I would like to seal my driveway before next winter but there is no way I can lift a 5 gallon container of the stuff. I am wondering if anyone here knows where I can obtain driveway sealant in smaller containers, probably 2 gallons max., as the most I should be lifting is 30 pounds? I realize I'll pay more for the same quantity in smaller containers, but it's still much cheaper than back surgery.
Larry, if you're too weak to lift the containers, you're going to collapse on the job. Head for the gym. Weight training works wonders. I lifted in my teens which carried me into my 50s when I started again. I got much stronger the second time. Now I'm maintaining with running and swimming in my late 60s.
Lifting a few 5 gallon containers, no problem, bring it on.
Never saw it in smaller containers. Since you are prepared to pay more, why not pay for help? Teenaged boy neighbor can load them, then unload them and space them out in the driveway for you.
Cut costs even more if the store will load them for you.
Good on you, mate! (As the Aussies would say) Glad to hear you're an in-shape senior. Please don't take this as a slam, just a reminder that there are some people beyond weight training.
Since my wife works with disabled vets when I hear of a "lifting limit" like the OP stated I think spinal cord injury. Lots of people with rods, screws or other medical hardware in their back are extremely limited in what they can lift. Anything they carry puts that weight directly on the spine unless a special back brace is worn that redistributes the load to the hips. Not knowing the OP's medical condition, I would be hesitant to venture any more advice than what he asked for:
Well, I felt someone should say it. If the OP doesn't have any medical conditions and isn't really old, the message is, you're never too old to get yourself in shape.
I believe we're talking about less than 50 pounds.
If you want to drive down to Worcester, there is a local Sealmaster office that may sell you sealant in any quanty you care to purchase. For best results it needs to go on heated though - may be too far to drive. You can also rent a tank trailer from them - no lifting required, although I'd suggest that if lifting more than 2 pounds is a problem, you may not be up to spreading gallons around a driveway.
That's unknown to us and his mention of specific lifting limit tells me that a doctor prescribed that limitation. People *usually* don't conjur up a specific "load limit" on their own.
Jim Fixx found out otherwise. Lots of seniors get into trouble deciding to begin exercising without medical advice. But the advice is good advice in general since so many seniors are overweight and out-of-shape. Hey, I thought you were a 30 year old "kid" so you must be doing something right! (-:
I don't know about the rest of you, but I'm surrounded by people that won't exercise and are proud of it. They have something hard to do like mow their lawn and they hire someone to do it.
Yes, the OP may very well have a medical condition. He didn't say. If he does, then he knows that he should follow a doctors advice, not some random person on the internet.
Take my advice or ignore it. I'm just here to tell _some_ of you, you don't have to get weaker as you get older. I'm a normal sized person (5' 9") getting on in years and I can lift 5 gallon buckets and more. I could probably dead lift 200 lbs like another poster but I'm guessing that would be close to my limit.
There is nothing more important than saying healthy. I think doing hard work is an essential part of life and being healthy. I don't have to, I program computers for a living but I seek out hard jobs and enjoy getting dog tired.
I heartily recommend hard work, and my guess is I'm not alone in AHR.
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