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Neighboring property owner is threatening to sue me because I cut down my trees
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:42 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage I own a rental property and paid $4k to have 2 huge old growth trees cut down last week. Then we had unseasonable rain for days and a big windstorm and it blew down many trees in the area.
The property behind mine across the alley had 2 huge red firs blow down and crush the house, leaving the renters (nice white working class xbox type proles) homeless for Christmas blah blah blah. The owner of the place, a boomer slumlord is arguing that me cutting down my trees when I did added "wind stress" to his trees and is saying he's going to come after me for it.
Normally I wouldn't worry because it's an absurd argument but this town runs on who you know and he's an old timer who is probably friends with a corrupt judge idk should I hire a lawyer? |
Date: December 9th, 2025 10:44 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt If you in no way trespassed on his property and did. Nothing but remove your own trees and there’s no other ageeement between you and that’s his only argument then yeah I agree that’s ridiculous. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496254) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:57 AM Author: Effete philosopher-king as opposed to meritorious volitionally negligent car honk cases (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496302) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:57 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt yeah, you definitely arent stalking me. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496306) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: Maize reading party principal's office Bad advice. He could be fucked by his deed, his HOA, or municipal code.
The trees are cut down so he shouldn’t worry about it until he gets sued. |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:50 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt yeah so i thought i said excluding any other agreement (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497396) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:46 AM Author: angry obsidian senate Tree law is a minefield, no joke. All sorts of severe penalties and trebling (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496260) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:48 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496272) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:01 PM Author: razzle-dazzle house-broken electric furnace https://reddit.com/r/treelaw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497441) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:48 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage Here is 1 of the trees btw https://i.postimg.cc/gJFMQ1WQ/IMG-5500.jpg (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496270) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:51 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt you gonna leave the stump like that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496282) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:55 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage probably will have a guy grind it in the spring but you can also just drill holes in it and inoculate it with mycelium then cover it in topsoil and plant blueberries right on top (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496296) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:57 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt thats a lot of topsoil (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496303) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:58 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage Cr it does take a good few cubic yards of soil but can look nice when topped off with wood chips and the blueberries will thrive (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496311) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:59 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt nice. I have a stump in front yard now and was thinking of shaving it down but now its got stuff growing on top of it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496315) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:40 PM Author: Frozen Base Lettuce Are you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497359) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:40 PM Author: Effete philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497361) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:56 PM Author: onyx orchestra pit party of the first part Yeah you can put like a little gnome on it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497419) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:33 PM Author: flatulent fortuitous meteor church Cool! Why did you cut them down though? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496778) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:54 AM Author: Splenetic dashing corner circlehead no
if you actually do get legally pressed on this, just lie and say that the trees were damaged in the storm, and that they were leaning toward your structure and you had to cut them down as a time-sensitive emergency before they fell
i've been involved in this exact kind of dispute before and this worked |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:56 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage I cut down my trees just a few days before the storm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496299) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:01 AM Author: Splenetic dashing corner circlehead does your neighbor have any empirical proof of that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496325) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:07 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage I'm sure he could get an invoice from the tree removal guy etc. Or just testify in court (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496357) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:45 AM Author: Splenetic dashing corner circlehead unlucky. i was friends of a friend with the tree guy and had him backdate the invoice just in case things got pushed far enough for it to be needed
real talk though this boomer isn't gonna sue he's just a boomgroided blowhard |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:11 PM Author: pale aromatic public bath everyone has a ring camera now man (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496548) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:28 PM Author: Maize reading party principal's office Are you a lawyer, nude gamer? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496771) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:11 AM Author: Slippery pozpig stead do you have cats or other animals with premonitions (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496379) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:14 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage I do feel like there was divine intervention here, everything always seems to work out for me like this which is why I look down on people with misfortune (probably wrongly so) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496389) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:27 AM Author: Slippery pozpig stead im just saying get the cat to testify (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496424) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:38 PM Author: Zippy Purple Hominid (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496620) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:30 AM Author: Diverse Hyperventilating Locus Mother (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496427) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:56 AM Author: Effete philosopher-king (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496300) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:56 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt but why? There's literally nothing stopping him from taking down his own trees on his own property any time he wants. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496301) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:02 AM Author: Splenetic dashing corner circlehead The Law stops that actually, big guy (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496326) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:32 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt i dont think so.
i could be wrong but i dont think thats the case.
And if that is the case it is going to be state specific.
