When do you know....?
When do you know it's time to hang up the wrenches and tools and start seeking repair help? I started wrenching on motorcycles at age 14. Since then, I've repaired and maintained anything except a...
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Durb wrote:
I am similar to most posters here in that I have done all my own MRO work for all my life and still enjoy it. I find with toys that if you can't work on it then you probably shouldn't own it as the cost of paying for repair would be prohibitive. If I had to pay $130 an hour for all the maintenance time I devote to the trailer it would most likely never get done.
I'm 65 and fortunately I still have the time, energy and tools to get the jobs done. When that changes I will probably just get rid of the toys rather than hang up the tools.
I see no reason to give up playing with a toy just because I can't or choose not to do some of the work on it. If I had that attitude I might just as well check into a home and wait to die.
