You Know You Are Old When

[WinterDeere]

Hanging out here makes me feel young. I'm in my 50's.

 

[oldballs]

I got a bum knee too. When working outside I wear a knee brace.....after I put on my hernia belt that is.

 

[masscity]

I'm 78, I've been doing two different types of knee therapy since 2007. My knee muscles are stronger than a person much younger than me.

 

[Oaktree]

I'm 78, I've been doing two different types of knee therapy since 2007. My knee muscles are stronger than a person much younger than me.

Yeah, but therapy can only do so much. I have zero cartilage in either of my knees, started getting injections...first cortisone and now gel. Don't feel like 18 by a long shot, but it has definitely helped.

 

[not2old]

Fully assembled it was over 320 lbs. My 5'2" wife and I got it off our truck, onto the porch, through the sliding door with shoulder straps and into position.

We could have had it delivered, but like my username suggests, I don't like strangers on our secluded property. If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tuff they say.

We recently moved in a wall oven/microwave combo that weighed 375 lbs. I used an appliance dolly (handtruck) and the loader on my tractor to get it off my pickup and to the front porch and pushed the dolly up four stairs with the loader. My wife gave a bit of an extra push to get up the one step from the porch. The neighbour helped me transfer it to a motorcycle jack/stand and I wheeled it to it's space, jacked to the right height and slid it in. You admit to being dumb. No way would I have considered shoulder straps as my method still required a bit of "tuff".

 

[MossRoad]

Fully assembled it was over 320 lbs. My 5'2" wife and I got it off our truck, onto the porch, through the sliding door with shoulder straps and into position.

We could have had it delivered, but like my username suggests, I don't like strangers on our secluded property. If you're gonna be dumb you gotta be tuff they say.

My wife and I used to do stuff like that. Now it's worth the delivery and removal fee, if there's a fee at all. Our local appliance store is pretty good to us. We have 4 steps up into the house, then 11 steps down into the basement, or, about 8-9 steps down to the basement if we use the cellar doors.

It's not worth injuring ourselves anymore.

 

[masscity]

Yeah, but therapy can only do so much. I have zero cartilage in either of my knees, started getting injections...first cortisone and now gel. Don't feel like 18 by a long shot, but it has definitely helped.

I'd go for new knees, I have partial, inside left.

 

[not2old]

My whole body is in excellent condition except I've been diagnosed with COPD. Great muscles and joints don't get much done when your breathing gets to be too much to continue.

 

[domin]

When you’re happy to stay home all day long and don’t even think of inviting someone over. Half the stuff people mention, I totally relate to. Just the other day I caught myself reminiscing about the first frigidaire fridge my parents had — lasted forever, unlike the new stuff that barely makes it a decade. Guess that’s how you know you’re getting older.

 

[sixdogs]

Funny thing, I actually thought about it

Know if a second time it should happen and know to jackknife the trailer to a more straight shot pulling with a second truck, for return on investment, I'll go with the two truck method for now LOL

I did the jackknife thing for too long but recently had a winch mounting plate and winch installed on my trailer. I have a separate battery I use for power and clips to attach.
The cradle and winch are from Harbor Freight because it rated among the best.The cradle slides into a receiver hitch stub so I can remove or install as wanted.
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Life is too short to hand winch anything up onto a trailer or take the risk of a jackknife trailer adventure.