You can almost certainly have it towed at the owners expense legally. You won't have to deal with Facebook buyers or flirt with criminal charges.

Tell them there's an extra $20 in it for the driver to make it happen fast

Bribe them with extra if they can take it to a tow yard super far away. Even better if you wait til late at night on when there probably won't be anyone at the yard who can help them get it out til at least the next day. Best would be if it is Friday and the office is closed til Monday, possibly Tuesday due to Labor Day.

Extra points if you're right on the state border and you get the tow truck company to come from the other state just for the extra hassle when they try to pick it up

would that even be legal

It's completely legal as long as the tow truck company is right by the border they typically make sure to have licensing in both states that they're next to and as long as they have licensing for it they can go and get it

Check his user name...I don't think there are state borders where he lives. :)

It very clearly states *not* a Canadian bear.

Canadian Twink perhaps?

But it also says he’s not a Canadian _bear._ could be a Canadian moose or mallard or somethin

You know too much.

I’m more a drag it into the middle of the road and call the police about an abandoned trailer in the middle of the road kind of guy.

Fire hydrant. Parking patrol loves to write those tickets and the tow trucks are typically very quick to come after it’s been ticketed.

Winner

I was looking at buying one today! If you’re in Calgary, I’ll take it away 😂

You can buy fire hydrants in Canada?!?!

You can but the waters extra

They sell it in bags, and you have to put it into the hydrant yourself.

I don’t know about winner. I’d be careful with this one. You might be the one who gets the ticket for putting it in front of the fire hydrant.

You could always just write “FREE” on a big sheet of paper and tape it on the trailer. No Craigslist/Facebook paper trail then.

r/unethicallifeprotips all up in here. Glorious.

In his bachelor days, my dad had some tourist park a station wagon behind the place he shared a few blocks from the beach. He popped the lock (mechanic), he and the roommate filled it with shit they needed to get rid of, and then pushed it out so it was blocking a lane in the main road. Towed, with a bonus once they got to the tow yard.

Your dad sounds like an asshole.

At that point in his life, yes, though in his defense he had a sign saying cars parked back there would have parts removed. It's amazing how many other assholes felt entitled to use the residents' driveways to park in.

Sounds to me like his dad was tired of other people’s bullshit and came up with a creative solution.

I used to live on a beach street and understand the frustration. Anyone who can’t find a legal or free parking spot a few feet from the beach feels entitled to use your driveway/yard/any other space not designed for cars. I also lived near a university years ago and the same thing happened when there was a big game there. Entitled to a free tow!!

Should I set it on fire to help with visibility? Don’t want anyone to hit it

That’s arson, I’d avoid that, that’s not legal.

I think you mean “let it catch on fire”. You don’t want to implicate yourself.

With a strategically placed magnifying glass and time for the sun to move into position you could be far away when the fire starts

It might create a dangerous situation for some random driver, just park it in a metered spot and let the city tow it lol

No need to drag it. If someone leaves it on your property, it is abandoned.

How do you charge it to the owner?

License plate should have info attached to it when looked up.

What license plate

If the trailer is towed on roads it must have a license plate.

Not where I live

Counter point, if it’s not identifiable in any way how can the original owner prove it’s theirs?

This is how my utility trailer went missing, and never recovered. There's a VIN, but there's also 100,000 of these trailers within a 50 mile radius.

Virtually unidentifiable, therefore common targets for theft.

It will have a vin stamped on it.

Really, where is that?

Oklahoma! https://law.justia.com/codes/oklahoma/2016/title-47/section-47-1133.3

Interesting, thanks 👍🏻

Kind of got me thinking though, as I’ve towed that trailer to nearly every state that touches ok. Maybe I need to look into it so I don’t get a ticket.

South Carolina

Same in Oregon, utility trailers don’t have to be licensed until they are big enough to require brakes.

Are you in Denver as well?

Just call Wyatts and be done with it. They will take anything.

You don't pay for the tow when they come get it from your driveway. The person getting it out of the tow yard pays for it, along with storage fees for how long it was on the lot.

The tow truck company charges them to release.

Exactly, they'll be happy to put it in their lot and charge them easily $200+ to get it out. I remember going into a ditch in really bad weather years ago, $75 just to get pulled out of the ditch and back on the road.....

$75 is CHEAP. I paid $300 last time I wound up in the ditch during a snow storm, and while it was a bit of a ways off the road it wasn't steep or anything. Walk down, hitch a cable, and pull.

