You guys know that I own pond-front property. My property begins at the end of a short street. Well, the two guys who plow that street push all the street's snow up to my property, creating a wall of snow. It's about six feet high now, but will only grow thicker and taller. So, I'm blocked off from my property right now, but in a month that wall of snow will be a wall of ice and very slow to melt. I have a friend on the street and I asked him for the plow guys' numbers. He said he'd call them and he did, but he didn't sound hopeful after those conversations. I did nail two green and white "Private driveway" signs to trees where my property starts and I ordered a "Please do not put snow here." sign today, which I'll attach to a pole and stick in their wall of snow, but I expect they'll just bury it with more snow. Now, I understand their position. They need a place to put the snow and I'm not living there just now. If they don't put it there, they'll have to make arrangements to put it in somebody's yard. Still...I'm going to be fishing in April and I'll be blocked from my property.

A little advice.

February 11Feb 11

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1 hour ago, Bluebasser86 said:
I live in a cul-de-sac in the very back of a neighborhood, they always push the snow up in front our our mailbox and the fire hydrant. My kids will have to end up shoveling a bunch of it out every year to get to their basketball goal because it's so slow to melt when it's in giant piles like that. I use to put a bunch in the back of my truck and haul it around until it would melt and then refill it to get rid of the pile but can't do it anymore since I got the 4runner.

I mean you could do it with the 4-runner. whistle

We're similar here- end of culdesac and my yard is the 'straight' when they push the snow up the road. On top of that, the plows don't just end at the road. After the bulk of a storm is done, they come back with front loaders and get the snow off of the road- and pile it on the yard. I still have a bare spot the size of a sheet of plywood from 3 winters ago where the salt burned it. Nothing grows there now, not even weeds. I'll dig it out and replace the soil one day, but the snow piles will continue so maybe not. I had a 10' high wall of snow from my driveway to my neighbors. It's starting to melt, but it will be a while. When we have the snow storms I'm fortunate to have big blower so I clear the patches in front of my and my neighbor's driveways in real time.

@Swamp Girl - I think you're on the right path with a sign and a conversation over a gifted bottle. You're in a small place where I presume everyone knows everyone. I'm sure it isn't malicious that they are piling it there. It looks like a driveway that doesn't lead to a house and doesn't harm anyone having it there. It was probably being piled there long before you bought the property and they just don't know the impact. Certainly for future snow events I'm sure you can find a solution. It doesn't help the mound you have there now though.

Is the current mound crusted and a solid ice? If not, you might be able to get them to push it further down the driveway and then off the to side gradually. That would at least get you access. Not sure how feasible that is but worth a shot.

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