I am a guy w two healthy trees in my yard. There's no HOA. I choose to take both of those trees down. no trespass no negligence
Neighbor complains that I have removed a wind wall from his property. So what?
What am i missing here screens mcgee |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:36 AM Author: Effete philosopher-king amazing you've dedicated your career to torts but don't know what nuisance is. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496439) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:01 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt I’ve repeatedly sued and recovered on both public and private nuisance pal. I know what it is. See my post below in this thread commenting on private nuiisance theory and check the time stamp and compare it to your faggy post above. . I know you did already because you are stalking the fuck out of me. |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:02 PM Author: Diverse Hyperventilating Locus Mother And how many of those did you win? *honk honk* (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496518) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:31 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt What does recovered mean. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496601) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:06 PM Author: Effete philosopher-king in the poast im responsing to you're scratching your head thinking of a cause of action for harm caused by action on one's property that is not negligent and doesn't trespass on another's. that would be nuisance. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496539) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:33 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt Possibly. Which is what i also identified. This is why you get the sure bud sure. You can’t report on anything straight. |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:51 PM Author: Effete philosopher-king Date: December 9th, 2025 11:32 AM Author: Jack in the Green and Merry Christmas!
i dont think so. i could be wrong but i dont think thats the case.
And if that is the case it is going to be state specific.
I am a guy w two healthy trees in my yard. There's no HOA. I choose to take both of those trees down. no trespass no negligence
Neighbor complains that I have removed a wind wall from his property. So what?
What am i missing here screens mcgee
(http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2#49496432) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:58 AM Author: Irate State this is the most absurd thing I've ever heard. that boomer slumlord should be publicly flogged. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496309) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:00 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage The guy is known to be a piece of shit and his surname ends in "man" that's all I'm saying, but I think he's just german, there's not really any of those types around here because it gets too cold (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496320) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:01 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt get a lawyer. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496324) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:02 AM Author: Irate State Germans suck too. They started 2 world wars, why would you think he'd be any more reasonable than the genocidal ones? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496330) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:06 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage Yeah I have found them to be a pernicious bunch, they really love rules and enforcing rules and squatting to pee. I can see why they were hated as immigrants back in the day although we have bigger problems now (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496348) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:59 AM Author: Stimulating Pearl Gaping Den Jesus.
Obviously it's going to cause wind stress on the neighbor's trees if you just cut them all down suddenly like that. You need to prune them first, wait a while, then cut them down gradually one by one over a period of several months in order for the neighboring trees to build up their natural wind resistance. |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:04 AM Author: Irate State it's his property, he can do whatever the fuck he wants to his decaying trees. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496340) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:09 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt assuming not decaying i dont see why he coundt do whatever he wants to his own trees. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496368) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:31 PM Author: Maize reading party principal's office Welcome to America (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496776) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:04 AM Author: Irate State If the town is corrupt, you should tell him up front that you will appeal any frivolous bullshit lawsuit all the way up to the state Supreme Court and then federal court. Say it right away to deter some frivolous action that he can bring in front of his buddies, so that he knows the time and money is not worth it. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496338) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:09 AM Author: Mewling duck-like death wish if you were negligent in your property upkeep including trimming dangerous trees, he might have a case. otherwise, good luck him proving 'wind stress'. show me the bylaw that speaks to that. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496364) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:22 AM Author: Heady Persian Stage Oh another story about this landlord I just remembered, every few days or so he'd drive down the alley "checking out" his property.
So one time I had another guy pruning the apple trees and he had removed the wire cages around the trees and put them next to the alley, and this dumbass boomer ran over one and it wrapped around his wheel and scratched the absolute shit out of the side of his car. He got out and yelled at my pruning guy who is likely mentally disabled in some sort of way and said he was going to have to pay for the damages. Nothing ever happened there.
