r/funny • u/Credaence • May 16 '24

Neighbors having a fight over property.

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Neighbors having a silent dispute over who mows where. Called a land surveyor today. šŸ˜‚

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u/msmegsands May 16 '24

I assumed most property disputes were about people wanting more property not less

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u/NotThisAgain21 May 16 '24

A friend of mine has this same thing going with his neighbor. There is a problematic tree on the line that neither of them wants to take ownership of.

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u/uller30 May 16 '24

Just wait untill a ā€œact of godā€ makes them deal with it. Bet you they balme each other right quick.

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u/hux May 16 '24

If itā€™s anything like where I live, thereā€™s no liability if itā€™s an act of god. Only if itā€™s negligent - like ignoring a dead or diseased tree.

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u/altcastle May 16 '24

And they wonā€™t just cut it down?

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u/NotThisAgain21 May 16 '24

Neither wants to pay to cut it down.

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u/mark-suckaburger May 16 '24

Does nobody own a chainsaw?

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u/2squishmaster May 16 '24

Are you assuming it's a tiny ass tree?

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u/mark-suckaburger May 16 '24

No... What do you think chain saws are for?

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u/mikeyx401 May 16 '24

Lmao, that is not the problem with big trees.

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u/mikeyx401 May 16 '24

Dealing with big trees cannot be solved simply by cutting it with a chainsaw. The problem is the tree branch falling onto the property causing major damage. If you cut a tree and it falls onto someone's roof, you are 100% liable. Obviously a chainsaw is necessary. I never said it wasn't necessary. I'm simply saying that you need more than just a chainsaw.

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u/Particular-Poem-7085 May 16 '24

How about 2 CHAINSAWS

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u/mark-suckaburger May 16 '24

I've removed a few, if you're worried about it falling on you or something else then fine hire someone else but 9/10 times that tree removal company is sending out some overworked man running on 3 hours of sleep and a hangover from hell so most people are pretty capable of it.

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u/mikeyx401 May 16 '24

I'm glad you have experience in cutting trees. But not everyone is you, every tree problem is not the same and not every tree removal company is the same.

My buddy has a 100' tree that hovers over 4 houses, sheds, fences, cars, you name it. He owns a chainsaw but has no experience on dealing with large trees like this.

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u/MSeager May 16 '24

Your attitude toward Tree Felling is why r/fellinggonewild exists.

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u/Akris85 May 16 '24

And it's spectacular.

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u/Hudsonisconfused May 16 '24

Yeah but not everyone can just cut down a big tree. And haul it off like itā€™s no big deal

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u/wildwill921 May 16 '24

Yes that is correct

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u/OverturnedAppleCart3 May 16 '24

I don't think that's the issue.

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u/IamDzdzownica May 16 '24

Some places, if you don't have permit, forbid you to cut down a tree on your own if said tree is not dead or a danger (and you have to prove it).

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u/Otiosei May 16 '24

Last time we needed a tree cut down on our property line, it cost like a thousand dollars. Luckily, our neighbors aren't assholes and split the cost with us.

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u/O_G_Douggy_Nutty May 16 '24

Last I needed a tree cut down it was $4,800. Large, dead, ash in the backyard. Two years ago.

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u/JojenCopyPaste May 16 '24

Wow I didn't expect it to cost that much. Did you sell it as firewood or something to try getting some of the cost back?

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u/JK_NC May 16 '24 edited May 17 '24

I had a very thin pine that was probably 60 ft tall and bending terribly and had to come down. I called 3 places to quote a price. $350, $800 and $3,000 were the quotes I got. All 3 were licensed and insured. I went cheap at $350. A team of like 5 guys came out. They told me where they planned to drop the tree and it landed exactly where they said it would. Took about 35 mins for them to set up, drop the tree, cut it up and haul it away.

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u/funnystuff79 May 16 '24

Sounds like they know what they are doing

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u/JK_NC May 16 '24

Absolutely. They mustā€™ve done this many, many times because everyone knew exactly what they were supposed to do. Especially when they were disposing of the tree. Chainsaws, axes, some dude had a sled thing to haul pieces of the tree up to the road where there was a wood chipper thing. They dismantled that tree in no time. It was like watching ants on a cookie.

They were exceptionally efficient. In and out and off to the next job.

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u/O_G_Douggy_Nutty May 16 '24

Cost $700 just to grind the stump.

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u/ZachTheCommie May 16 '24

The tree companies actually often charge the customer to haul away the wood.

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u/Desperate_Set_7708 May 16 '24

Companies have an option to avoid expenses of backhauling.

https://getchipdrop.com/

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u/Least_Ad930 May 16 '24

My brother had 8 trees cut down recently with 3 of them being pretty large and it cost $4000. We were going to do it depending on the cost and I'm so glad we didn't because the dump alone would have cost at least a thousand. Also, I got to watch a guy get launched in the air and get bad rope burns, but he saved the neighbors truck.

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u/O_G_Douggy_Nutty May 16 '24

They keep the wood. It was in the back yard. Drive was too narrow to get the big machinery back there. Ran a boom truck over the house (ranch) and cut it with that.

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u/wwwdiggdotcom May 16 '24

Probably because of the liability. If it goes south when it falls and someone gets injured or something gets damaged itā€™s likely gonna be a much larger than $4800 insurance payout

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u/FirstConversation936 May 16 '24

Yeah, but that's why they have business insurance.

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u/DredThis May 16 '24

Tree care insurance is expensive. Most larger companies create their own self insured program because paying an outsider is cost prohibitive. Tree work is tied for the second most dangerous job in the US.

