prankin.

bigshea13 · 18th January 2008, 09:23 PM

im probably gonna catch hell from someone here about safety issues and workplace safety practices so right off the bat ill say <" i dont give a shit" i was workin with this new kid that told me he ran saws all the time. when i asked him to start the saw he looked all over it and finally asked me where the start button was. i explained that his at home had a switch to turn it on and off

after explaining it was gas powered he began to tell me he was a master sharpener. so at break my brother turned his chain around. man..what a friggin riot. he tried for all he was worth to get that saw threw a 6 inch ash. he knew we were messin with him cause when the smoke cleared and he looked up we were rollin...yeah literally rollin on the ground. he was fun to watch do everything.....right down to puttin his chaps on backwards for fear that we were gonna cut him in the ass cause he was going so slow. poor falla.

Therrin · 18th January 2008, 09:30 PM

Ahahahaha....

Can't blame ya.. long as it's your equipment that he's wrecking! Are you keeping him? lol

bigshea13 · 19th January 2008, 08:46 AM

long gone. caught him nestled up in a brush pile revin up his saw pretending to be cutting. when the rest of us reached the end of the right of way we could hear his saw screamin. short raps over and over. he should have been right with us when we reached the end. we walked back up the hillside to find him sitting there doing that.

newguy18 · 19th January 2008, 09:05 AM

thats funny.

arbdog · 19th January 2008, 11:18 AM

thats so

funny, goona do that to some one!

TREEMONKEY · 19th January 2008, 11:29 AM

NICE I like that a lot.

i have had guys that lied to me about their experience i did not appreciate it at break i took him to a coffee shop gave hi 5$ to buy me coffee and then i left. as far as i am concerned lying about experience is dangerous and stupid and i have no place for at my job site. If he said i have never used a saw before i would teach him and give him time to learn.

arborjockey · 19th January 2008, 12:15 PM

i'm in ohio and was working for bartlett tree experts. They hired and fired alot of dummies. In 8 months as a foreman I retired 4 climbers and 2 gm. Well they said they were climbers but I never let them in a tree. One guy said he had been climbing for over 7 years. A kentucky boy. He wasnt even allowed to touch a chainsaw. Every knot had a hillbilly name, bowline was a baseball knot, tantline was a stick hitch. It didnt work out but he did steal my climbers companion book. Hopefully he can read.

arbdog · 19th January 2008, 01:08 PM

I know someone whos a climber (supposedly) whos got his climbing and ariel rescue ticket. How he passed I will never know it takes him 5 hours to get 10 ft off the ground.

arborjockey · 19th January 2008, 01:19 PM

I could have passed my first arial rescue class when I was 7. No climbing involved and the answers were given before the test. Com-tran L.L.C. they suck

arbdog · 19th January 2008, 02:06 PM

well hes not exactly the most agile of people nor has he quiet got it in him. Felling course here used to be 1 day years ago and it was probablly guarenteed pass as well!

bigshea13 · 19th January 2008, 05:37 PM

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Originally Posted by TREEMONKEY

NICE I like that a lot.

i have had guys that lied to me about their experience i did not appreciate it at break i took him to a coffee shop gave hi 5$ to buy me coffee and then i left. as far as i am concerned lying about experience is dangerous and stupid and i have no place for at my job site. If he said i have never used a saw before i would teach him and give him time to learn.

Ekka · 19th January 2008, 10:49 PM

That was funny, putting his chain backwards.

I was going to play this prank but never did.

For those of you who make up your own loops of chain, purposefully put a loop in one and join it, no matter how long you take to try and chase out that loop it's gonna stay. Just get a noob and ask him to fit the new chain and hand it to him.

polly · 19th January 2008, 11:25 PM

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.

bigshea13 · 21st January 2008, 05:28 AM

send em up an empty saw, run some ivy threw the chipper when their down wind,tighten up their chap straps, unclip the pole head,hoist their lunch box to the top of a tree, shut off truck when theyre up in bucket, have someone pose employee for the"office of tree welfare" and give em a list of made up stuff theyve done wrong, put baby powder in the vent of their truck on a cool morning, have their truck towed, put a cup of dog poo in a cup and put it on their dash and turn up heat.
ALL that crap was done to me when i was starting out. i got it bad in jr. high school though so i was use to it. i did things in retaliation that i cant post. the baby powder thing was pretty funny. i never expected it and the truck smelled better. the office of tw thing......not so funny. they tried to arrest me...the "officer" was someone my coworker met at a bar the night before.
just remember...what you do may have an enormous psychological impact on the prankee in the long run.......and......what comes around,goes around

newguy18 · 21st January 2008, 06:30 AM

peeing in a mountain dew bottle.I did that once and my brother grabbed it and drank it by mistake.[seriously I didn't intend for him to drink it.]

