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2011-06-21 2:34 PM
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mdg2003 - 2011-06-21 1:36 PM Wait until 6 PM so most guys are home from work. Buy a case of beer and put the cooler in the front yard. Pop a beer and start cutting on the tree with a hand saw, machete or kitchen knife. The men in your neighborhood will trip over themselves to help you drink the beer and show you their chain saw in action. Think Tom Sawyer painting the picket fence... they'll be lined up to show you how to chop that sumbich' into firewood.

 

haha...awesome



2011-06-21 2:39 PM
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saldana_joel - 2011-06-21 3:34 PM

mdg2003 - 2011-06-21 1:36 PM Wait until 6 PM so most guys are home from work. Buy a case of beer and put the cooler in the front yard. Pop a beer and start cutting on the tree with a hand saw, machete or kitchen knife. The men in your neighborhood will trip over themselves to help you drink the beer and show you their chain saw in action. Think Tom Sawyer painting the picket fence... they'll be lined up to show you how to chop that sumbich' into firewood.

 

haha...awesome




Around here that only works for women. The guys would just stare at him out of their front windows and laugh privately while drinking their own beer.
2011-06-21 2:42 PM
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saldana_joel - 2011-06-21 12:34 PM

mdg2003 - 2011-06-21 1:36 PM Wait until 6 PM so most guys are home from work. Buy a case of beer and put the cooler in the front yard. Pop a beer and start cutting on the tree with a hand saw, machete or kitchen knife. The men in your neighborhood will trip over themselves to help you drink the beer and show you their chain saw in action. Think Tom Sawyer painting the picket fence... they'll be lined up to show you how to chop that sumbich' into firewood.

 

haha...awesome

If you fire up the BBQ at the same time the smell will also bring them in.

If you really just want it off your yard though, that is small enough two people could easily pick it up and carry it back without to much damage to your lawn.

2011-06-21 2:44 PM
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cut a tree from your yard and fall it into theirs? 
2011-06-21 2:45 PM
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bel83 - 2011-06-21 3:42 PM

that is small enough two people could easily pick it up and carry it back without to much damage to your lawn.




Did you look at the same picture I did? That's the size of a small tree. Ain't no way two guys are carrying that thing.

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2011-06-21 2:53 PM
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I don't think it would be unreasonable for 2 people to carry that tree 30 feet. 


2011-06-21 3:14 PM
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Call the city.....and have them contact the homeowner.




2011-06-21 3:31 PM
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Could you Dallas people please send some of that rain to Austin?
2011-06-21 3:32 PM
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After seeing the picture I'd just clean it up and call it good.

 

 

2011-06-21 3:40 PM
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Last night we had some storms come in with insane winds.  I woke up this morning to find a huge part of our neighbors tree in our front yard.

The branch on your property is yours to deal with as you see fit.  If the law in TX says the neighbor has or shares responsibility I suppose you could wait until you get hold of them to work out what to do/payment. If you can't get in touch with them in a reasonable time, you could clean it up and deal with compensation after the fact.

Personally, I'd just cut up the branch on my property for firewood and not involve the neighbor at all. Maybe ask if they want some of the wood.

More storms are supposed to come in, and where the branch split still looks very weak and could easily snap and land on his house.

Here's the conundrum. If the neighbor isn't around, I'd knock on a few doors to see if anyone in the neighborhood has contact information.  If not, call the town DPW and inform them of the situation. They can send someone to do a safety assessment.

2011-06-21 3:41 PM
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chadtower - 2011-06-21 2:39 PM
saldana_joel - 2011-06-21 3:34 PM

mdg2003 - 2011-06-21 1:36 PM Wait until 6 PM so most guys are home from work. Buy a case of beer and put the cooler in the front yard. Pop a beer and start cutting on the tree with a hand saw, machete or kitchen knife. The men in your neighborhood will trip over themselves to help you drink the beer and show you their chain saw in action. Think Tom Sawyer painting the picket fence... they'll be lined up to show you how to chop that sumbich' into firewood.

 

haha...awesome

Around here that only works for women. The guys would just stare at him out of their front windows and laugh privately while drinking their own beer.

That would call for regional improvisation, send the missus out there with a hacksaw and a nice pale ale...wearing shorts. That tree will turn into firewood.



2011-06-21 3:42 PM
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douse it with gasoline and set it ablaze!!    then maybe the fire dept will come help you move it!
2011-06-21 4:14 PM
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We had a tree last year from our neighbor's fall into our property--it landed on our fence, our house, and another tree (which it took out with it...and half of one other tree). Basically, as the insurance guy told us "your yard, your problem". (these trees were NOT small--several stories tall, cottonwoods and maples)

Thankfully, the trees landed on the house (sounds odd to say)--otherwise, we'd have been on our own for removal and for repairs to the yard and fence. Had we ended up responsible for the $7000 bill out of pocket, we probably would have very sweetly spoken with our neighbor. Since insurance covered it, less the deductible, we didn't bother.

 



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2011-06-21 5:53 PM
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pitt83 - 2011-06-21 1:22 PM

In CT, the property lines extend into the sky. Branches, etc on your side of the line are your responsibility. If the wind put them on that side of the line wouldn't matter.

Basically, I think it's your issue to fix and has nothing to do with the neighbor. If they offer to pay, that would be nice. But I doubt they're obligated to.


