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Greg1959

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Got about 20 acres of grass hay. I have been bush hogging it for a one and a half years and it is finally looking good with a little amount of weeds.

Anyway, just got a knock on my door and it was the neighbor. He asked if I was going to bush hog this hay up(hay is ripe and ready to cut and bale). He said "Well, it's full of red clover and looks good. I think I will cut it."

I was so taken aback that I did not know what to say. My thinking, at the moment, was 'Did you just really tell me you were going to cut my hay?'

He left without me saying anything. I was so flabbergasted by his statement that I could not reply to his audaciousness.

After getting my wits about me, I had to post, how would you guys handle this?
 
Sounds like one of those neighbors who thinks that if you're just throwing it away, they might as well have it.
Do you want to sell it? Do you want someone possibly cutting up your ground if it's too wet to be out there? Do you know what it's worth?
You've got some, or a decision to make. And it sounds like you better get back to him fast, before he takes liberty with your property.
 
I would get off the computer, go hook up to the bush hog and mow it if it took me all night. But I have been accused of being a d!ck. Ive got a cousin all riled up at me right now for about the same thing. He cut hay off of our aunts place for 7 or 8 years. Didnt mow the edges(tree line creeping in)didnt fertilize it, or pay her/split it with her, cause he was doing her a favor. Fast forward to last spring. Field is all weedy/trashy(i wonder why!)and he doesnt want to fool with it. He calls me and asks if I WANT to bush hog it. I told him that no I didnt want to but between somewhere between tillage, planting, and spraying i would. After mowing it all year last year, this spring it looked pretty good, and he wanted to bale it. I had to take a day off work to beat him but I bush hogged it, before he got it. Dont even get me started on our cattle partnership!
 
Now don't get all riled up, your friend only lacks "tact" it will cost you to mow it. He thinks you would be glad to save you the trouble. He could have said it better but you know him better than we do.
 
Were you planning to bush hog it? I guess if you were he's offering to do you a favor. But if you were plan on harvesting it for hay I think you better be telling him so.
 
I don't believe some of the reply's.It's yours to do with what you want.Don't ever let anybody tell you what the're gonna do with your property.The next time it needs mown this guy will just do it.You better stop the problem before it starts.
 
Yes, I was planning on bush hogging it. I'd already made three rounds around the field before I quit for the evening.
 
Tell him you expect to see your half of the crop stacked in your barn!

What is the normal split for hay ground in your area: 50-50 split between the landlord and the share-crop tenant or 33-67?
 
It's definately worth something. While I cringe everytime I see a valuable crop or peice of land gone to waste, it's not mine so nothing I will say about it.

This guy has some stones. You need to talk to him fast, before he just takes it.

Donovan from Wisconsin
 
Obviously the guy would be trespassing if he came onto the property.
I would do as suggested and advise him that he is more than welcome to bale it on shares, or if you dont need the hay then you would sell him your share.
Thats if you want it baled..if not burn some fuel and chop it.
 
Hogwash. There is no way to try to explain how a neighbor could walk up to your door and tell you what he is going to do on your place. I am not buying for a minute that you were "so taken aback that I did not know what to say". That if pure bull. Grow up Man up. This guy ran all over you and you just stood there and took it.
I would have set this guy straight in about 6 seconds. Something like "Look mister, you are badly mistaken if you think you can stand here and tell me what your are going to do; now get out, and if I see you on my place, your widow will be very upset.
Tom
 
If he has watched you bush hog it the last couple of years maybe he thinks he is doing you a favor. Don't jump to conclusions and just talk to him. You know more about your neighbor relationship with him than we do so you should be able to come to an understanding. Sure he should have asked if you minded if he cut it for hay but since he didn't then you need to talk to him. His intentions may be good and not intrusive.
 
Its your property and hay, you can do whatever you want. PERIOD. If you feel like plowing it under go ahead.

Maybe he thinks he will bale it and you wont know the difference or what its worth since you have only been brush hogging it down.

Wait for him to cut and bale it, then call the cops for tresspassing. Load up your hay and sell it.

OR, maybe he is not good with people skills and that was his way of asking to cut it, sell it, and split the $$ with you. Who knows.

Great fences make great neighbors.

Rick
 
If you were just going to bush hog it but he could use it, let him pay you a little for it and he can do all the work. If he wants to bale it and sell it, he should pay you a percentage.
 
Put out a few spikes for his tires to run over and then it might solve the problem.
Neighbors that take care of YOUR land without asking are A-holes.
 
Go over to him and in a nice way ask him what kinda deal he wants to make on the hay.

I get 1/3 of the hay on my ground. I dont touch anything, and the tennant puts on the fertilizer.

At the end of the year he gives me a check for the market price for my one third of the hay.

Works for me.

If he doesn't want to do that, then brush hog it.

Gene
 
I agree with this. I have a couple of pastures that an old friend used to bale. He fed it to his stock, and wasn't too picky about the thistles. He passed away, but my wife decided she likes it cut...

So, I bush hog it but if one of my neighbors wanted it they could have it. Either to cut and bale, or put some stock on if for awhile.
 
I started out on the "let him make the hay" side, but the more I think about what was said, the more I move over to the "screw him and the dog he rode in on" side...

There is just too much wrong with that statement for it to be a simple lack of tact.

Don't say another word. Get the field mowed ASAP.

Or, if you're feeling frisky, leave it a few days and see if he has the cajones to go in there and start mowing.
 
Taking hay off is taking off fertility and organic matter that you have been building up but all that aside no one should be telling you what they are going to do on your property.They need to
ASK.100% your choice what you do with it.
 
He starts cutting hay.....He gets hurt/damages his tractor....He sues you...he winds up with land plus $$$$$$....He buys new tractor and baler,to mow HIS hay off HIS land.
He might let you watch [from distance]
 
Maybe you've got one of them socialist abundant neighbors who thinks it belongs to everyone. What's yours is ours kind of thing. You better let him have the hay for the betterment of mankind. I'm sure it will go to someone more needy and deserving than you. It takes a village you know.
 
There is a possibility that he thinks you are just going to mow it again. You were so baffled that you didn't respond. Go talk to him know that you have been given some advice. Maybe he will start cutting and fertilizing it for you?
 
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