Hanging gates
- Thread starter jonny
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Willie adie
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- Aberdeenshire
I've used a scaffold board tied dangling from bottom of gate. .leave the wire or whatever you tie it with on the long side though. Also seen same board used wrapped in rabbit net. But this is prone to ripping or grassing in if gate not used regular.
I intend to try rubber mats from cubicles cut to size and attached to bottom bar with cable ties thing that would be neatest way and the sheep would see ouyt so less likeky to try?
I intend to try rubber mats from cubicles cut to size and attached to bottom bar with cable ties thing that would be neatest way and the sheep would see ouyt so less likeky to try?
multi power
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- Location
- pembrokeshire
Fill with stone to make it level first
General-Lee
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- Location
- Devon
Hanging or leaning on?!
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
A piece of quarry conveyor belting on hinges bolted to the bottom rail of the gate and through the belting so it can swing?
Not possible already have girders set up
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
The issue with that is when it opened it will then take the ground the other way!
Willie adie
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- Location
- Aberdeenshire
Hang high and fill in the gap with stone if possible.
Recoil
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- Location
- South East Wales
I always try and level the gateway first. Dig down one end of gate and build up other end. It's always going to be a pain in the arse otherwise. Don't know if this is possible for you though.
On gates with gaps I sometimes hang fence posts or rails on the bottom with wire. You might have to put a big stone either side then to stop sheep pushing through.
On gates with gaps I sometimes hang fence posts or rails on the bottom with wire. You might have to put a big stone either side then to stop sheep pushing through.
by take the ground I take it to mean hit the ground ?
it will not hit the ground if you hang it properly
the world is not flat
Landyman
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Like this @General-Lee
General-Lee
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- Location
- Devon
This is what I do depending on the gateway. makes life much easier and it looks much better than a big gap underneath
womble8350
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- Location
- York
Yes hang it with the lie of the ground. Off set your crooks on your posts and set your eye bolts up right and you will have no problem opening the gate up or down hill.
- Location
- Montgomeryshire
Surely a gate needs to be hung so that it's tidy, level & horizontal when it's closed, and any dips filled with stone/dirt (or hanging a rail under)? Otherwise it will annoy you every single time you see it from across the field.
I always try to make it look right when it's closed, even if I have to put the hooks in 'off the vertical' so that it can swing uphill/downhill to clear uneven ground. Have also hung a couple of gates angled so that they close themselves, where they are regularly used by 'careful folk' from the shoot,or dogwalkers.
I always try to make it look right when it's closed, even if I have to put the hooks in 'off the vertical' so that it can swing uphill/downhill to clear uneven ground. Have also hung a couple of gates angled so that they close themselves, where they are regularly used by 'careful folk' from the shoot,or dogwalkers.
simmy_bull
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- Location
- North Yorkshire
Personally I go against the tide of hanging them level. Hang from the low side and kick the bottom up to follow the ground.
A gate on level ground should swing open on its own it should also swing shut on its own, you do this buy making the high point of the swing at the mid point of the swing
this is not to say all our gates are hung up perfect quite a few are tied up with string
this is not to say all our gates are hung up perfect quite a few are tied up with string