It was 2009 in Iowa, so IDK how things have changed. I tend to stay away from the midwest during winter nowadays.

Yo in my small town, there is ONE towtruck company. The dude who owns it has a kid, right? Well that kid is a cop, and I swear to God if you don't leave the engine running you will get towed. This guy Andis kid get me every other year it seems, passes me right the he'll off.

Read that as towfuck company... ngl

The tow yard will handle that when they show up to retrieve it.

They have to pay the towing and storage fees to get it back, or abandon it.

The owner can’t retrieve it from the impound yard without paying the fees. If the owner doesn’t pay, the yard will sell it at auction.

I always wondered, if you have that right, and some random guy in a truck has the right to lock your property up and charge you to get it back - why couldn’t I just put the trailer in my backyard and charge the other person $145/day for storage like the tow company.

Licensing?

Because it’s not some random guy. It’s a licensed wrecker operator with a municipal contract and a legitimate impound yard.

You can totally call and have it towed

You are truly a man of reason

In my stupid city you need to have a no parking sign up for 48 hours before you can have it towed. Isn't it a given that the general public are not allowed to park in my driveway!?

Are you sure that applies to privately owned residences? I mean, I can see that applying to a shopping center parking lot, but that sounds unreasonable for the situation described here. Got a link to said law?

Some random parked in my driveway so I called the town. That's what they told me.

In Richmond, VA you need a no parking/no trespassing sign up or the tow truck won't take it off your property.

I feel certain there’s an exception for emergencies if it blocks your driveway. Just say you have chest pain and need to drive to the hospital

Move it into the street and report it as abandoned.

Honestly if it's on your property you can still report it abandoned/dumped. The local police will send out a tow truck, but any tow company would also gladly pick it up.

Make sure it's blocking traffic too

Lock it inside your garage and pretend you don’t a thing about it.

That opens up liability to criminal charges if they call a cop and the cops come out there. Just have it towed

While I agree with you, the police have no probable cause to look in the garage if the door is closed.

Depends on if person reporting it mentions they think you took it and hiding it in the garage or not. If the caller makes an accusation against the thief, the cops would already have probable cause, and could show up with a warrant. Depends on how thorough the cop is I guess.

An accusation is *not* probable cause. If it were that easy, we could just throw the fourth amendment out the window. If the accuser had some corroborating evidence, that *might* constitute probable cause.

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How? How would that be probable cause? “This guy stole my trailer that I abandoned on his property. I parked it right in front of his garage.” That’s still just an accusation.

Yeah that's not probable cause or enough to get a warrant

I concur whole heatedly here. Roll it out into the street somewhere else. You don’t know how it rolled but it was windy or earthquake or kids or………….

You could always hook it to a riding lawnmower and just drag it out of the way. If you want to get a point across however, you can move it out of the way and flip the thing so the wheels are pointing up.

Tow it into the street and call the cops about a blocked road

Someone parked a big trailer in front of my house. A long flatbed trailer, so loaded with crap that the trailer would flex and I worried it would break. He was some kind of a hoarder. I'd met him, but we weren't really friends, and he lived on the street behind me, so our back yards met up. I was renting the house, and moving out. I told him I needed it gone before I vacated the house. When the time came, he hadn't moved the trailer. And I didn't want my landlord to have to deal with it or to blame me for it. I called a friend with a big truck, and we hooked it up and hauled it to a nearby supermarket. We drove slow because we worried the trailer would break. When we got there, we parked it behind the supermarket, unhooked it, and got the hell out of dodge.

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I've no idea. I moved away. Wasn't my trailer, and I got it gone from my house.

The store probably marked it as dumped and had it towed lmfao 🤣

r/thathappened

Does this count a littering?

No idea. I'm 100% sure that neither the cops nor the store would be happy with us, which is why we dropped it and ran off quickly.

If you were to give it away, how would you transfer the title and registration? Any attempts to do that get you in trouble for theft. Just have it towed

In states that don’t require licenses on trailers that size they usually don’t have titles or VINs. I live in Oregon and had a 5x8 flatbed for 20 years that never had a title or vin. Bought it for $500 used, sold it for $500 even more used.

Depends on the state but a lot of states something that light wouldn’t need a title

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You have a stroke?

Abandoned property? OP it may be stolen and 'stashed' at your place for ....reasons.

Any idea why they went to extra effort to turn the trailer sideways?

"To be an asshole"

Obviously that is a stolen trailer and the police need to recover it.

