Getting Old

[Stefan Palokangas]

I'm 50 now,  just seeing that number makes me wonder where the time went ?    Mostly doing stump grinding with remote but due to the experience i got i take on trees and hedge work and pressure washing,   did a hedge reduction today and oh my god am i sore now !!!    Got a few days of grinding now so can have a rest but from Sunday and in to mid week from that it's hard shifts again,  one of them is fallen trees the other is 350 sqm pressure washing,   back to stump grinding again after that and then alot of fallen trees with tracked wood chipper.     How are you guys over 50 doing out there ?    Are you feeling it ?    Or is it just me ?      Just doesn't feel the same as it used to anymore.   

[spudulike]

At 50, you are at the top of the ski slope and have just starting sliding down, It will only get worse, Ibuprofen is your friend...just call it "vitamin I" if you need to feel better about taking it.

[sime42]

As a 48 year old I'm expecting this thread to get quite depressing quite soon. 😕

[Sviatoslav Tulin]

I would say hedge reduction is never easy, I am 49 ,can confirm that it’s time not to waste energy for small money 🤩, of course body going older I recommend bodybuilding once per week it will help it sounds strange but it is working , do not overuse anti inflammatory medication  have contrast shower instead , sometimes of course a bit of doping is needed !

[Peter 1955]

Bloody kids! 69 here, still climbing ladders and waving cutters about. 😛

 

More slowly than twenty years ago. 😉

 

And with more aches afterwards. 😒

[BillQ]

Well over 50 but retired in my early 50's but still active, gym, swim and fishing and plenty of cutting, splitting and stacking in late winter. 

[Stubby]

72 and counting . Been fully retired from any kind of employment for 4 weeks now and getting the hang of it !  Been retired from cutting for 10 years . Was working as a driver porter 3 days a week in a private hospital . Enough is enough . Plenty to do at home , still cutting and splitting for our own use . Body is full of metal so cant do gym stuff any more . Walk miles though ( have a spaniel ) Ho hum .

[aspenarb]

20 hours ago, Stefan Palokangas said:

I'm 50 now,  just seeing that number makes me wonder where the time went ?    Mostly doing stump grinding with remote but due to the experience i got i take on trees and hedge work and pressure washing,   did a hedge reduction today and oh my god am i sore now !!!    Got a few days of grinding now so can have a rest but from Sunday and in to mid week from that it's hard shifts again,  one of them is fallen trees the other is 350 sqm pressure washing,   back to stump grinding again after that and then alot of fallen trees with tracked wood chipper.     How are you guys over 50 doing out there ?    Are you feeling it ?    Or is it just me ?      Just doesn't feel the same as it used to anymore.   

 

Stefan, I think your get up and go has got up and gone. Take a break, it may return.

Take care.

 

Bob

[Mick Dempsey]

50 is a breeze, sure your energy levels are down, but your experience and expertise are at an all time high.  
 

Just get on with it!

[Rich Rule]

50 years old here.  Climb most days.  Usually decent sized trees.

 

This was yesterdays job, 2 guys but took just under 2 hours.

 

I did the side you are looking at.  I have ached most days for years now.  Usually a combo of work and Martial Arts.  I would love to sack in tree work but I guess I will just keep plodding on.