Entitled Kevin expects to get $3000 of chopped wood from his neighbor after making his tree-cutting process far more complicated; neighbor refuses to share: 'No wood for you'

Neighborhood drama brings out the pettiness in all of us. Bound by our mutual living space, we must interact with our neighbors on a regular basis, cooperating and working together for a pleasant environment. If a neighbor throws a wrench in this delicate ecosystem by being a Karen or a Kevin, things can get sticky—and in this case, sappy—very quickly. 

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  • Cutting a tree, especially a large tree, is an enormous endeavor. Rooted deep in the soil and clinging to the earth for life, big ol' trees are a force to be reckoned with. However, as many homeowners sadly understand, sometimes a tree that's choking out your plumbing or dangerously dangling over your nursery has got to go. 

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  • This guy in our next story had a problem tree like this and made plans to cut it down to protect his property. However, the tree was on the property line next to his neighbor, but the neighbor seemed to take every step to make the tree-cutting process infinitely more difficult. And after it was all said and done, and with no help from the neighbor, he had the audacity to demand some of the firewood from the ordeal. Sorry bud, no wood for you.

  • No wood for you I had to have a tree cut down last week. An arborist advised us to do so because it had split. If it fallen there would be damages. It was huge. They counted over 90 rings. It was a beautiful silver maple.
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  • In our neighborhood, the backyards to homes share a fence or tree/bush line. The guy across from me has a gravel drive where he parks his truck, boat, and RV. It goes all the way back to our mutual border. We were always on good
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  • terms so I figured he would let the tree company use it for their bucket truck. He said no. He did not trust them to not do damage. They were bonded and I offered in writing to fix anything they broke. Still no.
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  • Ok. I brought over the backhoe and removed several bushes to make a road on one side. For labor cost a friend who is a paving contractor brought over 20 steel plates to lay in my yard. His workers put them in place. I told my neighbor I would
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  • do that for his driveway. It helped. I will have to till and resod some but most of my yard survived with little damage. His would have had none. Maybe needed a little gravel replaced.
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  • This company got it down, sawed into firewood sized pieces except one section and the rest into a wood chipper. They were finished and gone in 3 hours.
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  • Today my grandson and friends came over with the wood splitter. We have a shelter near the side door that holds two cords of wood. There is a smaller one near the back door. We have enough wood there now to burn this summer in the fire pit on the patio. So every piece went in the dump truck and he took it to the farm so it can season.
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  • After they finished and I was raking up twigs, the guy asked if I was going to give him some wood. I had in the past. I just pointed at the pile and kept raking. He said, "Really?" I said, "really" and more or less ignored him. I have plenty of wood at the farm and normally I would have asked him to pay the kids and they would cut & stack it for him.
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  • He could have gotten $3000+ worth of firewood for $300. Not today. My neighbor beside me helped with the bushes. They have a fireplace but only use it for romantic nights, lol. They know the two of them can come over and get all the wood they need. There is no fence between the houses, just the back yards.
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  • Out back it is my fence. I may get a new one. This one without a gate. I have a feeling our terms has changed. They are no longer good. I thought about having my son weld it shut, lol but that would be way too passive aggressive. Or, plant native wisteria. It is damp enough back there and in a couple years be partway up the other trees to give us even more privacy.
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  • There was a seven foot section of the four foot thick tree that was solid. A buddy has a cabinet shop. He jumped on that, lol. It is at the sawmill now. I also saved 9 four foot straight pieces that one day may become baseball bats. Another buddy is pretty good at that.
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  • I can honestly say. I feel petty as can be right now. I feel like going back over there now for a swim and maybe toast some marshmallows but it is past midnight. I'm far too lazy for that, lol.
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  • IMAR1OT I feel like your neighbour missed a big opportunity on that one.
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  • CherryblockRed Wine I dunno, I think welding it shut is perfectly fine. And completely understandable! Did he say anything else beyond "really?"
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  • gadget8 I was the neighbor last year and had no issues with the tree company coming across my yard. I was glad to see those de d trees gone.
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