Land

Been looking at some raw land in Maine, York County near the NH border.

Looking at it for getting away from the rat race a few weeks a year, suggesting I would not be on the land most of the time.

This brings up some questions regarding an owner's responsibilities for taking care of the land.

What are those responsibilities ? Liabilities? Is it usual to put no tresspassing signs up ?

I may go up in the next couple weeks, understand I should wear orange this time of year, ya know ?

Any comments appreciated. PM's as well.

Ugly

hey ug; york is almost still in mass ! good luck w/ your endevors, it is nice up there in the spring &fall ,the trafic in the summer is just as bad as the cape

HI Jim!!!

hi ug ; it's been a long & hot summer can't wait for this cooler weather to stick around, by the way i just came out w/ a new stoker stove w/ a compleatly different stoker mechanism it should be on my web sites by tomorrow, patriotcoal.net or coaljack.com , i'lll prob, see you in nov , jim

The only responsibilities that I know of is to pay your taxes or face the town taking the land. We have a law in Maine that says something to the effect that anyone that comes on your land without permission does so at their own risk. You can not be held liable for them getting hurt. (Unless of course you purposely left some sort of booby trap). I see no reason to post it unless you don't want people hunting, but I think even that may have changed. It used to be hunters could hunt land unless posted, but I think now they need permission. Signs will not stop idiots from dumping something if it's convenient to do so. If the land has a driveway I might suggest a gate. People will take advantage of a place to get rid of an old washing machine.

One thing about land, they are not making any more, what's here is here. And with the poor economy, it may be the best time to buy right now, and the best time to sell gold and silver. Why people want to buy when the price is high beats me.

Native Americans believe that we are only caretakers of these gifts that the Creator has given us. Take that for what it's worth to ya. I think Freddy covered your concerns. For the record--sometimes locals get kinda pissy when flatlanders post their land & only visit occasionally. Just food for thought

Yep - my hometown got posted into oblivion by all the yuppies that oozed into town from Metro Boston like a fungus ...

Nay, Nay, a flatlander I may be , but I bark at the moon and talk to the does on the trail. Even had a little quick stomp session from a buck.

I hear ya, good ol boys, the .50 Beowulf will tell them I'm one of them.

You guys have given me a good feeling about all this.

Thank you

Ug

Real important--meet your neighbors--hopefully they aren't real close to where you'll be and there won't be many of them.

What they all said.

And 1 thing to keep in mind, you must always have an extra bedroom available for any coal burner who happens to be traveling through the neighborhood... And a supply of cold beverages.........


Rick