Is the bin new???? If the bin has been there a long time this is not a new problem.
If the neighbor is air drying the corn it takes time, as long as 2-3 weeks if the weather is good. Also he can not stop and start the fans. As the corn dries there is a moisture front that goes from the bottom to the top as your air drying. The corn below is dry. The corn at the front is actually wetter than it was to start with. It picks up the moisture from the corn below. If he stops the fans before the front moves clear to the top it can start to heat right there and then you can not get air to flow up in the spots this happens. So basically all the corn above these spots will not dry.
You should talk to the neighbor and see how he responds. You can block the noise some with hay bales or plywood but you will still hear the fan running. The best block I have been around is a stack of straw bales in a "C" shape with the fan inside the "C" so to speak.
I have switched the majority of my fans to centrifugal fans. They are quieter and more efficient too.
If blocking the fan does not help then maybe offer to split some of the cost of a centrifugal fans. A fellow bought the ground right behind one of my bins sites. The fans pointed towards his "new" house. We worked together and put new centrifugal fans in. We took the new price minus the value of the old fans. HE paid 25% and I paid 75% plus all the labor. Some would argue about why the fellow should pay anything towards the new fans. Well the old fans worked fine for the job I needed them to do. They had been there for over 20 years. He is the one that built right in front of them. His property had a higher value after the new fans where installed. I did gained too with energy saving but not enough to make the fans pay for themselves.
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