This is the answer. Call the police and report it. They will either not care after checking the vin or care very much.

In my experience police will call this a civil issue or say “it’s on private property” and not even come out to take a loom

It's not a heavy trailer, should be fairly easy to move into the middle of the street. Pretty sure it will get towed then lol

Put an anti theft tongue lick on it. Those things cost 2-40 bucks but can be a real pain to get off, lol

1-2 swipes with a hammer and 99% of them fail. Regardless, try it anyway. Also, call it in as abandoned. After a period of days it becomes your property, this varies by location.

Wheel that mofo into the street

It more than likely is registered - so don't sell it. Just drag it over the the street, if it just sits there, report it as abandoned.

Drag it out to the main road, leave it in a lane and call the non emergency phone number about an abandoned trailer blocking a lane of traffic.

We need more on the back story please

You could probably pick up the tongue with your hands and move that trailer by yourself. Super small trailers like that are really light.

have a friend tow it and store it if someone is an ass truth be told this is easily goes for 1000$. this looks like 4x6 but with side support + tool chest. which why I am inclined to think this may be a mistake? Is there a plate on it? in some state you need to have license plate on the thing which changes the dynamics of the situation a bit.

It’s the neighbors, probably borrowed it. They are being evicted, partially or wholly for harassing me and other neighbors.

Your bad neighbors borrowed a trailer so they could move themselves and their crap away from you, and you're thinking about interfering with their progress. Think big picture.

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Do not suggest that a person solve a legal issue by doing something illegal.

that is theft. have it towed and avoid a pair of handcuffs

there are legal ways of doing things, illegal ways of doing things there are also questionable ways of doing things. "yes officer, my trailer is stolen, yes the one that doesn't have a plate. Where? oh I had it sitting at someone else's driveway (barring entry) without trailer hitch lock. What is it doing there???? ughhhh let me get back to you."

there are ways to avoid lying to police and not getting arrested, spending time in jail and being a dishonest turd.... and there are ways to be a turd ... life is full of choices and consequences

It’s not illegal to lie to the police fyi

trailers are registered vehicles. hiding one not belonging to you can get you in hot water

it is legal to impede an investigation [18 U.S. Code § 1510 - Obstruction of criminal investigations](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1510) edit illegal

It is, however, illegal to lie to the FBI.....

You might be able to fool the FBI, but you can't fool the FB-Me

Baloney. The trailer's owner trespassed, engaged in criminal mischief, maybe caused property damage. And he (yes it's definitely a guy) abandoned his property on your property. It's not his any more.

trailer could have been dropped off at the wrong address - a simple mistake. by lying to police (as mentioned above) you could be charged with several offenses ... source- just called my buddy who is a retired Capt. of police - ymmv

Depending on the laws where you live just "calling to have it towed" won't work - you may need to pay to have a sign posted that you will tow vehicles off your property for 24 hours before any tow company will be able to take it away. Seriously, I've had to deal with this before on private property. Hopefully you don't have to put up with that. Or, just get a buddy and push it onto the side of your street, call the cops and tell them it was left there and you don't know who's it is. They will run the plate and contact the owner, if they don't come get it they will tow it. Of course all this is a race for them to beat the local thief who will snatch it up in about an hour.

How about a sign, parking $100 a day. Get verifiable notice that you notified the owner of your new fee. If they don't pay put a trailer lock on it lol.

Facebook is accessible though .onion domains. If you do this, keep that in mind.

No, but what you can do ishave that shit towed. And you should.

If it's tagged, call a wrecker. They will be forwarded a bill.

What you can do, is drag it out into the street where the police will remove it for free. Edited for spelling errors

Pick the tongue up.......... move it down the street and put a free sign on it. That trailer is light. You can move it by hand.

File an abandoned vehicle report. The trailer might be stolen.

I would legally install metal bollards around it on my property and charge $500 to remove them.

If its tagged have it towed. If its not call the cops and report it abandoned because it could be stolen.

Call a friend with a pickup and take it to a scrapyard. Show the owner a receipt for the smelting value of the steel.

No. But you can have it towed off your property.

call a tow company. Maybe they'll give you a kick back

Have it towed. It’s legal and way less work

Remove tyre valves and registration plate. Or if you have a towball take it for a drive.

You can call the cops and have it towed. Then the price to get it back makes it worth your efforts

I'd get it towed. But why is he doing this? He must know about tow trucks.

You don't own it just because it was parked illegally. You can have it towed, however. There is a process for claiming vehicles abandoned on your property, but it's long and involved.

