General question : Retired or not?

[newbury]

From another thread:

I do want to try this project rather than hiring someone, I am retired and bought the tractor to play with this type of project in mind.

How many of us are doing this as "retired"?
I'm almost there and looking forward.
I know it's a big difference from holding down a 50 hr/week job and having to squeeze "seat time" in on the odd hour, or having "seat time" as a business.
/edit - retired = OOF - Official Old F@rt

 

[pat32rf]

Being retired doesn't give you any more spare time, it just means that you don't get week-ends off.....

 

[foggy1111]

Being retired means you have time to write about your endeavors on a website. HEY!!...the rest of you guys....get back to work!!!

 

[Transit]

I still have not retired, getting close to 70 and in fair health. I will max my pension and throw in the towel.

 

[3RRL]

From another thread:


How many of us are doing this as "retired"?
I'm almost there and looking forward.
I know it's a big difference from holding down a 50 hr/week job and having to squeeze "seat time" in on the odd hour, or having "seat time" as a business.
/edit - retired = OOF - Official Old F@rt

I've been semi-retired for many years.
I bought the tractor 4 years ago when we bought retirement property. My plan was to use it like you suggest ... do all the little projects instead of hiring out. I've built foundations for the home, barn, garage, well pad, and solar trackers. Built roads, trails, gardens, food plots and removed numerous trees with the backhoe. I maintain a 1/2 mile dirt road plus more than that in trails. For me, it's paid off tremendously. I got estimates for some of the home foundation work so I know how much I've saved by doing myself, let alone the little projects I've forgotten about. In the 4 years, the Kama has 685 hrs on it and the 1 year old Jinma has 175 hrs on it... all work around the property and maintenance.
The most important thing is that I've learned so much more than I thought I knew.
Now I have to go back to work.

 

[James Loehr]

It will be three years this August and I've never had this much fun in my life. Used to go into the factory at 5:00am and that was out of bed by three. Used to mow after work and sometimes almost falling asleep on the seat. Don't be afraid to retire but keep busy, you will love it.

 

[FN in MT]

I retired two years ago after thirty two of cop work, with seventeen of it in the Army Guard in an Aviation Unit. Consequently for seventeen years I seldom had a day off, much less a vacation.

To say I've been STRESS FREE and happy is putting it mildly. Finally getting the B2620 after wanting some sort of tractor for years is icing on the cake.

Spent 6.5 hours of seat time yesterday mowing the front field , moving a few piles of dirt from pt A to pt B, then washed and greased it!! I'm living the dream! LOL.

FN in MT

 

[EddieWalker]

Not even close. I'm 43 and working on building up my construction/remodeling company while developing my land into an RV Park. I'm not sure about retirement. Guess it might happen one day, but it's so far off that I don't even think about it. I'm not sure what would change if I did retire, I haven't worked a day since I quite my real job in 2002. Now it's all about doing what I enjoy and then people give me money.

Eddie

 

[smfcpacfp]

I have been retired for a little over a year and enjoy it quite a bit. I haven't had any desire to go back to work. My old job was pretty cushy, but it was still a job.

I took a welding class this winter and really enjoyed it. I have been busy with tractor projects (cutting down and up trees, chipping up the branches with my 3 point wood chipper and hauling away the big pieces to split and later burn). I also need to clear some land and grade and prepare it to have a pole building built. Late July and August, my wife and I will be spending a month in London, Paris and Rome.

 

[Cottonhawk]

Retired.
I moved out to the country and bought our retirement property five years ago. It has been quite a learning curve and we enjoy the country living lot more than city living.