But I did tell the neighbors he was driving by all the time and creeping on their daughter and friends playing in the pool, and the dudes brother in law is a city cop and somehow got him to stop doing it. A lot of tree related shenanigans with this guy. |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:34 AM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt i guess a clever atty could claim some sort of private nuisance that youve created by modifying your yard but i dont think you have to contemplate "wind resistence" for your neighbors otherwise any time you want to alter some aspect of your yard you'd have to get neighbors ppermission first. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496435) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:55 AM Author: cocky site How do you know the direction the wind was blowing? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496481) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:13 PM Author: Heady Persian Stage The weather service records it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496554) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 12:42 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt I really don’t see how there’s any liability there if case was as you presented. Mr screens is trying to make his ONE tree case into YOUR case but that’s not lawyering. I have done tree cases before. No one would require you to do a tree study for “wind resistance” for neighbor’s trees. You don’t need to lie about the condition of the trees and an atty shouldn’t be counseling you to lie about it if he knows what he is doing. |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:12 PM Author: Effete philosopher-king you fucking appealed an intentional car honk tort to an appellate decision on a negligence theory. you more than anyone should realize how vexatious even cases with very little merit can be. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496723) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:00 PM Author: 180 Startling Casino That was a negligent act of horseplay iirc (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496844) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 2:02 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt Every time you open your mouth on here you just sound like more of an idiot. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496848) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:17 PM Author: Slippery pozpig stead you do tree law and honk law? is this real (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496736) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:03 PM Author: Zippy Purple Hominid tell him you have dozens of counsel on retainer at a moments' notice, Online, and Fully Nude (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496693) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 1:08 PM Author: Heady Persian Stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49496709) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:57 PM Author: onyx orchestra pit party of the first part (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497423) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:12 PM Author: Splenetic dashing corner circlehead (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497472) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:25 PM Author: apoplectic abode wouldnt he have to prove that the direction of the wind went through where your old trees were and pressed on towards his tree line?
also I’m 90% sure you’re flame |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:28 PM Author: Effete philosopher-king this would be an odd thing to flame about. i've certainly seen more bizarre stuff than this filed and even more bizarre threats to sue. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497338) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:51 PM Author: Heady Persian Stage The trees blew down in the direction where my trees were. Also its common knowledge among arborists & foresters that trees fall when they're newly exposed to wind cause they haven't been strengthened by dealing with years of wind and all the cracking and regrowth that makes them more resilient just like someone lifting weights is stronger than someone who doesn't. Now whether I'm liable for this I don't think so. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497399) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:05 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt no one is going to hold you to such a standard in any court you would find yourself in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497447) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 4:28 PM Author: fear-inspiring cruise ship Fight this all the way to the state supreme court and get into Dukeminier's property case book. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497340) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:02 PM Author: electric charcoal goyim tanning salon just want to say thank for the image of two huge trees crushing some shithead Boomer's property into Ruins. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497442) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:05 PM Author: Effete philosopher-king o fortuitous tree! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497446) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:06 PM Author: irradiated violet prole people who are hurt Look at you sliming around your betters no idea what the law actually is just juicing like a worm (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497448) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 5:09 PM Author: milky halford boomers with income properties love to file suits over trees to siphon off insurance money (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497460) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 9:29 AM Author: twinkling yapping milk go on? don't follow (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498764) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 6:10 PM Author: Doobsian spectacular dragon cumskin Huge old trees are 180 and you should be killed (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49497677) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 11:49 PM Author: Heady Persian Stage Lol city cuck, huge old trees growing in rocky compacted soil a few feet from a house, that regularly drop limbs big enough to kill someone are not 180 & there are plenty of trees in the woods not far away where they belong (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498400) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 9:26 AM Author: cocky site cr. You need an appropriate tree for the size space it's going in. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498760) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 9:49 AM Author: milky halford cr. better just let them fall naturally and destroy your house and possibly kill your children (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498813) |
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Date: December 9th, 2025 10:57 PM Author: Insecure Crotch Crackhouse Shitlawyer here. If the trunks of the trees were entirely on your property and you had a reason for doing what you did then you should be safe. But you better be sure those trees were entirely on your property. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498323) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 9:23 AM Author: Maize reading party principal's office OP, this poast should be your biggest sign that you need a real tree lawyer (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498757) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 9:50 AM Author: Insecure Crotch Crackhouse (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5808293&forum_id=2\u0026mark_id=5310486#49498814) |
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Date: December 10th, 2025 10:25 AM Author: Magenta lascivious puppy I had to remove a tree once (in a city) from my property because it was dying from a fatal fungal infection, was also leaning over and poorly pruned. These trees live like 70-90 years and it had to have been 50-60 years old at the time.
It was a 6 month fight to take it down; with hearings and everything. 3 gay hippies in my city unconditionally protest tree removals of any kind. This tree was non-native to the area.
A year later two trees of the same type blew down in a storm and fucked up streets/power lines and cars. They would have killed anyone walking under them. If my tree went down that way it would have fucked my structure up or killed people and I would have been sued.
What a joke - to fight and spend a ton of money just for the privilege of protecting your property and not getting sued. |