Rural landowner thwarts joyriding snowmobilers with concrete reinforced fencing: 'They all received tickets and their snowmobiles were confiscated'

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Brad Dickson • Managing Editor
Jun 11, 2024 10:00 AM EDT

Fences have a singular specific primary purpose: To keep people, and things, out of places they shouldn't be. If you see a fence—or are otherwise told about its presence when you enquire with the property owner about crossing it—chances are that you shouldn't go ahead and cross that fence anyway or do something to sabotage it and gain entry. At the very least, such actions would probably have consequences.

Of course, some of those still reading might argue that fences are also used to keep things in just as much as they're used to keep things out but the point still stands regardless.

During the winter months, this landowner was approached by some snowmobilers about crossing his property while they were out for a cruise after heavy snowfall. Regardless of his advice not to, since he had just put up a new fence that was all but buried in a snowdrift, he returned to find that his fence had been smashed by crossing joyriding snowmobiles. Picking up the pieces, he erected a new one, bigger and stronger, practically daring other snowmobiles to cross its path…

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    Destroyed property and revenge Years ago, I (now 48m) used to live in far upstate NY. During the winter snowmobiles grace the frozen landscape. My place was situated in a small town with a fairly good sized yard. During the previous summer I had done a ton of landscaping ($30k worth) with a nice fence running the length of the property. During the winter it had snowed significantly which left all of 3 feet of the fence (black against white) visible from the snow drifts. One day I was approached
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    was possible to cut thru my lawn. I aptly replied by point out the fence and explaining it runs all the way around my place and there are no access points except for my driveway. They went on their way afterwards. About a week later the snow had come again but didn't leave any drifts. I was at work and got a call from one of my neighbors telling me my fence was destroyed near the back and there were tracks from snowmobiles. When I got home
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    later that day I inspected the fence and sure enough it was true. Needless to say over the course of the winter, more tracks kept showing up on my property. So the following summer I invested into a better fence consisting of re-enforced concrete to look like wooden fence. After the first snowfall and the next day of work I came home to a wrecker in my driveway picking
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    up 6 snowmobiles that were totalled and plenty of sheriff's asking the riders why they had chosen to ride thru a privately owned property. They told the officers I gave them permission, to which I replied by pointing out the no trespassing sign I had on the front of the fence. They all recieved tickets and their snowmobiles were confiscated. As a side note, my neighbor drove 6 foot rebar into the front of his lawn near the side walk, leaving enough just above the ground level to tear up the trac
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    OnlyInJapan99999 Loved this story. Grew up in the countryside in Ontario. I hated the joyriders who came on our property making a noise and disturbing our animals. Never listened to us.
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    Curmudgeon Reminds me of watching three lights dancing through our private forest trail at about 1am going way too fast for the condition of that trail. I said to my wife "I wonder if they know about the unfilled pond we dug last summer"? Three, two, one the lights went dark, guess not. Snowshoed back there the next day and found red plastic, green plastic, and yellow fiberglass at the bottom of the hole. The offending neighbour never mentioned the incident.
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    PunchyPete I don't know about NY but Ontario has plenty of trails. No need to go rogue. My neighbour at the cottage is very involved with the local chapter of the snowmobile association and this type of stuff drives him crazy. One of his biggest concerns is causing damage leading to property owners. banning snowmobiles. 45 Reply Share Fallendarklight OP. NY statw is pretty much open country. Why people feel the need to go racing thru other people's property, I'll never know.
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    fai-mea-valea Beautiful work. Makes me feel all warm inside.
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    heat846 My dad used to lay old white sheets on top of the snow around the entrance to the property. It usually stops the sled dead. Then, while the sled drivers had their machine tipped on its side cleaning shredded sheets from the track, Dad would saunter out with his shot gun and have a chat with them. Good times.
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    BigMax Six? Why didn't the others stop once one or two had crashed? 29 Reply Share Fallendarklight OP From what I gathered they didn't think the fence ran all around the property, that I had just fixed the section that was destroyed the first time
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    Local-Recognition969 Build a snowman on top of a stump in your yard. A tempting target. Hmmm.
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