Hi Everyone, 

Thank you in advance for the pro tips and advice. 

I live in CA and just purchased my first two investment properties in Columbus, OH. On one of the properties, someone left a trailer with a broken hitch so it cannot be hooked up to a tow hitch in order to be towed. The trailer is filled with trash and someone already found a brick in it and threw it through my garage window. Long story short I'd love to have this removed from my property. I called the city parking enforcement and was told because the trailer is not on public property they cannot tow it even if it's abandoned. Anyone know of any services or have any advice to help me get this taken care of?

@Justin Gomberg

Try posting it for free on craigslist; scrappers or someone else may want it. 

@Justin Gomberg  Like it or not you may want to look into fixing the hitch so it can be towed away by somebody.

Your property manager should be handling this for you.

I have a guy that has a dump truck that I call to haul trash. Look for people/companies advertising "trash out" like for foreclosures and evictions and/or search for junk removal.

You could try posting it on Facebook or something like that. I agree that it might be worth looking into getting the hitch fixed to tow away.@Justin Gomberg

I think the solution is in your original post. 

“The city can’t tow it because it’s not on public property....” what if it was suddenly on public property? If some vandal grabbed your trailer and tried to steal it but gave up once the trailer was on public property?

in all seriousness, I assume you’d have 10 takers if you put it on craigs lust or free cycle or any such website. 

I would definitely post it on CL or FB marketplace, someone will know how to fix it and make $$$, and will happily solve your problem!

@Mason Hickman

Thank you for taking the time to respond. I went ahead and posted it on craigslist, lets see if we get any bites! 

@Mason Hickman

Gone within 1hr...... thank you!