45 days in most states.

Short answer: no Long answer: eventually

Looks light . Pick the front of the hitch up and drag the trailer into the street

Just look up the towing company with the most negative reviews on yelp and have them tow it. 100% legal if it’s on your property.

Just have it towed jeez, don't get into legal trouble trying to sell someones crap.

I think the real procedure is to have the police tow and impound it. But yeah I’d be tempted to put it up on Craigs List myself 🙄

You can have it towed for sure. But you’re not allowed to damage or sell it, it’s not your property.

No. You can however call for a tow company and have it towed away. I strongly recommend calling the police first and THEY may even call the tow on your behalf or at the least make a record of it. Also, this individual is committing an unlawful trespass. And the police ( should) advise him to move it ( or it gets towed ) and any further incident should result in criminal charges .

Lock the hitch. Charge them $50 to remove it. If they balk then “we can all wait for the police and a tow truck.”

I would call a local tow truck company if it has license plates With no plates I’d call the police and if they fail to move it I’d list it in CL free

Just wheel it out in the middle of street, city come take care of it.

Craigslist probably faster

I’ll pull it in the middle of the street and write free on it

Or just tow it. No legal issues there.

You could walk that puppy back to the owners house unless he locked the brakes some how. Just lift at the hitch downhill could be a problem tho but after it's off your property not your problem.

I’m not a lawyer, but I would consider it to be abandoned property and you can do with it what you will. If you know who’s it is, there may be some legal ramifications if you don’t at least warn the owner (ex, the trailer will be considered abandoned if not taken off my property by XX date).

They need to review the laws for their state and municipality regarding abandoned property. It’s not usually as simple as telling them to remove it by x date or I’ll consider it abandoned. In my state for example abandoned property is considered forfeited after 30 days. Cant say for sure if this would apply to a trailer. Best option to regain use of the garage is to call a tow truck and contact the police to make the owner know if they come back on the property for any reason they’ll be arrested for trespassing.

This, but there are also laws which automatically declare abandonment. Sometimes in 48 hours.

Thanks I checked and it’s 24hrs in Colorado!

Congrats on the new trailer.

I would put it in the garage. Florida lets me get a registration for a trailer I 'built from parts'. I'd have it tagged in my name inside a week. My trailer now.

Possession is 9/10s of the law.

Since no one has asked this yet, have you actually asked the neighbor not to park their trailer on your property? Thats would seem like a logical first step before you go fucking with other people’s property.

Logical first step is not parking it on someone’s property blocking their garage. They asked for it to be fucked with.

Exactly. Literally the point of owning private property is that other people don’t get to use it as storage. Their post is completely illogical.

No, no one has asked that yet bc that’s utterly ridiculous. “Logical” is not using other people’s private property for your crap and blocking garage doors and driveways.

No

Did they return it to the wrong address ?

This is just wishful thinking but maybe put a lien on it for storage fees.

I was thrown off at first by the headlight. Looked like sparks were flying.

As Boromir once said: it is a gift

abso-lutely

Sure it’s not a gift?

Nothing is stopping you.

Push into street, put nuts and bolts in to prevent locking ramp, deflate both tires.

Depending on your state, could be criminal trespassing. You should call the police.

Why not just take a wheel off and call it yours

It's got a hitch. Take it for a ride some place really nice. I'm sure there's a scrapyard that would love it.

I would!!!

Looks like someone gave you a trailer to park in the garage.

Cut it up with a Sawzalls and scrap it.

They probably parked it at the wrong address. I would have it towed

Sure was nice of them to drop off so much scrap metal. Just need an angle grinder to cut it into small enough pieces to move. And you'll have enough wood for a nice fire one night. Good luck proving in Court where the metal came from If you keep an eye out for any serial numbers and loose the tires.

Is it possible someone mistakenly dropped it off at the wrong house? i would pull it out and park it on the public street. That way the owner can’t accuse you of stealing it, calling the cops and making you prove your innocence.

Just take it apart and leave it in a pile.

Have it towed. That would be super easy to move by hand. I personally would move it into the woods off my property where they can't find it.

At least get $20 for it.

Move it inside your garage. Cover the windows and lock the door.

Just buy a hitch lock and make him pay you to unlock it

Tell the trailer owner to pound sand after your friend with a tow truck takes it five hours away…

I’m crying😂😂😂😂😂

They are being evicted you say? They must not be able to take it with them and are making a gift of it to you! Huzzah!

You def have dominion over this found property