Proper name for thingamajig?

[Cowabunga]

This is my version. Not quite the typical Cardi version which uses baler twine both for the gate and for the loops holding the two posts together closed. Mine is more a Harrods-Cardi version. Sort of ‘super deluxe’.

 

[Kiwi Pete]

Some people can make a very easy job very complicated, can’t they?

What @eulb posted above, is more the type of closing system I was talking about, we'd use a hardwood batten instead of a purpose-built device

and when they snap, you clonk your head on the post and fall into a few strands of barbwire, simple as

 

[Ffermer Bach]

What @eulb posted above, is more the type of closing system I was talking about, we'd use a hardwood batten instead of a purpose-built device

and when they snap, you clonk your head on the post and fall into a few strands of barbwire, simple as

I saw something similar in Oz, length of water pipe, with a chain welded on it 6" from the end, and at the "latch" end, a chain link welded on with 1/2" cut out of one long length, that could hook over the top barbed. Worked really well, as the leverage against the chain tightened it up, and the best bit, it was all made from scrap.

 

[Farmer Roy]

yes, if the gate is any sort of reasonable length, then you need some way of tensioning it, rather than just pulling it up by hand & slipping a loop over it

as ive said, ive seen some very wide ones & the design of the closing element is the crucial factor. Try pulling 100' of wire gate tight by hand . . .
ive even seen ones that have a small hand winch on them to pull tight, but a longer pole seems to remain the favourite ( cheapest ) method

 

[Post Driver]

As above, what’s the proper name for these jaw breakers? I can’t find where to buy them. Thanks.

Did you every find the maker of the jaw breaker?

 

[Bignor Farmer]

Did you every find the maker of the jaw breaker?

Never did find a proper supplier but got a friend who’s a fabricator and he was up for making a batch although we haven’t yet!

 

[exmoor dave]

Workshop made tensioning type, looks neat

 

[Derrick Hughes]

New Zealand gate others may call it a Taranaki-gate

 

[whitefox]

I've got quite a few cocky gates here,copied from the ones I used in W A