Do I have to give my neighbor a 30 day notice to move something he has put on my farm

[Oldoak]

JUST HIRE A LOCAL EXCAVATOR TO COME OUT WITH HIS BULLDOZER , AND PUSH THE DARN THING BACK OVER THE LINE.

It will take 10 minutes, WHAM BAM you're done, take pictures, and show us all, or it never happened.

Then you can sleep at night, and everyone will be HAPPY. Then we all can talk about tractors, hunting, ugly lawyers or what ever ect....

Right. You got to be kidding. No one in the excavating business is ever going to even consider doing that. Unless he doesn't mind getting involved in the fight and possibility of being sued.

 

[YanmarFever]

Right. You got to be kidding. No one in the excavating business is ever going to even consider doing that. Unless he doesn't mind getting involved in the fight and possibility of being sued.

The container guy doesn't even live there, he runs it from another location, do you think he cares?

So you think if OLDoak woke up in the morning and found a strange car in his driveway blocking his garage, and he had it towed away that he can be sued and the tow truck driver?

 

[the old grind]

Slight difference being what some may call 'personal' vs 'real' property being 'relocated'. Are building permits or parking permits the norm for these examples? Can be apples and oranges depending on local rules, and a hired pro may have his own idea of which matters. I've yet to meet one who can be paid in degrees of indignation.

'Liability' doesn't always follow common sense. It's said that in some places you can put barbed wire fences around a pond and still be sued for a trespasser drowning in it. If life was fair, the neighbor would have put his building on his own land, and IMO the OP would have been spared the gate issue as well..

 

[Rebeldad1]

Slight difference being what some may call 'personal' vs 'real' property being 'relocated'. Are building permits or parking permits the norm for these examples? Can be apples and oranges depending on local rules, and a hired pro may have his own idea of which matters. I've yet to meet one who can be paid in degrees of indignation.

'Liability' doesn't always follow common sense. It's said that in some places you can put barbed wire fences around a pond and still be sued for a trespasser drowning in it. If life was fair, the neighbor would have put his building on his own land, and IMO the OP would have been spared the gate issue as well..

Thank you on both issues..... Both are unsettled and seem to take a whole lot of time to correct.

 

[mike48130]

So read most of this. A few quick questions. What is the easement for? Most easements have a purpose or use listed as access or emergency access or utilities. They don't grant unlimited use. The second, did you contact the county or whoever does your permitting? Although most people don't here in MI they require a permit as well as footings if shipping containers are used for long term storage. The short term storage has a time limit to it. I assume neither is done. Also, that permit would require the appropriate setbacks from the lot line, not the easement. If it is not corrected, they can fine the homeowner and it is usually a reoccurring fine if not corrected. I'm not one for permits myself, but in cases like these, may be able to make it work in your favor.

 

[Ritothebull]

JUST HIRE A LOCAL EXCAVATOR TO COME OUT WITH HIS BULLDOZER , AND PUSH THE DARN THING BACK OVER THE LINE.

It will take 10 minutes, WHAM BAM you're done, take pictures, and show us all, or it never happened.

Then you can sleep at night, and everyone will be HAPPY. Then we all can talk about tractors, hunting, ugly lawyers or what ever ect....

Any towing company with a rollback can easily move a container, that's usually how they deliver them in the first place.

 

[Jstpssng]

Any towing company with a rollback can easily move a container, that's usually how they deliver them in the first place.

They generally aren't full when delivered though. Right or wrong, if there is equipment stored inside it could get expensive. Before going that route I would consult a lawyer and do it right.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

If it's on your property it must be yours, list it on craigslist for sale cheap and have a local towing company with a 40' rollback ready to deliver it to the new owner as soon as it sells.

I would just roll the shipping container back across the property line. They are pretty heavy, so it might end up upside down. I doubt a small utility tractor could pick it up. I rented an 8x8x40 for furniture storage during a remodel, and my little Kubota 3130 would not lift one end. I had to use hydraulic jacks to level it. I could probably have moved it with a cable and some pass blocks.

The firewood belongs to the property owner.

 

[Rebeldad1]

So read most of this. A few quick questions. What is the easement for? Most easements have a purpose or use listed as access or emergency access or utilities. They don't grant unlimited use. The second, did you contact the county or whoever does your permitting? Although most people don't here in MI they require a permit as well as footings if shipping containers are used for long term storage. The short term storage has a time limit to it. I assume neither is done. Also, that permit would require the appropriate setbacks from the lot line, not the easement. If it is not corrected, they can fine the homeowner and it is usually a reoccurring fine if not corrected. I'm not one for permits myself, but in cases like these, may be able to make it work in your favor.

Easement is for ingress and egress only. nothing to do with the container

 

[AchingBack]

What is the old saying???
Free advice is worth exactly what you pay for it!

If you follow free advice and it turns out badly, it becomes expensive advice. How many times have you been in a situation where you are working on a project or planning one, when you hear, "if it were me, I'd just, (fill in the blank).

Unless the person giving the advice has been asked for it, and has credible evidence of successful endeavors in the matter, I ignore free advice.