polly · 21st January 2008, 10:16 AM

Thanks bigshea, I've written it all down, I will definatly do the baby powder one.
I also thought one day i might be really helpful when the boys are out and do the maintenence, was thinking i could say their was'nt any bar oil or two stroke so i used something else instead( act all innocent blonde moment thing), just can't think what ,which would make them freak out.( of course i would'nt) But often the 3120 is here and my hubby loves that saw, that would be a good one.
have sent him to work with barbie lunch boxes( we have three little girls),also fed them really hot curry for brekkie before work when they had shocking hangovers, that was funny a few hours later.

I'm definatly going to do the tree officer one as well.I know a few people who would go along with that. tee hee hee, but your right what goes around comes around.I'll be living on the edge of my seat fr a while afterwards.

but you definatly have some good tips.

Cheers

Polly

newguy18 · 21st January 2008, 11:41 AM

how about saying you put bar oil in the gas tank and mix oil in the oil tank?

JohN Dee · 21st January 2008, 01:16 PM

A good prank is...

Remove the chain from the chainsaw BUT leave the bar on. Cover it up with a bar cover, then when the newb is gunna walk past start it. Now take off the cover and walk past them but pretend to trip right at them with the running chainsaw screaming (chainless) and put it across a part of their body (preferably where they've got no exposed skin, cuz the bar rail can get sharp..).

Now think how scary it is when you have a slip up and ALMOST cut yourself with the saw... Amplify that 10x and you should have your newb wetting his pants... Haha!

18th January 2008, 09:23 PM	#1 (permalink)
bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 378	prankin. im probably gonna catch hell from someone here about safety issues and workplace safety practices so right off the bat ill say <" i dont give a shit" i was workin with this new kid that told me he ran saws all the time. when i asked him to start the saw he looked all over it and finally asked me where the start button was. i explained that his at home had a switch to turn it on and off after explaining it was gas powered he began to tell me he was a master sharpener. so at break my brother turned his chain around. man..what a friggin riot. he tried for all he was worth to get that saw threw a 6 inch ash. he knew we were messin with him cause when the smoke cleared and he looked up we were rollin...yeah literally rollin on the ground. he was fun to watch do everything.....right down to puttin his chaps on backwards for fear that we were gonna cut him in the ass cause he was going so slow. poor falla.

18th January 2008, 09:30 PM	#2 (permalink)
Therrin The Tree World Bandit Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Lancaster, Ca Posts: 1,273	Re: prankin. Ahahahaha.... Can't blame ya.. long as it's your equipment that he's wrecking! Are you keeping him? lol __________________ Ken Fessia I.T.S.A. Tree Service (661) 916-4703

19th January 2008, 08:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 378	Re: prankin. long gone. caught him nestled up in a brush pile revin up his saw pretending to be cutting. when the rest of us reached the end of the right of way we could hear his saw screamin. short raps over and over. he should have been right with us when we reached the end. we walked back up the hillside to find him sitting there doing that.

19th January 2008, 09:05 AM	#4 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,677	Re: prankin. thats funny. __________________ 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

19th January 2008, 11:18 AM	#5 (permalink)
arbdog Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: england Posts: 101	Re: prankin. thats so funny, goona do that to some one!

19th January 2008, 11:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
TREEMONKEY Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: ONTARIO, CANADA Posts: 96	Re: prankin. NICE I like that a lot. i have had guys that lied to me about their experience i did not appreciate it at break i took him to a coffee shop gave hi 5$ to buy me coffee and then i left. as far as i am concerned lying about experience is dangerous and stupid and i have no place for at my job site. If he said i have never used a saw before i would teach him and give him time to learn.

19th January 2008, 12:15 PM	#7 (permalink)
arborjockey Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: hawaii. ohio. oregon. california Posts: 127	Re: prankin. i'm in ohio and was working for bartlett tree experts. They hired and fired alot of dummies. In 8 months as a foreman I retired 4 climbers and 2 gm. Well they said they were climbers but I never let them in a tree. One guy said he had been climbing for over 7 years. A kentucky boy. He wasnt even allowed to touch a chainsaw. Every knot had a hillbilly name, bowline was a baseball knot, tantline was a stick hitch. It didnt work out but he did steal my climbers companion book. Hopefully he can read.

19th January 2008, 01:08 PM	#8 (permalink)
arbdog Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: england Posts: 101	Re: prankin. I know someone whos a climber (supposedly) whos got his climbing and ariel rescue ticket. How he passed I will never know it takes him 5 hours to get 10 ft off the ground.

