Recommended laser for fencing property lines?

[TractorGuy]

If there is a fence, set well back from the line, it will eventually become the de-facto property line, per adverse possession.

The fence will define who has physical access to/use of the property.
No number of corner markers, line posts, or signs will change that.

So what if there is no fence separating a property line? Does my neighbor then own all my property to the other side where there is a fence or do I own all his property to the other side where there is a fence?

ALL of my property has concrete survey markers and I have driven T-post at all of them to keep them from getting lost in the brush. On the back side either the property owner or surveyor also marked the concrete markers with a white PVC post. I can't imagine a fence being 15 feet inside the line would render my survey markers useless.

 

[TractorGuy]

But back on topic: If you really want to use a laser Lowes lists a setup for $600 that should probably work. At least with Lowes if it doesn't perform to your needs you can return it.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/Bosch-1000-ft-Red-Beam-Self-Leveling-Rotary-360-Laser-Level/1000692774

 

[MNBobcat]

It is a bad idea to have the fence that far back. If your neighbors openly use the land on their side of the fence they can end up owning the land through adverse possession. I highly recommend you move the fence on to the line.

So what if there is no fence separating a property line? Does my neighbor then own all my property to the other side where there is a fence or do I own all his property to the other side where there is a fence?

ALL of my property has concrete survey markers and I have driven T-post at all of them to keep them from getting lost in the brush. On the back side either the property owner or surveyor also marked the concrete markers with a white PVC post. I can't imagine a fence being 15 feet inside the line would render my survey markers useless.

 

[MNBobcat]

I ended up buying this laser The reviews claim that its bright enough to see well during the day. Whether they are fake reviews I don't know but for the price if it doesn't work I'm not out much

 

[EddieWalker]

With most technology, you pay for what you get. Lazers can be extremely accurate, but the cost is prohibitive for most of us. Save your money on a low end laser and pull wire from corner post to corner post. String will stretch and give you a bow, which makes it a poor choice. High tensile wire is probably your very best choice, but barb wire works if you are going to use it for the fence anyway, and I use electric fence wire since I have a lot of it and I use it on all my fences.

 

[fried1765]

So what if there is no fence separating a property line? Does my neighbor then own all my property to the other side where there is a fence or do I own all his property to the other side where there is a fence?

ALL of my property has concrete survey markers and I have driven T-post at all of them to keep them from getting lost in the brush. On the back side either the property owner or surveyor also marked the concrete markers with a white PVC post. I can't imagine a fence being 15 feet inside the line would render my survey markers useless.

"I can't imagine a fence being inside the line would render my survey markers useless".

Question: Can you "imagine" your survey markers missing?

You are thinking about today....because YOU KNOW where they are.
Fast forward to 30 years from now, when someone has been along that line with a dozer/grader/plow.
No markers of any type are found!

In your specific case, maybe not a problem, but in general, it happens way more frequently than you would ever suppose.

 

[fishheadbob]

Adverse possession isn't quite an urban legend but it comes close. Has anyone ever firsthand been a party to an adverse possession claim? Not "I heard of a guy..."or "my brother-in-law's ex-wife's third husband..." or similar crock, but a real, honest to goodness loss or gain of real estate in one of these. It must have happened somewhere, sometime. Or did it last happen to Henry IV.

 

[quicksandfarmer]

Adverse possession isn't quite an urban legend but it comes close. Has anyone ever firsthand been a party to an adverse possession claim? Not "I heard of a guy..."or "my brother-in-law's ex-wife's third husband..." or similar crock, but a real, honest to goodness loss or gain of real estate in one of these. It must have happened somewhere, sometime. Or did it last happen to Henry IV.

This case was near me about 18 months ago:
Little Compton: Woman wins 'hostile' takeover of land - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI

 

[TractorGuy]

This case was near me about 18 months ago:
Little Compton: Woman wins 'hostile' takeover of land - News - providencejournal.com - Providence, RI

That's a different deal. Fence lines had nothing to do with it.

The taxes had become delinquent and the couple that took possession had been paying the taxes. Counties don't care who pays the taxes as long as they are paid. If the taxes had remained delinquent for long the property would have been seized and sold for the past due taxes by the county. Since the land jumper found it delinquent and started paying them and the former owners didn't it became theirs to take. If the former owners would have caught it in time they could have paid the back taxes to the land jumpers and got the property back.

 

[fried1765]

Adverse possession isn't quite an urban legend but it comes close. Has anyone ever firsthand been a party to an adverse possession claim? Not "I heard of a guy..."or "my brother-in-law's ex-wife's third husband..." or similar crock, but a real, honest to goodness loss or gain of real estate in one of these. It must have happened somewhere, sometime. Or did it last happen to Henry IV.

So you believe...... that "adverse possession" may be just more...... fake news??