Cantilevered Driveway Remote Gate

[ejtaylor822]

Larry,
Very cool! You need to come take care of the gate (ie, build a new one) at the storage units that we rent! They are nowhere as a nice as what you have, nor as heavy duty. A couple of times they have stuck half way open on me.

Good job and well done!

Eddie

 

[ns_in_tex]

Hi Eddie,
I can't address the safety of swing gates. Don't have much experience with them. I did install a slide gate about 25 years ago. Built on the same order as Larry's, except:
1. Gate made out of 2" medium wall tubing( Less than schedule 40).
2. About 21' opening
3. About 31" overall (I think)
4. Probably not near the concrete Larry has in his.

About the most trouble we have had, is from lightning.
It has a 1 HP slide gate operator on it which we purchased & installed the system ourselves.

I would be glad to show it to you, if you were ever interested.
We are not that far apart.

 

[EddieWalker]

Neal,

Are you the same Neal on Pondboss????

My question on the gate is strictly based on interest. I have no plans or need for an electric gate at this time. It's just very interesting to me.

Thanks,
Eddie

 

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GuglioLs,

Nice job on the gates. I recently fabricated and installed a twin cantilever gate system. I love it. I will be using commercial operators. They handle loss of electric by having the opener disengage from the gate when no power is available. This allows the gate to be manually opened with no tools. Some have a lever or foot pedal to depress to release the gate from the opener. You may be able to incorporate some of these concepts in your design.

Ron

 

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[heehaw]

now that is nice..can we have some details on what the gates are made of, how you installed them etc..
a standard garage door opener has a release handle so the doors can be operated by hand.
heehaw

 

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Heehaw,

The gates are made of 2"x5"x.125" aluminum box tubing. After fabrication I had them powder coated. This was a real task. I had to find a coater with a big enough oven for the gates. The cantilever system is from Europe. It uses a track and a trolley. It is the same concept as your typical sliding barn door but the track & trolley are on the bottom. These systems can handle huge loads. The track is galvanized steel that I had powder coated. The trolley is galvanized from the manufacturer and has sealed bearings on the guide wheels. The upper guide is galvanized and powder coated. Each guide has 4 teflon guide wheels to guide the gate. The mounts for the trolleys are made out of 6"x6"x1/2" aluminum angle (powder coated). The mounts are u-bolted to the posts. This gives me my adjustability. The u-bolts I had made out of stainless. I wanted as little maintenance as possible thus all parts are aluminum or stainless and powder coated. The gates are effortlessly opened. I have replaced all 17 gates on my farm with these. There are no hinge, post, swing, opening, sagging or ground contour issues. I will never own another swing gate!

Ron