Field Gates

[andybk]

bought 4 14' MAC galv ones a few months back in a sale for £130 , couldnt believe how heavy duty they were compared to new ones, still as good as new , see me out i recon

 

[pgk]

50 odd years old. Steam pipe. Don't make em like they used to. Hardly lift it.
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Remember in my youth a local pikey lifted similarly heavily built gate off its hinges and was knocked out when it fell on him

 

[BredRedHfd]

Remember in my youth a local pikey lifted similarly heavily built gate off its hinges and was knocked out when it fell on him

Must have been ballasted

 

[neilo]

Remember in my youth a local pikey lifted similarly heavily built gate off its hinges and was knocked out when it fell on him

As good a reason as any to get some heavy gates built.

 

[Bury the Trash]

50 odd years old. Steam pipe. Don't make em like they used to. Hardly lift it.
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and with those wanky hangings that will start to twist as the wood expands and contracts and that concrete it wont last very long at ,at all be droopy loopy draggy waggy in a few years if its used that is lol

shoudve used a steel hanging post ha ha

 

[BredRedHfd]

and with those wanky hangings that will start to twist as the wood expands and contracts and that concrete it wont ast very ong at ,wil be droopy loopy draggy waggy in a few years if its used that is lol

Plenty still perfect after 40/50 years exactly like that, so no need to worry yerself. Last me out..

 

[Bury the Trash]

Plenty still perfect after 40/50 years exactly like that, so no need to worry yerself. Last me out..

nope, new concrete not fifty years old at all,nor is that photo lol.

 

[BredRedHfd]

nope, new concrete not fifty years old at all,nor is that photo lol.

Re read my post. I wasn't referring to this photo

 

[Fendt516profi]

Do you know who sells such gates, we had some installed here when we had a road go through the place, I need a pair but am not sure where to get them from. All the stuff I see is utter junk and they dont seem to last 5 minutes

Department of Transport Gates

IAE manufacture a full range of Department of Transport (DOT) gates to the highways specification details H17, H18, H19 and H20.

iae.co.uk

 

[Bury the Trash]

Re read my post. I wasn't referring to this photo

i was , read my post , sleeper will go sloppy .

 

[Fendt516profi]

Bateman gates are lighter made than Ritchie gates for sure, probably as light or at least on par with IAE, very shiny too but should still do the job they are made to do. Wouldn't want them to receive too much grief from cattle though....

I ordered some 12ft Ritchie ones after been told that when they turned up I could pick them up with one hand

 

[BredRedHfd]

I ordered some 12ft Ritchie ones after been told that when they turned up I could pick them up with one hand

True. Any new gates I install in ground I took on are 'yard gates' now. 'Field gates' are indeed like paper..

 

[tepapa]

So talk me through field gates, it would be interesting to price up the material plus galv cost to see what would be left. Perhaps a premium gate built to last may have a small market? When I see a bent gate the welds on the intermediate uprights are often broken off the bars, better to have the bars going through holes in a flat bar? Already do quite a bit of fab work. Galvanising going up 9.5% in the new year….

Main problem with new field gates is the thickness of steel has been cut until there's none left. I have a fabricator make me odd size gates and he won't make anything unless it'll withstand a bull . Cost isn't much more than the big manufacturers. Since there isn't any middle men taking a cut. Obviously he can't compete with the big boys considering their buying power and own galv tanks.

 

[Northeastfarmer]

Bateman aren’t as good as Ritchie

 

[Ali_Maxxum]

I ordered some 12ft Ritchie ones after been told that when they turned up I could pick them up with one hand

To be fair it's been a good while since we've got a Ritchie gate, only IAE and Bateman since as that's what our supplier has. Maybe you are very strong?!

 

[Fendt516profi]

To be fair it's been a good while since we've got a Ritchie gate, only IAE and Bateman since as that's what our supplier has. Maybe you are very strong?!

Maybe, but we have 12ft Bateman and IAE gates about and I need two hands to lift them

 

[Ali_Maxxum]

Maybe, but we have 12ft Bateman and IAE gates about and I need two hands to lift them

Interesting. Ritchie must have gone very much the other way then, used to have the choice between Ritchie and IAE and always chose Ritchie as they were far heavier/stronger.

 

[Fendt516profi]

Interesting. Ritchie must have gone very much the other way then, used to have the choice between Ritchie and IAE and always chose Ritchie as they were far heavier/stronger.

I did screw the lad down on price so maybe he got some lightweight ones. But he told me Richie light gates are same as Bateman/IAE. Nothing wrong with the Ritchie gates they will do the job bought for field gates