Lots of pages here and ive read some of them
I live on a plot of some 80 hectares. The road to my little plot is on a public road frequented by some additional maplotters an their families. 6 including a poultry business.
The front gate is locked. I put my own combination lock on to have the ease of allowing my guests access. This was frequently bypassed by the maplotters essentially locking me out. To the point where i complained to the farmers arseotiation, fire department , roads department , police, trzffic department and every other aresociation i could think of without success, including our esteemed local councillor at the time. The police told me to pull the pole out the ground or cut the lock. Every time i went thru.
I have added bits of chain that make it easier for the plotters to keep my lock separate but easier for my guests it seems to lock them out.
When you have something valuable they will come fetch it, lock or no lock on a 1.2m fence line. An when you place the locked gate at a choke point so much easier to jump you at the locked gate, drive your bakkie to your house load it up, beat the shit out of you, rape your wife and fuckoff in your bakkie with all your stuff.
These gates on my road are locked by ex servicemen and women and current police people. Makes me think wtf is going on apart from the stupidity of locking up a public road.