Gates that swing 360?

[dannewhouse]

Thanks for the tag @eulb

Here are the ones I made. Same as above really, except I packed the distance from the "hinge" to the gate with washers. This is so that the threaded rod is not put into bending and also so that the gates can be adjusted.
The gate side of the hinges were set so that the three gates will sit parallel to each other.
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Top job I have designed some normally hinged gates so they fold flat against each other and everyone is like why you done that then when you explain/show its ohh that's a good idea! costs next to nothing when doing job but makes it a lot better to use with cattle!!!

 

[massey 6480]

Was in the meat factory this morning and took a pic of the 360 forcing gates that are there . Mind they never actually use them .

 

[Danllan]

Was in the meat factory this morning and took a pic of the 360 forcing gates that are there . Mind they never actually use them .

Just noticed your post. The hinges look lighter and yet still pretty robust, thanks for the pic's.

 

[mar]

I built a gate that could swing 360 (it doesn't in the position its in but could). I had a round tube concreted into the ground and welded a solid cap on it. Then got another piece of tube that fitted fairly loosely over the post, and welded another solid cap on that. I then welded some vertical strips of metal on the fixed post to prevent sideways slop, and reduce the friction. Finally I got a decent quality swivel castor, cut the wheel off and welded a flat plate across where the wheel used to be. The castor was then welded to the top of the fixed post, the tube slid over that and rested on the castor at the top. Gate was then fixed to the outside tube. A bit of grease on the vertical strips on the inner post helps reduce friction, as does drilling a hole so you can squirt some oil into the castor bearing from time to time.

This was put in place 10 years ago, has worked fine ever since.

Have you got any pictures of this?