any auggestions on how to stop this?

[RollingsFarms]

I own a little under 700 acres of land. about 430 is around my house and then I own a couple other small peices of property on the other side of town. I'm having trouble with people dumping their trash on my land. not much makes me mad, but this absolutley makes my blood boil!!! it seems to go in spurts. it's happened 4 times so far this year. last year only once, the year before that about three times. i'm sick of it!!! there's a public dirt road that runs through the middle of the property that's owned by the county. i've written numerous times to them, and even offered to buy the road from them to no avail. the road is nothing more then a short cut to avoid going through town. it stays pretty busy for a dirt road. i've called the police several times and theyve sent out officers to dig through the trash in the hopes of finding a name or address, but haven't ever had any luck. not once. it's mostly household garbage and crap that people throw away when they clean out their garage or attic. stuff you can't trace back to anyone in other words. it's almost as if they plan it that way and seperate their garbage. i never find ANYTHING that could give me a lead. what do they do with the trash that has their name on it i wonder? i bet they take that to the dump. the real thing that makes me angry is there's a recycling place not 2 miles from my house......two miles! why must they dump their junk on MY property instead of going the two miles to dump their trash? i've never been lucky to catch anyone either. does this happen to anyone else on a regular basis, or even sometimes? did you have any luck stopping it, or at least limiting it? if i ever find one address, name, picture...ANYTHING, someone is going to be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law and i will see to it that they pay one hefty fine! even if the address, name, or pic i find isn't the person who dumped it, can they still be tied to the trash?

 

[woodchuckie]

I have the same problem and haven't found the answer yet. It takes a special type of person to do that and I hope I never have to associate with that type.

 

[RollingsFarms]

happened to a friend of mine who owns some land. he got lucky because in the trash they dumped, they found tons of receipts and traced it back to a gas station in town. turns out they have some guy take off their trash and he got lazy and decided to dump the trash on my friends land. they got a pretty good sized fine layed on them, the guy got fired, and they had to pay to have the trash cleaned up. wish i had that kind of luck!

 

[sandman2234]

Wife called me about somebody dumping on our deadend road. Police came out and rummaged thru, and found a box with a tag for a special order toilet. Tracked it down to a well to do homeowner who had just paid to have bathroom redone. He gave up the plumbing company, who had no record of the job. description of the plumber told the boss who was doing side work in the companies vehicle. He was called in from a job to explain. Seems his roommate allowed a friend to use the trailer the evening before but since it was loaded with trash he was supposed to dispose of it. The plumber cleaned up the mess and probably chewed out the offender, along with the roommate. I got to enjoy watching them clean it up. David from jax

 

[catskinner]

Buy a hunting trail cam or just make some fake ones, put a sign up saying your on tape, it really worked well here.

 

[Mousefield]

Many years ago the company I worked for had a dumpster that someone loaded with their house trash. I went through it and found their address. Put it all in the company van and dumped it in their driveway. Ya, I was somewhat Pi&*ed off. Never heard any feed back. Ha Ha. :laughing:

 

[Sigarms]

Game camera?

 

[Mike Costello]

Years ago, a guy at my shop refused to pay the tire disposal fee of $1.25/tire, and took back his old tires. He said he would throw them in the dumpster where he lived. I advised him not to do it because the fines were pretty hefty. He did it anyway, was busted by another resident at his complex, and wound up paying $500.00X4= $2000.00.

 

[Hawghauler]

I have never heard of a fine too large for a litterer. Caning would be fine too.

 

[radioman]

in reality, video cameras is your best bet. I wouldnt advertise that you have one up and watching them. let the camera do its job and see if there is more then one culprit and then report it to police and let them deal with it. Once the word spreads you have a camera out there, swap out your real camera with dummies and THEN post signs that they are being watched. Chances are your dummies will get damaged/missing, but no more litter.