A lawyer would not be meh first option. Give the guy a chance to name things right. He will have enough grief by burning when he was not supposed to. Years ago when burn barrels were at about every home the wind blew some paper that I was burning to my neighbors strawberry patch. It was early in the season and io told her I would for any berries she lost. Strawberry season came and went but I did not hear from her, so I went over to ask her what I owed. She laughed and told me she had the best season ever.
confederatemule
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My thoughts, exactly.
More of my thoughts, the fire probably helped the land more than hurt. As far as the trailer house the replacement value of it and contents is something to work out with your neighbor.
Always keep in mind that you may need your neighbor's help someday. He did not have to call you. Did you help put it out?
Please, be a good neighbor about it.
"Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
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It depends if the tree is valued as timber or an ornamental/shade tree. I used to be a certified arborist and was called to provide value for trees cut when a logger went across the line, into a new home lot. The trees he cut would have been in the immediate backyard of the proposed homesite.
Timber versus ornamental/shade tree value are vastly different. Monetarily, they settled somewhere in between the two.
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I have spoken to several agencies that were there and found out he was spot burning some grass along his driveway with a portable tourch and when he looked behind him the sage grass was burning out of control. As mentioned before I don't live there but my daughter has made several attemps to contact him and she finds his gate closed, the house is a long way from the gate. I have not gotten in a big hurry cause I was hoping he would contact me and if not then I'll make a better effort when I go to fix the road and clean up the mess made while cutting the fire breaks. My son has been there cleaning up the trailer and when it dries up some from all this rain I'm going to carry my tractor and clean up. Thanks for all the advice and yes I will talk to him before I get legal involved.
Gord Baker
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If you know the neighbour, try and work it out with him. If not take a lot of photos and notify authorities.
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The rare and hard to sell veneer log is the only one.
Most logs don't bring much over pulpwood prices to the grower.
mike5511
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Seriously? You can't put yourself in his position and think how you would want your neighbor to treat you if you were in his position?
whitehair
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I’d make certain to get an official report from the Police or FIRE agency for that area just to CYA down the road.
fishdrivel
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Be very careful! Noting that he broke the law while negotiating can be construed as extorsion. Technically, if you know he broke the law you are required to report it.
I would start by asking him his intentions. If you are not happy, get a lawyer. If happy, get it in writing. Note that in some states, the DA will require him to provide proof of restitution.....
Mike0616
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Make sure you fully document what happened and your losses. Much easier to do this now and preclude memories from changing later. Lots of pictures will help along with reports from Fire Department, police, neighbor descriptions, etc.