Too many variables to answer your question with 100% accuracy. I have a de-commissioned county road (dirt) that runs through my property and there are three landowners behind me. One is a timber company, one is a investment fund and one is a private landowner. All three manage their properties for timber. Each should be required to ask permission for any agents, contractors, timber crews, etc to traverse my property. If I catch them, they are asked to leave until we work out an arrangement. If they are conducting forestry practices on the property, I get a formal access agreement signed with a bond to repair the road. It also stipulates that the gate must be closed everyday at the end of the day and that ZERO trucks or equipment be parked on my property. The communication breakdown from the managing forester to the actual onsite crews shows up real quick or the onsite crews don't give a damn. I'll get down and find trailers blocking my road, gate left open, trash dumped where they ate lunch, etc. They are given two hours to move equipment and clean up or they will be trespassed from the property. My agreement states that if they violate any terms their access will be terminated. I have a decent relationship with the foresters that manage that property, so its usually a smooth process....until its not.

Gray areas in what is allowed and not allowed will always lead to problems in situations like this.

Last edited by Overland; 12/16/25 11:29 AM.