Posted: 6/3/2014 4:04:09 PM EDT
| l know l'm being a puss, but the back neighbors have a huge cottonwood tree that drops many limbs onto our property. I'm sick of it. Can l legally just through them over the fence into their yard? Burning is a big no no. But we get charged for yard waste. |
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I have a similar scenario with a rear neighbors cotton wood, except I don't worry about what to do with the limbs (throw in a pile, tie, haul to curb). Least I can do for the bit of shade it give my yard.
I have a problem with it being pretty much on the property line, the previous owners of my property allowing the privacy fence to be boxed out 18" onto my side of the fence to allow the tree to grow and the biggest issue is the damn thing is a female cottonwood so the "cotton" is a pain in the ass when it sheds. After about 15 foot up, the trunk is completely on my side of the property line. I contemplate sawing off everything on my side of the line sometimes (meaning he's left with a tall stump in his back yard). It's healthy now but I can see this being an issue when it gets older and starts to die. No, I'm not going to talk to him about it. He's weird. Used to have large parties late into the night, when I used to leave for work at 7am he would often be in his backyard on the phone sounding line someone coming out of the bar at 2am, longer term residents say he's always there due to house arrest.. and the worst, he's such a dumb ass, he leaves his many many flood light on 24hrs a day (this I may talk to him about). On a positive note, his kids that occasional are there keep gifting my kid with toys they can's seem to keep on there side of the fence. |
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Grow a spine and go talk to your neighbor like a man. What's he supposed to talk to him about? "Um, sir, it seem some of your branches are falling onto my property, would you mind coming over once a week to pick them up or cut your tree down?" Another way to deal with it if very close would be to EDIT: may be illegal under certain circumstances in some states. Google should give you an answer. 
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Out here you can trim back to the property line. I have a grapevine in my backyard that grows wild in the summer. I keep it trimmed back because I don't want it to tear down the fence, however it grows so fast that it occasionally grows over the fence practically overnight. So my CUNT neighbor cuts them off and throws them over the fence into my yard. I don't give a fuck, takes me 1 minute to pick them up and put them in the bin. Also saves me the time to cut them. He's still a CUNT. Read into that what you will. |
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I had a tree at the property line near the street between the walk and the curb (easement).
My neighbor is a good guy but he would always comment about "my leaves" in his yard. One day I was home and looked out and he blew all the leaves in his yard onto my front lawn. I made acomment to a neighbor and of course it got back to him and he denied it and got shitty about it every time he raked leaves after that. Last summer the city sent out fliers offering to take down any nuisance trees. I had them cut that 30' tall fucker down and haul it away All he does now is bitch about how hot his house is inside without the shade. |
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I had a tree at the property line near the street between the walk and the curb (easement). My neighbor is a good guy but he would always comment about "my leaves" in his yard. One day I was home and looked out and he blew all the leaves in his yard onto my front lawn. I made acomment to a neighbor and of course it got back to him and he denied it and got shitty about it every time he raked leaves after that. Last summer the city sent out fliers offering to take down any nuisance trees. I had them cut that 30' tall fucker down and haul it away All he does now is bitch about how hot his house is inside without the shade. You should have taken the opportunity to apologize to him about how bad you felt about him having to rake the leaves, then squeak in the question "has your cooling bill gone up any?" 
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My brother's neighbor's tree hung over his driveway and dropped a lot of crap on his cars. He spoke with the neighbor and told him he was going to have a tree guy trim the branches hanging over his driveway. The neighbor was polite and cordial and thanked my brother for telling him in advance. two weeks after my brother paid to have the neighbor's tree trimmed, the neighbor had the tree taken down. 
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Out here you can trim back to the property line. I have a grapevine in my backyard that grows wild in the summer. I keep it trimmed back because I don't want it to tear down the fence, however it grows so fast that it occasionally grows over the fence practically overnight. So my CUNT neighbor cuts them off and throws them over the fence into my yard. I don't give a fuck, takes me 1 minute to pick them up and put them in the bin. Also saves me the time to cut them. He's still a CUNT. Read into that what you will. Huh, I'd soak the leaves on my side with Roundup. 
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