Same in PA. A few years ago, our neighbor's HUGE pine tree came down in a storm, landing entirely in our yard, and taking out about 4 trees in our yard in the process. The clean-up was entirely no us. Neighbor's didn't even offer to help pay any part of the clean-up....
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pitt83 - 2011-06-21 1:22 PM In CT, the property lines extend into the sky. Branches, etc on your side of the line are your responsibility. If the wind put them on that side of the line wouldn't matter. Basically, I think it's your issue to fix and has nothing to do with the neighbor. If they offer to pay, that would be nice. But I doubt they're obligated to.
Same in PA. A few years ago, our neighbor's HUGE pine tree came down in a storm, landing entirely in our yard, and taking out about 4 trees in our yard in the process. The clean-up was entirely no us. Neighbor's didn't even offer to help pay any part of the clean-up....

irregardless of the law, that just seems rude to me. If my tree did that to a neighbors yard, I would want to help out. Maybe not pay it all, but help out. The only exception would be if it was due to a naturaly disaster like a Hurricane, and my own yard looked just as bad.

2011-06-21 6:47 PM
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Neighbor just came by, he is going to start chopping it up. I'm going to stop by at my parents after my class to grab their chainsaw and give him a hand. Hopefully the lawn isn't too torn up


2011-06-21 6:57 PM
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jsnowash - 2011-06-21 3:53 PM
pitt83 - 2011-06-21 1:22 PM In CT, the property lines extend into the sky. Branches, etc on your side of the line are your responsibility. If the wind put them on that side of the line wouldn't matter. Basically, I think it's your issue to fix and has nothing to do with the neighbor. If they offer to pay, that would be nice. But I doubt they're obligated to.
Same in PA. A few years ago, our neighbor's HUGE pine tree came down in a storm, landing entirely in our yard, and taking out about 4 trees in our yard in the process. The clean-up was entirely no us. Neighbor's didn't even offer to help pay any part of the clean-up....

irregardless of the law, that just seems rude to me. If my tree did that to a neighbors yard, I would want to help out. Maybe not pay it all, but help out. The only exception would be if it was due to a naturaly disaster like a Hurricane, and my own yard looked just as bad.



Yeah... that was what we thought too... they were not the most neighborly neighbors. They've since moved away -- can't say I miss them much
2011-06-21 7:59 PM
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chadtower - 2011-06-21 12:54 PM Having given my opinion above I will give my actual experience. I was awakened by the Police knocking on my door a few years ago on a sunday morning. No idea why. They explained that a tree had fallen from my yard, landed half in the neighbor's yard, and he wanted it taken care of. It had fallen overnight. I had not even had the chance to wake up and notice it before my neighbor had the cops at my door. I told the Officer I had no idea it had happened. I did not own a chainsaw but would buy one that day and clean up the tree tomorrow. At this point the Officer sees that I am reasonable and intend to deal with this reasonably. He tries to leave. My neighbor gets mad and tells the Officer that he wants it done today and he wants it done by a professional. He will not accept me on his lawn with a chainsaw. I mention that I am unemployed, have a family to support, and cannot afford to hire a professional. The neighbor does not care. The Officer gently informs me that the neighbor has the right to tell me I cannot be in his yard. If the neighbor will only allow a professional that is my only option. I ended up having to pay some guy $500 to cut up the tree that day. I could have done it myself 24 hours later for a fraction of the cost that we really could not afford. Don't be that neighbor.
WOW, your neighbor is a real _____ fill in the blank.


X a million. I really think the officer overstepped by telling you that you had no choice but to hire a professional. If you don't have the money, you don't have the money--period. I know this is a few years ago and a done deal, but still makes me think about what else could have been done.

Maybe respectfully  and politely ask the officer to write a police report explaining the situation--that you'd offered to clean up the mess yourself but the neighbor refused you access to the property. At that point the cop can't force you to pay what you don't have. Then the neighbor could hire someone himself and take his chances in small claims court--where he could easily lose since you had offered a reasonable accomodation which he refused.

Sorry to hijack the thread on something in the past, but guess it does pertain somewhat to the OP.

 

EGG- ZAKLY!!!

2011-06-22 8:37 AM
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bel83 - 2011-06-21 6:14 PM

jsnowash - 2011-06-21 3:53 PM
pitt83 - 2011-06-21 1:22 PM In CT, the property lines extend into the sky. Branches, etc on your side of the line are your responsibility. If the wind put them on that side of the line wouldn't matter. Basically, I think it's your issue to fix and has nothing to do with the neighbor. If they offer to pay, that would be nice. But I doubt they're obligated to.
Same in PA. A few years ago, our neighbor's HUGE pine tree came down in a storm, landing entirely in our yard, and taking out about 4 trees in our yard in the process. The clean-up was entirely no us. Neighbor's didn't even offer to help pay any part of the clean-up....

irregardless of the law, that just seems rude to me. If my tree did that to a neighbors yard, I would want to help out. Maybe not pay it all, but help out. The only exception would be if it was due to a naturaly disaster like a Hurricane, and my own yard looked just as bad.

 

 true.. especially since if you were to hire someone before the tree/limb falls to trim the part over your yard or house. Many tree trimmers will not do it (at least around here) since they have to go onto someone else property to get to the tree.  

2011-06-22 8:41 AM
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saldana_joel - 2011-06-21 7:47 PM

Neighbor just came by, he is going to start chopping it up. I'm going to stop by at my parents after my class to grab their chainsaw and give him a hand. Hopefully the lawn isn't too torn up


This is the civilized outcome you'd hope for. Just get the job done and not pass blame. Glad to see you and they are working together; that's what neighbors do.
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2011-06-22 11:00 AM
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This a great excuse to whip out the chain saw! Surely as a new homeowner you have a chain saw. If not, this is a great excuse to buy a chain saw!

 

ETA - I guess I should be up to date before I post.....



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