#32 (permalink)
TrevMcRev Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Posts: 732	Re: prankin. Cover your arm in red kino from a Euc, drop the running chainsaw and run towards em screaming __________________ Melbourne Arborist, Total Tree Care, Pruning, Tree and Stump Removal

25th January 2008, 11:57 PM	#33 (permalink)
Sean Freeman PDF King & Arborist Extrodinaire Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Townsville Nth Queensland & Gold Coast Sth Queensland Posts: 1,649	Re: prankin. __________________ Sean Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky, We fell them down and turn them into paper, That we may record our emptiness. - Kahlil Gibran

26th January 2008, 06:41 AM	#34 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,632	Re: prankin. make sure to put some on the saw too. __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

29th January 2008, 06:52 PM	#36 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,632	Re: prankin. taking the spark plugs out of the saws? __________________ Have your say join us today. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzkd_m4ivmc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xzfzb...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-OqK...eature=related

1st February 2008, 12:46 AM	#38 (permalink)
polly former member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide Hills Posts: 74	Re: prankin. No one could act that well, but maybe....... I never thought of that. I have an even better idea, next time if we chip for you again, you can help me with a prank! cheers Polly by the way are you going to the tree climbing masters workshop at waite? Sounds pretty good, stef's going.

11th March 2008, 12:18 PM	#40 (permalink)
Killa Ferret I'm new here so be nice Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: England Posts: 4	Re: prankin. When my boss goes to climb a tree he usually asks for the ladder, so when he starts goin up, i steady the ladder at the bottom, when his ass is level with my face, he'll fart, it'll be silent then you hear him crank another one out, you look up and there he is looking about as if there was something else that did it. Another one is while someone is on the back of the truck having a pee, you jump in the truck and raise the tipper, another thing with the tipper is that water collects on the top, if your behind it when it gets tipped , you get wet. This one isnt a prank but it's annoying, i was about three quarters up a pine taking off the branches when i look down to see that the customer had brought them coffee, they jus stood there drinking, by the time i got done, mine was stone cold, ah well. Ferret

17th March 2008, 09:16 PM	#41 (permalink)
JohN Dee Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 729	Re: prankin. Before the climber goes up the tree(without him noticing), remove one of his gaffs from the shank. Watch him try to kick in and miss or even better he steps on the other one and gets his motion going only to land on his ass. (And yes I'm aware of how much it hurts when you go to gaff in and you completely miss ) __________________ Climber with slow climbing speed, must make up with mighty chainsaw roar. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Red : Green : Blue

18th March 2008, 05:49 PM	#42 (permalink)
bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 386	Re: prankin. today my brother hooked the snap on his harness to another trimmers harness and took off running. i wish id had the camera ready.