Next door neighbor....fenced 3/4 Acre of my farm..Tenant

forgeblast · Feb 5, 2012

I find it interesting (odd) that someone renting a property would be putting up fencing.

brin · Feb 5, 2012

forgeblast said:
I find it interesting (odd) that someone renting a property would be putting up fencing.

It is a real low gauge field type fence, not even suitable to hold any animals it , only about 4 ft. high but he put in about 300 ft. of it , all nailed to my trees. I think he did it to tie it into a chain link gate that gates his driveway in...like it would stop somebody form walking down his road...He did not run the fence down the edge of his driveway where the property line is because he would have had to install fence posts to do it right...instead he used my trees and just installed his fence where the trees were ...ending back at his gate.

jpm1 · Feb 5, 2012

RDrancher, your my kinda guy! In reading i was expecting you to say "while turning the tractor the loader hit the shed and knocked it down" but putting stuff on the roof is even better! Like to have you for a neighbor but your quite a distance away! .. . John

Brin, why do you feel you are you at a disadvantage when your wife is along? I have been in a number of disagreements such as this one, and if your right and can prove it! Let it HAPPEN! Years ago we came home one day to find a mobile home hauler stuck in my hay lot with a HUGE mobile home and hauler truck He'd knocked down about 5 acres of Alafalfa hay and put it into a big mud pit. When i saw this all my wife said was "Holy sh*t as i jumped out of the truck and went after the guy. The hauler said he didn't need permission and to get out of his ******way! Needless to say a fist fight broke out, the man was arrested after an emergency room visit for stitches ect. . . When our case came before the judge it was funny to hear the mobile home hauler talk his way out of the ordeal especially being a town justice an a near by town. Well He lost! Judge ordered I hold his truck, New 72' mobile home and moving equipment until i was financially compensated for the damage and the ground was repaired, another fight broke out in the court room and a simple tresspass, property damage issue went big! The hauler lost his privelidge to be town Justice and i was compensated quite a large sum of money.Guess i was lucky, bring the law with you first! Good luck. .. John

brin · Feb 5, 2012

jpm1 said:
RDrancher, your my kinda guy! In reading i was expecting you to say "while turning the tractor the loader hit the shed and knocked it down" but putting stuff on the roof is even better! Like to have you for a neighbor but your quite a distance away! .. . John

Brin, why do you feel you are you at a disadvantage when your wife is along? I have been in a number of disagreements such as this one, and if your right and can prove it! Let it HAPPEN! Years ago we came home one day to find a mobile home hauler stuck in my hay lot with a HUGE mobile home and hauler truck He'd knocked down about 5 acres of Alafalfa hay and put it into a big mud pit. When i saw this all my wife said was "Holy sh*t as i jumped out of the truck and went after the guy. The hauler said he didn't need permission and to get out of his ******way! Needless to say a fist fight broke out, the man was arrested after an emergency room visit for stitches ect. . . When our case came before the judge it was funny to hear the mobile home hauler talk his way out of the ordeal especially being a town justice an a near by town. Well He lost! Judge ordered I hold his truck, New 72' mobile home and moving equipment until i was financially compensated for the damage and the ground was repaired, another fight broke out in the court room and a simple tresspass, property damage issue went big! The hauler lost his privelidge to be town Justice and i was compensated quite a large sum of money.Guess i was lucky, bring the law with you first! Good luck. .. John

JP --- That is a great story ...it worked out great for you...but what would have happened if the guy had been armed and would have shot you..what would have happened to your wife if he went after her next ? What I do when I am alone is one thing but when I have my wife with me I temper my actions with her safety in mind....I mean who knows what can happen ?

The other reason is , it is never a good idea to go on someones property when there is a chance of an argument taking place...they can then say anything...they can accuse you of things you did not do...just by being on their property you are at a disadvantage.. Now had I caught him in the act, on my property then that would have been different...I would have driven my wife to the front of the property and walked back and taken care of business...See my point..? when are wives are with us we owe it to them to be absolutely certain we keep them out of harms way.

brin · Feb 5, 2012

RDrancher said:
Yep, amazing what some people will do.

At my old place I had a neighbor that kept doing all sorts of things on my side of the fence. Against my nature I tried the "civil" thing and spoke to him about it a few times. At the urging of my wife I even had the sheriff come out and speak to him. But stuff kept happening.

So one day I was brush hogging and found that he had built a storage shed against his side of the fence but had dumped the leftover dirt from the holes, concrete and scrap wood on my side. I figured I'd turned the other cheek more than enough times, so I scooped up two bucket loads of what I considered to be his "misplaced property" and deposited it on the roof of the new shed. Never had a problem after that.

Now that is sweet justice...I think he got the message...

Catfish Man · Feb 5, 2012

The average person has no clue how much an acre is (They think an acre is HUGE). Most likely the real estate agent told the renter he has six acres and the renter has no clue that he is off the land.

scott_vt · Feb 5, 2012

Good Afternoon Bob,
Sorry to hear that you had to go throuh all of that baloney... I can relate though

This past year the neighbor down below me was having a graduation party, and decided that the lower part of my field was an ideal place for their " slip and slide"...

My feeling has allways been, just ask me and permission will be granted, for anything resonable. I didnt want to spoil the party so I didnt say anything at the time. A couple of days go by, and this long strip of plastic is still in my field.

I went down and told them that I wanted removed right away before it killed all the grass... The next day it was finally gone, and that morning I went down to the boundary line, and hammered in new steel stake that was painted bright red... I think they got the idea !

RDrancher · Feb 5, 2012

brin said:
JP --- That is a great story ...it worked out great for you...but what would have happened if the guy had been armed and would have shot you..what would have happened to your wife if he went after her next ? What I do when I am alone is one thing but when I have my wife with me I temper my actions with her safety in mind....I mean who knows what can happen ?

The other reason is , it is never a good idea to go on someones property when there is a chance of an argument taking place...they can then say anything...they can accuse you of things you did not do...just by being on their property you are at a disadvantage.. Now had I caught him in the act, on my property then that would have been different...I would have driven my wife to the front of the property and walked back and taken care of business...See my point..? when are wives are with us we owe it to them to be absolutely certain we keep them out of harms way.

I would actually NEVER suggest anyone to handle things the way I did. That's just the way I've always handled things. Get even before I have time to get mad. My wife actually thinks she's mellowed me out a bit.

In my case, unless there' s some kind of ownership of airspace inside fence lines, the only thing that crossed his was the bucket on my tractor.

Hahaha...Just realized I put in the wrong quote.

jpm1 · Feb 5, 2012

Well brin Your right, dont' go on someone elses property with a badge with ya. First of all we dont' think much on "what if's" especially on MY PROPERTY! I WILL PROTECT AND DEFEND it and all my family on it no matter what it takes if we are right! and next . . . at one time my wife was a real good shot and with a rifle in the back window of the truck she followed after me. I told her, dont' shoot him unless i yell shoot! After things calmed down the Law found him carring a pistol and no permit. The Law never brought up the riffle we had and holding a man at gunpoint! In our county, and it is a good county too! you might wait hours for the law to show up unless you got a gun! . . . Besides It's nice to have a wife backing ya up that would go to the end for you, no questions asked! . . .John