My lawnmower

I had some construction going on and rented a large dumpster. Low and behold it became a dumping ground for those that need to get rid of stuff. I was upset but basically there was nothing I could do about it unless I wanted to stay up all night waiting for them to return!

Oh my I would be so mad! I would just flip out. But if the kids around here do things like that I just walk the yard before I cut it and pick up dog poop and kids toys. The neighborhood kids know that I just throw things away now so it has been pretty good. I cant beleive he never saw it sitting htere... I know you said it was taller then the rest but man it must have been pretty large for it to do that... instead of buying a new one look into bringing it to a repair shop... or go get you a new blade. they are not taht much:)

that kind of situation are hapeening in all country and some people.put a sign on your property to not dump a trash on it or put a fence around your property, thats usually help

We have some vacation property, and I went up there, and there were bags of trash. I opened the bags, and was able to to find out who's it was. I put them into my trunk, and drove them over there. It turned out a guy paid his kid 20 bucks to take the garbage to the dump, insteand he took the 20, and dumped the garbage on our land. The man was very apologetic, and looked like the son was going to get a kick in the butt.

I hate when that happens. Every morning when we get up and see bunch of trash in the front yard as we live near the highway. People just don't care about other people's yard and yet we have to clean it up and mow the yard. That's what I call littering shame on these people can't they use a trash can? Our lawnmower has broke down once because of it so we do our best to clean up the ditch in our front yard. You will see papers, cups, straws or whatever and the HighSchool is right across the street from us so that's where it's coming from those darn kids!

Unless you actually catch them dumpign on your property, there isn't really much that you can do about it. You just have to either put up a fence and hope it stops the dumping or go out there and clear it all away periodically. There is really no way to stop the dumping unless you want to hire someone to patrol the area and that is just an expense that most people cannot afford.

No, never had that happen. But that would piss me off!! I would call the police and file a report that someone's illegally dumping stuff on your property. It's a long shot that the person will come back to dump stuff, and that a cop will be there, but you never know, stranger things have happened. And if your town is real big on that kind of stuff, or has nothing better to do, they may even go to the extremes of investigating it and trying to lift fingerprints. Or, someone may know something about it, and get pissed off and turn the person in...that happens quite a bit lol. In any case, at least it'll be documented and especially since it caused damage.

Nope, my hubby dumps enough stuff for the two of us. I have my share of messes, too,usually bricks or rocks that I am rearranging. I am not in a place where it would be easy to dump, or it would happen, I am sure. I am sorry about your lawn mower. That is one more extra expense, not planned for, and not in the budget. I guess you could get a goat, huh? I have some tall grass that we have not gotten too on any dry day. We seem to be having an extended rainy season.

How did he manage to run over something that big? Most of the walk-behind mowers that I have seen will not run over anything much bigger than a soda can or similar size. My suggestion would be to go and get a cheap lawn mower ay Wal-Mart, and if it lasts you a year, count it as a bonus that it lasted that long. The lawn mowers that they have should be considered as the Timex of the lawn mower group. If it breaks, throw it away and get another one. No one has ever done that where I have lived, but I did find a rowboat in my back yard one time. That just might have been caused by the hurricane that came through, though. My two cents on this subject.

Oh my that would make me so mad that I would want to spit nails! I suppose you could turn it into your homeowner's policy, but then again, you'd have a deductible to pay first. In my state, the state has a 6-foot right-of-way on your property, I wonder if that would mean that they would be responsible? I doubt it. Geeze, that is so unreal. People just don't think when they through stuff out of cars.

IF that is all that is wrong with it, you can just replace the blade. It is not expensive. We have done it before. We own 28 acres up on the hill and a few years ago we noticed that someone had been dumping their garbage on it. The thing is that they even threw away their mail and it had their names on it. LOL It is against the law to dump garbage

Whenever I'm about to mow tall grass or weeds, I always do a careful walk-thru for garbage, sticks, etc. so I don't end up ruining my mower. I can't afford to replace a $3000 mower. Never had anyone dump in my yard b4 but always a first time. If it's just the blade, would be cheaper to just buy a new blade for the mower. If it's the shaft thats bent/broke, still, some are 2-piece and can be replaced while others like the walk-behind we used to have can't be replaced and would have to buy a new mower. Make sure it can't be fixed b4 buying.

That is terrible. I've never had that happen, but I can imagine how mad you both must have felt. Besides breaking your lawn mower, now you have their trash to clean up. So many people just don't care about anyone except themselves. I'm sorry this happened to you.