(as hinted earlier this week)
Some of you have seen pictures of my place in Cottonfield County. I have 1 acre of land (about half a hectare for you metric folk), surrounded by about 30 acres of field on three sides. To the north is a small creek running through woods, and the closest the woods get to my place is maybe 500 feet. I’ve been watching for 2 weeks a small potatoes timbering company clear cut the creek area.
Wednesday, I get home, and parked in my yard right next to the shed where Reggie the farmer stores equipment is a trailer with a tank on it, commonly used to haul diesel fuel. Hmmm, that’s odd. Reggie doesn’t usually park fuel in my yard, and when he does haul it, he has an old truck just for this. I park my car in the garage, do my usual gathering of crap, and when I come out, there’s a big green log skidder driving right across my yard and through the soft sand where my derelict barns and jungle used to stand. :mad: :mad: :mad:
I put a lot of time and effort into grading that sand for grass planting, and twice before, some clod in heavy equipment had driven across it and left ruts that I’ve not been able to handle with hand tools. This made the third time.
Off I stormed to the log skidder, and an old black guy got out.
“How you doing?” he asked.
“You’re trespassing.” I replied.
“I need to fuel my tractor.”
“You have one minute to get off my land, because in two minutes you’ll be held at gunpoint for the sheriff.”
Back into the cab he went, where he must have had a radio, because a blue pickup truck came racing out of the field towards me. It was the job boss.
There was a very spirited conversation that took place, where I let him know in no uncertain terms that his guy was trespassing, and I was holding them liable for the damage to my property. The job boss said he’d fix everything the next day, and he moved the tank off my land. He assumed that I owned the field, and he wanted the fuel hidden because he’s had a similar tank stolen recently.
When I came home yesterday, the ruts are still there. I took a lot of pictures, because it’s monsooning today, and I want proof of the incident. I’m sick of people assuming they can drive on the VunderLair to suit their own purposes, so this will not go away quickly.