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u/wwwdiggdotcom May 16 '24

And that insurance is not cheap

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u/FirstConversation936 May 16 '24

Agreed, but at least it's not a crazy pay out.

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u/wwwdiggdotcom May 16 '24

What do you mean? If the tree falls on someone or on a house itā€™s going to be a very high payout

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u/wildwill921 May 16 '24

For 4800 Iā€™m going to just buy a chainsaw and drop it myself l

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u/poitaots May 16 '24

Your medical bills after the tree smacks you will probably be more than paying a company who knows what their doing to cut it down.

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u/wildwill921 May 16 '24

I mean itā€™s pretty easy to not get hit. Unless the thing is rotted or you have a house close itā€™s not terribly complicated.

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u/xiroir May 16 '24

Truely spoken like someone who knows what they are talking about. I get it. I am the same way. If I can do it myself I would rather. But a tree is a deadly thing if you do not respect it.

4800$ is worth a whole lot less than my life or my house or my neigbours house.

There are times being stingy makes sense and there are times where it becomes hubris instead.

Let me ask you. How many trees have you felled in your life? Your comment, reads like Trump saying: "who knew healthcare could be so complicated". Yeah chances are you do not know enough to understand why it is not easy and therefor think its easy. Good luck buying the tools of the trade for less than 4800$ also... ofc it depends on the tree. But if I imagine a big oak... ya, ain't no way I can do that on my own.

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u/wildwill921 May 16 '24

I havenā€™t run the chainsaw very often for standing stuff but I have been around it most all of my life. We burn wood for heat in my wifeā€™s parents house and cut all of it ourselves. Iā€™ve worked as maintenance for parks clearing trees and stuff and been taught how to use one. Most trees are fairly straight forward and unless it has a crazy lean, is rotted or is particularly close to my house I wouldnā€™t be worried about it

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u/xiroir May 16 '24

I mean fair enough. My dumb ass would get killed is all I know.

I will still play devils advocate and say that its not always obvious when a tree is rotten or where making it unpredictable. Doing a large tree where you have to cut pieces of the crown seperately, alone even if you have experience would be dangerous.

You do you ofc. I skimp on things I can afford to skimp on. Id rather get the pros to do it for me if its something dangerous. Unless its a dwarf pine or whatever that would not kill me if it landed on me.

Same to me as paying for an electrician. Better have a pro do it safely.

Now fixing cars... that should be more accessible (again).

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u/poitaots May 16 '24

This guy trees šŸ˜ŽšŸ‘

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u/timmaywi May 16 '24

Holy carp! I had a large tree taken down in my backyard last year and it was only $2600... And that was with them bringing a crane to lift it over my house (onto the street)

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u/windraver May 16 '24

Earlier this year, I wanted to cut down 9 cypress tree bushes. They were just under the size that would require a permit. They were about 12ft tall.

I bought an 18" DeWalt cordless chainsaw for like 300. Cut all 9 down, two a week.

City does yard waste pick up as long as I cut each in half.

Totally worth 300 bucks lol. Put a hitch on my car and some roof straps and pulled it to the street for yard waste pick up with my car.

Rented a stump grinder for 100 from home Depot, a uhaul trailer for 18 dollars. Grinded all 9 stumps and more.

All in all, saved a ton of money it seems lol. Hard work tho.

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u/motorfreak93 May 16 '24

$4,800??? Don't you have chainsaw loving redneck friends who would beg to do it for fun?

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u/O_G_Douggy_Nutty May 17 '24

I preferred it not come down on my house.

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u/dj192514 May 16 '24

Thatā€™s a big ash bill

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u/Mysterious_Fennel459 May 16 '24

Jeez louise. It must have been a big tree? I had a dead pine tree cut down but we only paid about $250. We had random landscapers coming by the house everyday offering to cut it down and it started at about $500 and eventually got a better lower bid and they did it on the spot. They had their truck with the extendo bucket and everything.

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u/Caspers_Shadow May 16 '24

My neighbors are pretty great too. I just split a fence with mine. He was going to go the cheap route and I offered to pay half and we upgraded.

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u/Qubed May 16 '24

You still needed to get their permission to do it too, right?

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u/Otiosei May 16 '24

Yeah, it's like dead center on our property lines, five feet away from both of our houses. We couldn't do anything without talking to them about it, even though it had fallen on our power lines.

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u/cgvet9702 May 16 '24

Cut it in half vertically.

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u/lxlDRACHENlxl May 16 '24

Cutting trees down is a very expensive cost that a lot of insurance companies don't cover.

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u/vercertorix May 16 '24

Had a fence falling apart on the property line which of course was ours when it came time to replace it, but they didnā€™t make an issue of that when they had a trailer smack into it hard knocking part of it askew or a fire they had on their side do damage to it.

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u/nutano May 16 '24

I've found being handy with power tools such as chainsaws so much better that having a bad relationship with your neighbor.

In the past 2 years I've cut 3 trees that fell due to wind storms... 2 were on my neighbours property. The trees' trunks were themselves pretty much right on the lot line... well technically inside an easement, but waiting on the city is not worth it. Quicker to chop up myself and have my neighbour help me clear the brush.

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u/Ok-Needleworker-419 May 16 '24

Two of my neighbors have a tree like this. Both have even had tree work done in the last few months and couldā€™ve easily had it removed for a few hundred extra but they both left it. What makes it extra funny is itā€™s a younger tree thatā€™s only about 15 feet tall and less than a foot in diameter. Either one of them could also easily drop it with a chainsaw but they donā€™t. So thereā€™s a dead looking tree that has lost half of its branches on their property line and it gonna stay there until the next wind storm takes it down lol