Fence Row Etiquette

[Shawn T. W.]

In Missouri your allowed 10' on either side of the fence for maintenance purposes ... Obviously this does not apply for in town lots, but acreage like shown, and I have ... I still ask the neighbors if they mind if I step out on to there side with my tractor...

I bought mine almost 4 years ago ... I have cleared over a mile, now I just want to maintain it!

Yup, there's a fence in that overgrown mess!

 

[RayIN]

Both sides of my three fence lines are farmed in corn/soybean rotation. One of the three sides is owned by an absentee landowner whom I have never met in the 30 years I have been here.

His side has some locust trees that I keep on his side of the fence everyway possible. I don't think anyone would object to me killing a tree with 4" thorns that can destroy an expensive tire on a tractor or combine. Some of them are in the neighborhood of $2000 and then some others are really expensive.

In this instance, Copper Sulfate granules is your friend
If you don't keep after them every year, they spread like an invasive species.
Years ago Locust and Hedgeapple/Osage Orange made the longest lasting fence posts available.