Driveway alarms; do they work?

[ITHINKICAN]

Yes I have one that works great. Its about 800 feet from the house. every once in a while a dear dances around it it goes off too and when my wife flies down the driveway at 50 miles it doesn't ring.

:laughing: Hilarious !!

 

[skipmarcy]

how deep do you have to bury the mighty mule sensor?

It's not absolutely necessary to bury it for it to work - just keeps it all underground so you can mow over it etc. I buried mine grass side about 8" - 10" from where the gravel meets the grass along the edge of my driveway and about 6" or 8" deep. Then I let the wire run underground from there about another 2' or so in and stuck the PVC pipe w/transmitter. The transmitter is about 18" - 20" tall when installed sturdily in the dirt. They give you quite a bit of wire if you need to place the transmitter further away, possibly in some bushes or whatever to hide it if you want.

 

[jinman]

+1 to what skipmarcy said. I buried mine about 1' deep and the wire to the transmitter is about 12' to 15' long. They will sell you a sensor with a 50' cable, but it costs more than the whole setup with the 12' cord. I told my wife that they didn't want to sell many of those. Who would pay that much for a few more feet of cable?

 

[buckeyefarmer]

Thanks, I got one on order.
I share a driveway apron with a neighbor, and then our drives split. Once my drive splits from the neighbor, it splits again on my side, one to my garage, one to my barn. I want to put the sensor where the neighbors don't trip it, but I can catch both of my drives. I smell some backhoe work coming up.

 

[Willl]

Mjncad, I've got an Chamberlain that's about a year old that just didn't work for me.
Been sitting in the junk drawer past 6 months. If your interested, cover shipping and it's yours.

 

[mjncad]

Thanks for the offer Will; but if it didn't work for you, it probably won't work for me.

 

[NSBound]

I have the Chamberlain wireless model and it works great. I have 2 transmitters, one on the driveway and one on a path down to the river. Deer do set it off, but that's OK, I use it to get up and chase them out of my garden when they wander up from the river end. They're both about 200-300 feet away from the house, in opposite directions. I have to replace batteries about twice a year.

 

[mjncad]

Nice avatar NSBound!

 

[NSBound]

Nice avatar NSBound!

:licking:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

my mighty mule came today, didn't realize the sensor was so small, looks like a shovel job instead of the backhoe. I might even lay it in a flower bed and cover with mulch.