City or County... Where do you Tractor?

[Streetcar]

Working in Salyor Park and just outside Elwood now

I have relatives in St. Bernard, Elmwood, Sayler Park, and up in Sharonville. I've always liked that town. I'd like to see Red's game again.

 

[ultrarunner]

County. Thinking it would be very rare (luxury) to have enough land in the city requiring a tractor to reside on it. Dirt bigger than a postage stamp probably has one tree on surrounded by hard pavement. A weedwacker will do. :laughing:

Only large unpaved patches would be maybe a park (public), or a gravel commercial parking lot. Grounds maintenance would be hired out... no? Private unpaved grounds... not seeing it. Ultra, you are definitely in rare territory! :thumbsup:

After the Oakland 1991 Firestorm where a homeless camp fire resulted in 25 deaths and 3,000+ homes lost my parents property came under new fire regs even though we were miles from the fire.

The cost to put in fire breaks on rugged ridge and valley land was more than 20k which didn't sit right so I decided to buy a dozer and do the work.

This is how I became a city tractor owner in Oakland CA...After the work was done it took a few hours annually to maintain... so ended up keeping the dozer 17 years....

Later I bought my BX for work around my couple of hillside acres to terrace and clear.

 

[grsthegreat]

30 acres in country. About 8 minutes from small, hole in the wall town .....but thats growing. About 30 minutes to real city with noise and stop lights....lots of stop lights that keep expanding onto more and more intersections .

 

[grsthegreat]

Might not be universal but we have Charter and Incorporated Cities which are carved out of counties... Cities come with another layer of laws and regs on top counties.

County may have Sheriff Departments and city Police Departments.

Of course some cities grow so big they encompass the entire county... case in point City and County of San Francisco.

The reason asked is curiosity because when I read posts clearing land, timber, farming... it is hard to relate when I need a formal permit with public hearing over 6 weeks to remove a single planted Walnut Tree or having LEO called because I am Brush Hogging the back 20...

i can relate. 27 years ago i moved from Southern California. When i planned to log an area of my property here in Idaho, i went to building department and asked if i needed a permit. The lady gave me a perplexed, confused look and asked whose land it was. I said mine, she said “next” ... don’t think im joking. Philosophy here... its your property...do with it as you want. Only need permit for house.

Years ago i was building a house for a client in Malibu. While we had dozer on site we started clearing brush in the canyon below site. Cops showed up as neighbors complained. Were told to stop. A few years later a fire storm came up canyon and wiped out all the houses...including the nosy neighbors. But at least they kept their brush for a few years.

 

[MossRoad]

Working in Salyor Park and just outside Elwood now

Small world. :laughing: :thumbsup:

I always liked it down by the river back in the 60's. Lots of activity for a kid to watch with his grandpa.

 

[dragoneggs]

After the Oakland 1991 Firestorm where a homeless camp fire resulted in 25 deaths and 3,000+ homes lost my parents property came under new fire regs even though we were miles from the fire.

The cost to put in fire breaks on rugged ridge and valley land was more than 20k which didn't sit right so I decided to buy a dozer and do the work.

This is how I became a city tractor owner in Oakland CA...After the work was done it took a few hours annually to maintain... so ended up keeping the dozer 17 years....

Later I bought my BX for work around my couple of hillside acres to terrace and clear.

When life serves you up a lemon... make lemonade. :drink:

 

[ultrarunner]

i can relate. 27 years ago i moved from Southern California. When i planned to log an area of my property here in Idaho, i went to building department and asked if i needed a permit. The lady gave me a perplexed, confused look and asked whose land it was. I said mine, she said “next” ... don’t think im joking. Philosophy here... its your property...do with it as you want. Only need permit for house.

Years ago i was building a house for a client in Malibu. While we had dozer on site we started clearing brush in the canyon below site. Cops showed up as neighbors complained. Were told to stop. A few years later a fire storm came up canyon and wiped out all the houses...including the nosy neighbors. But at least they kept their brush for a few years.

Yep... with a costly permit and public comment required to take out a backyard tree is it any wonder many simply let nature take its course?

 

[TractorTYMe]

Countryside in the Montana woods outside Glacier Park.

 

[Tx Jim]

I lived in county(country) all my life until 2010 the City of (pop 342) was voted into existence. So far no city taxes or city ordinances BUT I'll bet that doesn't last many more yrs.

 

[WranglerX]

After the Oakland 1991 Firestorm where a homeless camp fire resulted in 25 deaths and 3,000+ homes lost my parents property came under new fire regs even though we were miles from the fire.

The cost to put in fire breaks on rugged ridge and valley land was more than 20k which didn't sit right so I decided to buy a dozer and do the work.

This is how I became a city tractor owner in Oakland CA...After the work was done it took a few hours annually to maintain... so ended up keeping the dozer 17 years....

Later I bought my BX for work around my couple of hillside acres to terrace and clear.

We live with that fire threat every summer in Sierra foot hills, in last three to four years or so three major fires, all went around us, but who known about the next one.... Then there was the Paradise Fire, most devastation and life loss ever....

Have tractor will grade fire breaks....

Dale