Sometimes your the bug, sometimes the windshield

[orezok]

Earlier today I looked out my back door and down near the end of my property a quarter of mile away on a dirt road I see a SUV with a trailer. I thought that this was strange as with binoculars I could see 4 guys standing near the trailer. The dirt road is like many in the desert as they were cut many years ago and are unimproved and don’t really serve properties. They were cut in the 60’s when you could homestead 5 acres for 5 years and gain ownership. Few actually did it so miles of dirt unused roads exist.

I jump on the tractor and head out there. As happens quite often out here, mostly landscapers and trash haulers will just find an empty road and dump their load instead of paying the dump fee. They had completely unloaded their trailer on my neighbors undeveloped property.

The bug part of this is that they backed their SUV off the “road” and buried it in the soft sand trying to get out.

As I drove up they got excited and thought that I was there to pull them out. They got a big surprise when I told them the police were on the way and they needed to reload their trailer.

They got the trailer reloaded but they were still stuck when the CHP showed up. They probably didn’t get a ticket, but they probably did get a good scare.

The sad part is that they will just go to another road and dump again.

 

[sandman2234]

You shouldn't have warned them. Maybe something like this tractor won't pull you out, let me go get a different one...thereby giving the police time to arrive and see the dumped mess. Then a ticket could ha e been issued and the judge could ask for proof of dumping once they did have to clean up the mess!
David from jax

 

[MoKelly]

I’m glad the police actually showed up. Not a certainty anymore.

 

[Jstpssng]

We call a forest ranger. They are more than happy to help.
Several years ago one of our contractors found a couch on the road when going out for parts which wasn't there when they went in to work. A Ranger was called, who found an envelope down behind the cushions with somebody's name and address. They had driven 30 miles onto "some back road" to dump it.
12 hours later it returned home, along with a summonse for littering.

 

[MoKelly]

We call a forest ranger. They are more than happy to help.
Several years ago one of our contractors found a couch on the road when going out for parts which wasn't there when they went in to work. A Ranger was called, who found an envelope down behind the cushions with somebody's name and address. They had driven 30 miles onto "some back road" to dump it.
12 hours later it returned home, along with a summonse for littering.

That is a great story! I’d like to have seen the guys face when the couch returned home!!

 

[4570Man]

I loaded a load of trash back on my dump truck and gave it a return to sender once. Maybe I should have called the police instead but it felt more satisfying my way.

 

[oosik]

Back road dumping was a real problem for many years when we lived in Anchorage. The final answer - the city landfill was open on weekends for free. This proved to have a major impact.

 

[Thomas]

back road dumping also getting out of hand here,mostly tires paint cans and oil.

 

[Jstpssng]

The final answer - the city landfill was open on weekends for free. This proved to have a major impact

Imagine that!!! We see the same thing around towns which charge to dispose of refrigerators. I drove about a mile up one woods road and counted 8 refrigerators.
I used to see all sorts of white goods, but now anything without freon et.al. has "scrap" value.

 

[dodge man]

It happens around here also and really tics me off. Our township road superintendent has to pick the stuff up too. I stopped to talk to him a few months ago and noticed a refrigerator in front of his building. I asked him what ditch he dug it out of. He said none it just showed up in front of the building one day. I guess that’s better than having to dig it out of a ditch.

 

[thepumpguysc]

My electric company pays 50.00 for old refrigerators.!!!
I guess that’s 1 way to keep’m outta the woods..

 

[orezok]

I told them that they needed to get the stuff reloaded on their trailer if they didn’t want to get cited. They did get it all back on their trailer so it accomplished what I wanted.

Took then a good hour to get their truck unstuck.

 

[orezok]

Out here in the County we get a “free”dump card for our property. We can take 5 loads per month to the dump and just get our card punched. I say “free” as we are actually charged on our property taxes annually, but it is a minimal fee.

If you want pickup service, we hire Burrtec locally which is the County franchise holder for weekly pickup of trash and recycle. The include large pickup such as refrigerators or mattresses for “free”. Just call them and put it out at the curb.

 

[Jstpssng]

My electric company pays 50.00 for old refrigerators.!!!
I guess that’s 1 way to keep’m outta the woods..

Likely an incentive to get people using more efficient appliances?

At least until they quit and can't be repaired, just after the warranty runs out.

 

[scootr]

So Cal Edison was giving a $50 rebate 23 yrs ago when we moved in. The house included a refrigerator which was dead upon our arrival. The dump is 40 miles away which is a problem as many people prefer to side road dump rather than make the drive and pay high fees. I have a dumped mess to clean up this weekend on our road.

 

[EddieWalker]

Just in the local news yesterday. Guy finds where somebody had dumped a bunch of construction materials along the road he lives on. He calls the police and they search through it and find a bar code for a local lumber company. They check the bar code and it shows who bought the it. They police go to the house, which is still being built and confront the owner. Turned out that the owner had hired a neighbor to haul the materials to the dumps. He pocketed the cash and dumped everything on the side of the road.

 

[Chewwy]

My electric company pays 50.00 for old refrigerators.!!!
I guess that’s 1 way to keep’m outta the woods..

“Appliances must be full-sized and in working condition at the time of pickup (the compressor should still be humming and the unit should still be cooling) because we seek to remove old, inefficient appliances from the grid.”

Appliance Recycling Rebates | South Carolina | Dominion Energy

We help customers recycle their old refrigerators and freezers and give them a cash incentive (for up to two appliances).

www.dominionenergy.com

 

[seville009]

I see stuff along the interstates occasionally - little piles of tires or mattresses and stuff like that. I figure the person pulled over in the middle of the night like their vehicle was disabled and quickly unloaded their junk then took off.

 

[steve tym]

The empty building across the street from mine used to grow mattresses. There was quite a big pile. The only thing we could figure was someone was getting paid to dispose of them and pocketed the money and left them to be someone else's problem. The guy that owned the building paid twice to have the mess cleaned up.