I think its a combination of custom and clientel. I didnt used to bill for hazards, I'd always paid the tow bills for lime trucks, dump trucks, and dozers. I can see it both ways. Guy cleaning out my pond grosses two thousand for 20 hours work. He gets stuck and has to get someone else to bring in a bigger machine to pull him out and gets hit with an 800 dollar bill for 4 hours work. Setting that second machine was part of the job of cleaning the pond.
First time I really realized that most people here expected to get that bill was when I lost a tractor into a sinkhole. Aweful mess to mow, 8-10 foot tall weeds, lots of undergrowth, hadnt been mowed in 2 years and no livestock. Dropped the whole front end into a sink hole, if the mower hadnt wedged on the ground it would have flipped forward. Took a triaxle Kenworth to winch it out. Landowner was waiting there to pay before they left. My total bill on the job was 400 bucks and the tow truck charged 300. I appreciated his paying them but it still set my teeth on edge when he said, oh yeah, I meant to warn you about that.
But, as you say, local dynamics have a lot to play with it. Here, I can count the full time farmers on one hand. Its a pretty even three way mix of absentee landowners with a part time farmer renting, part time farmers with off farm jobs, and rural residences with horses or cows.
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