Yesterday after work, I was cutting on a red oak score. The property the tree was on is part of a large estate. I had permission to be there cutting. The tree came down in a storm probably about a year ago. I was eyeballing it for a while before asking permission.
I was almost done cutting when the cops came. One of the nosy yuppie neighbors had called and said "He's cutting down trees and I don't want him doing that". Mind you the massive rootball is almost completely uprooted but they said I was cutting down trees. I guess they would prefer the tree sit there and rot.
Anyway, anticipating this scenario when I got permission, I had the guy send me an e-mail stating I had permission which I kept on me and was able to show the cop which obviously completely diffused the situation.
Morale of the story, it was good I had permission and also had it in writing to show the cop.
I was almost done cutting when the cops came. One of the nosy yuppie neighbors had called and said "He's cutting down trees and I don't want him doing that". Mind you the massive rootball is almost completely uprooted but they said I was cutting down trees. I guess they would prefer the tree sit there and rot.
Anyway, anticipating this scenario when I got permission, I had the guy send me an e-mail stating I had permission which I kept on me and was able to show the cop which obviously completely diffused the situation.
Morale of the story, it was good I had permission and also had it in writing to show the cop.