Back in the day...
My neighbor across the street had a D-9 bulldozer he just left out in the desert....my brothers, his son and I spent many a weekend digging random holes in the desert (I'm sure no longer allowed)
I worked for several years at Ft. Irwin (military desert training center).
The guys let me use the skip loader to pull huge trees out (put a chain around the tree and I'd just lift it out). I'm sure they were all laughing at a 20 year old girl operating heavy equipment (were talking 1974 here). Good thing they didn't have FB back then
They didn't laugh when I drove a tank