I grew up in NZ on family dairy farm , when I left school at 17 I took on 37% share milking which means 37% of the dairy check . I have to maintain dairy gear and fuel, maintenance for equipment .. So you can see where I've learned mechanics ..

my father was into horse racing trotters  And bred a few good horses .. One winning the NZ Darby .. Latter that year our broodmare won broad are of the year..

i worked on the farm milking morning and night . Worked through the day at the butter factory.. Then rushed home to milk the cows.. All 150 of them.. 

At 26 I decided to sell off most things and come to Australia.. 

Got a job as crane chaser at Sydney County Council ..latter to become Energy Australia.. 

After 6 months I put into the line workers training program.. 6 months of full on working on 9 to 26 meter poles and elect cables with spans up to 300 meters ..  I worked on call out truck for 20 years , mainly through the day fitting service wires and upgrading to homes.. After hours (ot) I mainly worked on 415 / 11KV mains .. Worked as line worker from 1980 to 2002 then I applied to be line inspector .. Till I retired in August 2014. My part time hobby is building race cars .. I have build a shed with hoist etc to keep me busy.. Although my Mrs takes care of that !!