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Posted by ShepFL on May 06, 2002 at 08:40:12 from (38.192.251.39):
Folks ask for assistance and then unwilling to share in the costs. An acquaintence of ours just bought 6 acres of brush property. Asked for prices to have land cleared and refused all for a variety of reasons. Asked me to look at it. I agreed to do "what I could" (veryyy brushy) with the following understanding. My Costs for sawing, weed whacking & bush hog services a) No labor, just sweet tea & supper for ea. day's work b) fuel for the tractor c) saw gas for whatever sawing/weed wacking I would need to do (cut trails to see) d) I pay 50% for any damages I cause to his place e) He pay 50% for any damages I cause to his place f) He pay 50% for any damages done to my equip, I pay the other 50% g) clear enough to get a lay off the land to decide next steps All started well and we found the survey monuments. Now we had a lay of the land and also understanding of how to navigate 10' drainage ditch running thru the property. Supper could've been better but HEY! Now then on Sunday I was debating fishing or tractor driving. I chose to do some more tractor work. . Well, I found out some interesting things a) Sugar sand (fine) is as bad as mud b) somehow yanked my bush hog A-frame apart (busted weld) c) A man's word is not the best policy Needless to say I am out cost for the repair ($30) and he wants to return and "finish" the job. He cannot move his mobile home in until I get the land "cleared" and I am his delay. Grrr. . . Given his actions Sunday he may get me coming over with my backhoe and knock it all down, push it in a pile, cut the black jack for my BBQ, and burn what's left. Irks me when you try to help out and get burned . . .
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