Originally Posted by ford150man
I’ve never seen a property thats been cut, whether thinned or cleared, that there weren’t numerous empty 5 gallon hydraulic fluid buckets, and blown out tires left behind, after the workers were gone. I’ve also never seen a crew that fulfilled their promise to repair the roads.

Unfortunate that is your experience. And I don’t doubt what you are saying at all. I have seen a lot of really good timber harvests though, but it often takes having some leverage (like a performance bond) or some other kind off relational value to the logging crew to get this done. One of the reasons I recommend to the OP using a good consultant because they should not only be well versed at structuring a timber contract they also have value to the logger in providing future business.