Acronym Usage on the Forum

Skyco · Mar 30, 2009

Ya'll need to join the CTCADA.

I'm a member in good standing.

Oh thats the Committee to clarify and define acronyms.

JMynes · Mar 30, 2009

jeffinsgf said:
Nope. RC = Brush Hog (Rotary Cutter)

WTF??

kennyd · Mar 30, 2009

LarryR said:
Newbie to TractorByNet (TBN). I have many questions to ask but before I can have an intelligent dialog with the forum, I need to be brought up to date with the acronym jargon. I searched the FAQ section but found no information for the meaning of the acronyms used here. I know a few of them (MMM=midmount mower, KB=Kubota, JD=John Deere) but could someone post what the most commonly used acronyms are and their meanings?

Thank you

Welcome to TBN Larry

Looks like the basics got covered for you...

Here are a few more that were not mentioned:

QA=Quick Attach
SSQA=Skid Steer Quick Attach
JDQA=John Deere QA
QD's or QC's=Quick Disconnects or Couplers (for disconnecting hydraulic lines)

Then there is the oldies like:

PSI
GPM
LBS
FtLBS
MPH
FPS
IPS

GreenWannabe · Mar 30, 2009

I vote that we discontinue the use of acronyms altogether. In fact, in grad school, I started the American Society for Prevention of Acronyms, called it ASPA for short. Never could figure why I didn't get more takers....

teg · Mar 30, 2009

One that took me a while to figure out was OP...

Mainly used when a thread covers everything under the sun but the OP's question. (original poster's)

6sunset6 · Mar 30, 2009

Thats the one I could not remember OP

LarryR · Mar 30, 2009

Thanks guys. That will help me understand what's being spoken about.

JB4310 · Mar 30, 2009

Alot of the acronyms can be googled, maybe not the tractor specific ones, but he general ones can be looked up

I had to google that SWMBO one when I first saw it

A funny one I remember from doing an environmental remediation project was "LUST"

Leaking Underground Storage Tank.

JB.

Soundguy · Mar 31, 2009

TBDonnelly said:
BH = Back Hoe
BH = Brush Hog

How confusing is that?

Don

CONTEXT

If I said i used my BH to mow 10ac.. would you think I meant backhoe?

If i said i used my BH to dig 300' of trench for burried utilities.. would you be thinking 'mower' ?

soundguy

IIRC = If I recall correctly

WTF = what the f?

IMHO = In my humble/honest opinion or shortened as IMO

UT utility tractor ( AG is the next in line from SCUT, CUT, UT, AG.. etc )

TBDonnelly · Mar 31, 2009

Soundguy said:
CONTEXT

If I said i used my BH to mow 10ac.. would you think I meant backhoe?

If i said i used my BH to dig 300' of trench for burried utilities.. would you be thinking 'mower' ?

soundguy