Sam,

Well don't let your age be too much of a deterrent to having fun with that machine. My father is 79 and still drives his John Deere farm tractors around out in the field just like when he was my age. Sometimes I think he does it just to get the goat of his friends who have nothing to work on except an occasional 5-minute honey-dew project for the Mrs. I'll bet your friends don't mind either a) coming over to lend a hand on your machine or b) going for a ride to the local DQ for a cone or blizzard.

Keep the wheels rolling,

Brian