Arborist Dictionary

Ok, here's a new term you all need to start using. And sorry, I have to take credit for this one.

Turd Tax - When you bid a job, and the back yard is full of dog turds (that you know will be there on work day) so you add a significant amount to the bid. Turd Tax.
 
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Liontail - A bad pruning practice. Stripping a limb of its sprouts, leaving only the outermost tips with foliage. The resulting tuft at the end resembles a lion's tail.

Maybe y'all could reword this a little better...

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Lionstailing is too nice and cuddly for me. Years ago I started calling the practice 'gutting'. 'Disembowling' has too many syllables for normal conversation.
 
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Started a Dictionary for tree guys...Hope you guys enjoy it.


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What about the tree gals? They might enjoy it too.

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Alright, alright, we mean no harm when we say "tree guys" or "workman's comp". Don't make us change the way we talk... just to be PC.
 
Don't forget the PITT (Poison Ivy Torture Tax) also known as the ITF (Inevitable Torture Fee).

I dismantled a large double trunk White Oak with three large fury vines growing up it and a tangle of small vines all the way up to the top. As I was slashing my way through I had the sap dripping all over me. Needless to say when I got home, I scrubbed every nook and cranny.
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Turd Tax - When you bid a job, and the back yard is full of dog turds (that you know will be there on work day) so you add a significant amount to the bid. Turd Tax.

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People that don't clean up dog feces in their own yards... We call them DSA's. Dog S#!t A$$holes. Not directly related to the dictionary, though.

-Tom
 
Sorry for the derail but here's a tip: if you think you get urushiol on you, get some dirt and rub it all over the affected areas. Rinse it off with garden hose and do it again. It'll draw out most of the oil...and ya always got dirt around on the jobsite.

Oh yeah, don't use a chainsaw to cut PI, for obvious reasons. Use the handsaw. We keep an old spare handsaw just for the purpose. You can also use the handsaw to hatchet off the small branches on Poison Ivy.

I know, I need to start a thread on this...
 
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Don't make us change the way we talk... just to be PC.

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Its NOT about PC anything. Its about respect and including all of the people involved.

You can speak and think that way you choose.
 
maple pattern baldness- Occurring frequently in old maples. The loss of the main leader, leaving the tree in question hale and healthy "on the sides" with nothing up top.
 
This thread is cracking me up! Oh, MAN!!! I'll try to carry some terms home from work today..."maple pattern baldness"...BBAAAHHHHH HAHAHAH!
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Are we all going to start speaking "Arb-onics"?

How about this oldie, but goodie? ~

Basal Pruning: A term designed for, and used by high-brow arborists, intended to remove the guilt of performing a complete tree removal.

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Monkey Bite: A feeling a climber gets in the saddle leg-loop region when positioning for certain pruning cuts, typically at the far end of an extended limb walk on wide spreading trees.
 
How about "The Ball Crawl"? This is when your tie-in-point is not sufficient for good balance so you sit on a limb, one leg hanging off each side, and you inch your way out to an upright, in order to lanyard-in.

Upright - a vertical offshoot of a larger limb.
 
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I like "Turd Tax". How about "bucket bunnies" and "first floor".

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Is "first floor" for newbie climbers that don't go higher than the bottom limbs?

Or is it just removing lower limbs?
 
I suppose it could have a double meaning. We always used it as a warning, usually in reference to a rather large piece and usually after the piece was free and beginning to fall.
 
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