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Just laugh at her/him...really make her angry.
Yell obscenities?
Any snow pile laws in Wisconsin? Neighbor chased/threatened me over snow Bank I plowed on my own driveway.
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Oh. I wouldn't know. I just read the title and assumed the rest.
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that’s hate speech
Yer better off , tuning up some Ted , singing
“Strangle hold “ to 11, and open the windows.
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I've read that giving a thumbs down is very effective too
If your pile is completely on your property and not their's you are completely in the right unless you obstruct some sightline of a road, alley, sidewwalk, etc. There may be a civil issue if you pile the snow near her foundation, as most municipalities in WI disallow directing water (via downspout, hose, snowpile) onto another's property.
I had a similar issue a few years back when an old bag (55) trespassed onto my property and ordered me not to pile the snow there. I told her to pound sand and get the hell off my property. I have over 1/2 an acre to plow with 40 slips, and when many cars are present there are a limited number of spots to pile. The funny thing is her nearest structure was 100 feet away. I duly informed her next time she trespasses she will be cited or arrested.
I had a similar issue a few years back when an old bag (55) trespassed onto my property and ordered me not to pile the snow there. I told her to pound sand and get the hell off my property. I have over 1/2 an acre to plow with 40 slips, and when many cars are present there are a limited number of spots to pile. The funny thing is her nearest structure was 100 feet away. I duly informed her next time she trespasses she will be cited or arrested.
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When I hit “reply” the OP had not amended his original comment with additional information. Which is why I questioned that there was not an underlying reason for the neighbor’s (seemingly unwarranted) angry behavior. Which, it appears, I was correct.
Hah. With most of the slips full I can only pile at either end...if I eliminated the end she wanted me to it would have resulted in a 400 foot push for a 45 foot wide path.
I have the patience of the Mahatma, except for the most imbecilic morons.
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oh,
Because I thought you had a sense of humor,
my bad.
I used ta read the title and then reply just to see how close I was to getting it right for
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Yeah take a few photos and move on. She’s an idiot and a miserable person.
Sounds like the misery that moved away from my neighborhood at the San me yours moved in. If so I’m sorry. We all made her leave. Husband is decent.
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"Equipment envy " they are PO'ed because they have to work harder than you to clear snow. That's part of the root causes of the rage.
I've had a similar experience. It was a 4 plex unit. 2 walk out at street level front. 2 walk out at ground level rear. So built in a hill.
Neighbor 3 houses down the alley pitching a fit over my pile on my accounts property.
Saying how the water was going to run down the alley into their garage/ yard.
I told them. Sounds like there's an issue with the grade of the alley,you should take that up with the city.
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Where is the mitten?
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If the sign was in metric there probably wouldn't be any snow against the fence....
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The fence runs along the drive, the snow gets windrowed away from it. What's there is what falls off the leading side of the plow. You can't explain it to them....it's the same as doing a shared driveway and the one side doesn't want you to do his drive. He will complain loudly about the ridge to you.. to the guy who hired you.. to anybody who will listen. I just don't listen.
Besides, it's my customers side of the fence, he can't legally post that sign there.
Besides, it's my customers side of the fence, he can't legally post that sign there.
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You must be pretty far North, we've gotten probably a third of that and it melted quickly.
If you're confident that your snow pile is going to melt into the storm sewer, then you have nothing to worry about. As mentioned, they can sue you for almost anything, luckily you can countersunk as well. Any decent judge will throw it out of court, or side with you. Just sounds like the neighbor is crazy.....
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Probably a tuck pointer...
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You should probably spend a little time verifying that what she’s saying has zero merit, and then find a way to document it before it melts and turns into her story vs yours. From what you’ve described it sounds quite obvious her claim is bogus.
if what she’s saying turns out to have any truth to it at all, it could absolutely be grounds for litigation. If you create a situation on your property and it trespasses onto someone else’s and then causes damage, even if it was unintentional and it’s “how it’s always been done”, they can come after you for that.
had a situation last summer, we take care of 2ish miles of 10” water line that supplies irrigation and fire suppression water to a neighborhood made up of 5-10 acre estates. 3-4 times a year we shut it down to make repairs, and we follow a specific start up procedure which includes burping the line to let air escape as it fills back up, which means opening several fire hydrants and letting them run full bore for a minute or two. We open the same 4 hydrants everytime, have for years, we were taught to do it by the guy who installed the system. Well, in between our maintenance visits, one of the homeowners installed an underground vault “bug out” shelter in his horse pasture and put some expensive electronic well controls in it. He didn’t want any one to know about it so he buried the lid under a few inches of dirt. It also just so happened to be in the flow-path of one of the hydrants we have to burp. The run off filled the vault up and ruined the controls. He was mad at us for ruining his controls, I was mad at him because It was impossible for us to have any idea of his hidden shelter, but at the advice of the our lawyers our company and the hoa covered the cost to repair the vault rather than try and fight it in court. They said we didn’t have a case if it was our water, under our control, running onto his property. Long story, but maybe some food for thought.
id just wait for the next warm sunny day and go watch where the run off goes. Take some videos and document it.
if what she’s saying turns out to have any truth to it at all, it could absolutely be grounds for litigation. If you create a situation on your property and it trespasses onto someone else’s and then causes damage, even if it was unintentional and it’s “how it’s always been done”, they can come after you for that.
had a situation last summer, we take care of 2ish miles of 10” water line that supplies irrigation and fire suppression water to a neighborhood made up of 5-10 acre estates. 3-4 times a year we shut it down to make repairs, and we follow a specific start up procedure which includes burping the line to let air escape as it fills back up, which means opening several fire hydrants and letting them run full bore for a minute or two. We open the same 4 hydrants everytime, have for years, we were taught to do it by the guy who installed the system. Well, in between our maintenance visits, one of the homeowners installed an underground vault “bug out” shelter in his horse pasture and put some expensive electronic well controls in it. He didn’t want any one to know about it so he buried the lid under a few inches of dirt. It also just so happened to be in the flow-path of one of the hydrants we have to burp. The run off filled the vault up and ruined the controls. He was mad at us for ruining his controls, I was mad at him because It was impossible for us to have any idea of his hidden shelter, but at the advice of the our lawyers our company and the hoa covered the cost to repair the vault rather than try and fight it in court. They said we didn’t have a case if it was our water, under our control, running onto his property. Long story, but maybe some food for thought.
id just wait for the next warm sunny day and go watch where the run off goes. Take some videos and document it.
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Such a fuss over the location of the pile. The amount of water the snow produces will not change if it’s not piled. If it wasn’t plowed & piled it would still melt and run downhill in the same direction. Tell this fool to pray for less snow next year.
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Which of the two “snow piles” are you referring to? Noviceplowguy’s or jonniesmooth’s? Because both scenarios it will/does matter if the entire totality of snow is moved from the entire lot, where it would normally be spread out if simply left to melt, into a concentrated pile on the edge of the property. One scenario more than the other, but to say the runoff of the melting snow would not change from a natural melt and a moved pile from a larger spread out area is preposterous.
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