There’s a sewer line in our property that runs parallel to the creek. Been there about 15 years or so due to eminent domain and a public need as established by not sure who. We own the land and the sewer authority has a right of way. They can mow it and access it, but only for purposes of accessing or maintaining the sewer. They’ve never mowed it, which is pretty common in these parts. For the section on our property, we do mow it at least a couple times per year, often a bit more. This is what it generally looks like.
A couple weeks ago went down there to see if it was dry enough to mow. Saw the sewer folks had mowed the right of way to the northeast of us and also our little 1/2 mile. Mowed it with a tractor and bush hog which, based on the few tracks it left was probably about the same size as mine. Tractor mower person did a really clean job. Looked like I mowed it.
They stopped at the southwest end of the property, possibly because the next landowner never did anything with the sewer line so it was grown up with 15 year old saplings.
Not too surprising, they send a CTL with a heavy bush hog to take on the property to the west. They have to come in from our east, cross our 1/2 mile or so to get to the property on the west. Our place was already mowed, just use as a road was all that was needed.
This is the same area as the immediately previous pic. CTL operator found a little muddy spot and played in it. He/she did a lot of that.
They didn’t do anything they didn’t have a legal right to do, so whatever. Difference between the tractor operator and CTL operator was pretty stark.
Don’t usually have cameras out down there this time of year. We do now. Scouted out an alternative path in flood plain to bypass the muddy spot which is now grass less. Between the grapple moving a couple logs and the bush hog that went pretty quickly.
Then spent a little time cleaning up this maple that broke, dumping most of its top in one of the creek crossing.
Cut it up enough to drag it down the short narrow path to the now dirt sewer line to get it oriented right and dumped it all in with an old deadfall.
Interesting day…
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