What will I Do When I Retire?

Galen Houk · Jan 17, 2015

I am retiring in June and everyone asks what I am going to do. Well, here are pictures of some projects. The 1950T is a 1969 single air cleaner #218-315. I bought it in pieces with engine ready to go together. There are two big baskets plus of parts. The two Super 88 are from Matt in Iowa and will help me learn how to rebuild engines and hopefully paint. The 1855 is hopefully going to get a 1800 hour Perkins out of a sprayer. I am also getting 5 questionable four digits to try to patch up or use for parts. I don't think I will get bored anytime soon.

Galen Houk · Jan 17, 2015

I forgot the Army jeep and 760 JD among others. Here is the 1855.

Big Marv · Jan 17, 2015

I retired 11 years ago, and like you I had a pile of stuff waiting for me to attend to. Luckily my wife didn't interject HER LIST for a while. I worked on the projects, got them back together and running to my satisfaction in about 3 years. Sold off the ones I didn't realy need or like and made room in my shop and shed for the ones we really needed. Now I look for others with less enthusiasm, and seem to be happier to not have so much hanging over my head. I spend less $$$ too! I guess what I am saying is take your time, smell the flowers a little, along with the diesel and oil fumes, and enjoy the slower pace. You can't rebuild or save them all, and we should leave some, to challenge the next Oliver restoration generation. Enjoy a good book and pet the dog more often. Now that I am battling cancer I take my own advice. We never know how many projects the Good Lord will let us stick around for.

Enjoy!!!

Ron

ShadetreeRet · Jan 17, 2015

"pet the dog more often", I really like that! May I use that?

ShadetreeRet · Jan 17, 2015

Big Marv said it well. Take time to smell the flowers as well as the diesel fumes, enjoy your coffee and pet the dog. When you retire, the idea is to take life at a slower pace. I retired in 2002 and had several projects waiting, about 75% are still waiting, but I do enjoy each day.

Welding man · Jan 17, 2015

I would love to totally retire too, but if I did, I wouldn't have near enough income to finance all my hobbies, so I keep working to buy tractor parts and paint.

G1355 · Jan 17, 2015

Do you have a picture of your 760 John Deere, does it have a scraper on it, I've put a lot of hours in one, and don't care to ever run one again, the motor beside you made a person really hot and it was always noisy.

David G · Jan 17, 2015

It will be 6 years for me, and actually looking forward to it. I would buy a lake house in the south for boating fall winter and spring, then come back to farm in the summer.

Galen Houk · Jan 17, 2015

The JD 760 is right behind the CA Allis. I don't have the scraper. As you know it is a 5020 Industrial were you sit next to the engine. Very strange to drive but kind of fun. It really moves down the road. The Army jeep is behind the CA too. I drove one a lot in the Army and always wanted one.

G1355 · Jan 18, 2015

Ok yeah I see it, looks like one I've always ran at my construction place where I work, now it's used to pull a box blade and sheepsfoot, I still run it time to to, and ya it has a 5020 motor and 8th gear does move down the road, the steering on ours is loose so it gets kinda scary, I don't know how many hours are on ours but I bet it's over 10,000 pretty easy.

Ed Winkle · Jan 22, 2015

Sounds just like me. Blessings and prayers on the cancer, I was just diagnosed.

Ed

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