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4Runner4Leon
Senior Member
You're both at middle age now, enjoy it!
BamaDrewski
New member
Congrats on both! You T4R is just getting broken in......!
phattyduck
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TheDurk
Elite Member
Welcome to the club! I am about to hit 66, and my 4Runner is at 203K.
mtbtim
Elite Member
I'm use to being the Old Codger of the group anytime Sean and I have a party at my place. I need you guys to come to our next party so I don't feel so old. What I've learned for the most part is you're only as old as you let yourself be. If you take care of yourself and stay active, you can be doing very physical activities to your later years. I go mountain biking with a guy in his late 60's and he's a total hammer. He's hard to keep up with on the climbs and the descents.
When I first started making videos with Sean, some people remarked how they hoped they were still wrenching when they reached my age. Wrenching can be hard on you, especially since I don't have a lift and sometimes spend all day on my back in my garage. But, there's times where I'm working a hell of a lot harder, like when I go to a structure fire and have to work fast with all the heavy and hot gear I have on. It's definitely doesn't get easier as I age but I'm hoping to put 6 more years in and retire when I hit 59.
Take care of yourselves and stay in shape fellers.
TonyB66
New member
A big second on that Tim.
As you might recall, you only have a few months on me. I'll try to attend more parties going-forward...
No lift here as well. Most often I'm on a patch of dirt on the side of the house, with jack stands on concrete blocks. Cheap and abused HF mats provide some cushion from protruding rocks. I had it worse at our canyon home before though. That place had little flat ground and no garage. While I have one here, and a 3-vehicle one too, it has a low entry height such that I need to add weight to my 4Runner to squeeze it in. I usually don't bother as I know I'll be lifting it at some point soon anyways, so I might as well continue outside where I have familiarity and more space too...
Much rougher than wrenching was a recent install of an in-ground basketball hoop for my little ones. Dug a 30" square hole over 4' deep, which was almost two full days of labor. Breaker bar, post hole digger, shovels and a demo breaker hammer for large boulders got it done... Neighbors thought I was nuts. Then, I think it was 26 60 pound bags of concrete to refill it! I was going to do 80 pound bags like in the past but decided it best to do 60s. It was getting them off the shelf and onto a cart, pushing the cart, then transferring to the bed of a truck, then offloading the truck, before all of the mixing and pouring. Rough work and I felt it the next day.
Keeps ya fit and feelin' young though. Wrench to you drop Tim!
