Neighbors Sue for Horse Manure Pile Smell

[ROUSTABOUT]

How do you propose he do that?

I've learned not to incriminate myself.

 

[nyone]

This whole thing sounds like neighbors from hell. I would make sure they have something else to complain about after this was all over.

 

[MotorSeven]

Horse apples and cow patties smell great to me. Maybe I should formulate a cologne..."Manure for Men"

 

[Eagle1]

Horse apples and cow patties smell great to me. Maybe I should formulate a cologne..."Manure for Men"

Just like freshly turned compost piles, smells like future food to me....
Country living at it's finest..

 

[riptides]

This whole thing sounds like neighbors from hell. I would make sure they have something else to complain about after this was all over.

Neighbors I consider as someone next door or a lot over. I thought the OP stated they were down the road a ways.

Frivolous. If they were annoyed they should have taken it up in person first. Even by mail, if needed.

I believe in karma. One day they will reap what they sow.

How do they know where the smell is coming from? Is it really manure they are smelling? Maybe it is their own septic? This is "horse apples".

 

[Torvy]

Horse apples and cow patties smell great to me. Maybe I should formulate a cologne..."Manure for Men"

I wouldn't go that far, but freshly cut alfalfa. I'd wear that!

 

[lilranch2001]

I have a neighbor who collects all his grass cuttings from his 2 acres, and has no place to dispose of them so I let him put them in a ravine in my woods, and every time I walk or drive past, I have a very significant odor coming from the ravine. But it’s 600 feet away from the house and I only smell it when I drive by

 

[Birdhunter1]

You might reach out to the Michigan State University extension equine specialist and see what his manure management plan recommendation would be or what their general recommendations would be for any horse farm. If you are already following that it would be a harder case from the neighbors.

 

[IndyJay]

We've had horses for 40 years, have kept a manure pile, spreading it usually once a year. Never have had an odor problem, and IMHO the horses themselves probably draw more flies than the manure. It reminds me of the area where I grew up near an airport. People bought and built houses right on the flight path, then got together and sued over the noise. Lots of money spent by both sides but guess what? The airplanes still take off and land there.

Good luck getting this resolved, I think you have a firmer leg to stand on. Curious... how is your relationship with other neighbors? Good enough to get a written statement or deposition countering the claims made by these a$%holes? Better yet, would they come to the hearing to testify on your behalf?

 

[zzvyb6]

As a matter of fact, horse manure burns very nicely. (It doesn't burn with a flame, but smolders). Closest smell I can think of is burning cork. What you wind up with is an ash that is an incredible fertilizer for pine trees. Might take a month, but is effective, but you might be admitting that there was a problem.

If you were there first, ask the Judge for 'Costs', and add more to the pile for stress and relief.
Light it up. If that doesn't work, build an airport to accommodate a Wing of B-52 bombers on Yellow Alert at all times. At my place a gun range quieted down the Hood Rats. A 50-BMG being sighted in weekly generates a lot of respect. We do not have a Noise Ordinance, just noise ordnance.