19th January 2008, 01:19 PM	#9 (permalink)
arborjockey Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: hawaii. ohio. oregon. california Posts: 127	Re: prankin. I could have passed my first arial rescue class when I was 7. No climbing involved and the answers were given before the test. Com-tran L.L.C. they suck

19th January 2008, 02:06 PM	#10 (permalink)
arbdog Semi-mature vigorous tree Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: england Posts: 101	Re: prankin. well hes not exactly the most agile of people nor has he quiet got it in him. Felling course here used to be 1 day years ago and it was probablly guarenteed pass as well!

19th January 2008, 10:49 PM	#12 (permalink)
Ekka Eric Frei Administrator - Brisbane L5 (Dip) Hort Cert III Arb + some Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Brisbane Posts: 6,915	Re: prankin. That was funny, putting his chain backwards. I was going to play this prank but never did. For those of you who make up your own loops of chain, purposefully put a loop in one and join it, no matter how long you take to try and chase out that loop it's gonna stay. Just get a noob and ask him to fit the new chain and hand it to him. __________________ Remember to use the "search" function, if you have answers/questions post them so everyone can benefit. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Qualified Brisbane Tree Lopping \| Stump Grinding and Stump Removal Brisbane Brisbane Tree Care, Consultations, Developer, Tree and Arborist Reports Forum Sponsors

19th January 2008, 11:25 PM	#13 (permalink)
polly former member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide Hills Posts: 74	Re: prankin. 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.

21st January 2008, 05:28 AM	#14 (permalink)
bigshea13 Mature tree Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: hiding Posts: 378	Re: prankin. send em up an empty saw, run some ivy threw the chipper when their down wind,tighten up their chap straps, unclip the pole head,hoist their lunch box to the top of a tree, shut off truck when theyre up in bucket, have someone pose employee for the"office of tree welfare" and give em a list of made up stuff theyve done wrong, put baby powder in the vent of their truck on a cool morning, have their truck towed, put a cup of dog poo in a cup and put it on their dash and turn up heat. ALL that crap was done to me when i was starting out. i got it bad in jr. high school though so i was use to it. i did things in retaliation that i cant post. the baby powder thing was pretty funny. i never expected it and the truck smelled better. the office of tw thing......not so funny. they tried to arrest me...the "officer" was someone my coworker met at a bar the night before. just remember...what you do may have an enormous psychological impact on the prankee in the long run.......and......what comes around,goes around

21st January 2008, 06:30 AM	#15 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,677	Re: prankin. peeing in a mountain dew bottle.I did that once and my brother grabbed it and drank it by mistake.[seriously I didn't intend for him to drink it.] __________________ 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

21st January 2008, 10:16 AM	#16 (permalink)
polly former member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Adelaide Hills Posts: 74	Re: prankin. Thanks bigshea, I've written it all down, I will definatly do the baby powder one. I also thought one day i might be really helpful when the boys are out and do the maintenence, was thinking i could say their was'nt any bar oil or two stroke so i used something else instead( act all innocent blonde moment thing), just can't think what ,which would make them freak out.( of course i would'nt) But often the 3120 is here and my hubby loves that saw, that would be a good one. have sent him to work with barbie lunch boxes( we have three little girls),also fed them really hot curry for brekkie before work when they had shocking hangovers, that was funny a few hours later. I'm definatly going to do the tree officer one as well.I know a few people who would go along with that. tee hee hee, but your right what goes around comes around.I'll be living on the edge of my seat fr a while afterwards. but you definatly have some good tips. Cheers Polly

21st January 2008, 11:41 AM	#17 (permalink)
newguy18 Part of the Furniture Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Live Oak Florida home of the crapiest trees you will ever see. Posts: 2,677	Re: prankin. how about saying you put bar oil in the gas tank and mix oil in the oil tank? __________________ 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

21st January 2008, 01:16 PM	#18 (permalink)
JohN Dee Over mature heritage tree Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 750	Re: prankin. A good prank is... Remove the chain from the chainsaw BUT leave the bar on. Cover it up with a bar cover, then when the newb is gunna walk past start it. Now take off the cover and walk past them but pretend to trip right at them with the running chainsaw screaming (chainless) and put it across a part of their body (preferably where they've got no exposed skin, cuz the bar rail can get sharp..). Now think how scary it is when you have a slip up and ALMOST cut yourself with the saw... Amplify that 10x and you should have your newb wetting his pants... Haha! __________________ Climber with slow climbing speed, must make up with mighty chainsaw roar. Free Tree and Green Industry Link Directory Red : Green : Blue