Gate lock question

[zzvyb6]

Locked gates only keep honest people out. You need an alarm that's seen, heard and loud. My sensors are all around the place. receivers turn on rotating flashing lights, ring a bell in the barn and tones in the house. You start up the driveway, both you and I will know you are here. Mine are all 12v. Even my golf cart has an old state police rotating beacon on it. Where ever I am on the property, I will know there is action up front. So does everyone else.

What also helps is some occasional, unscheduled gunfire. Neighbors need to be taught that shooting is a routine thing on the property because neighbors are often the problem around here. The idea is to un-invite trouble, not invite it. Locks to me are bait.

July 21, 211.wmv - YouTube

 

[oosik]

I have a mile long gravel driveway with a steel swinging outer gate and the same for an inner gate. The outer gate dumps directly onto the county road - the inner gate opens onto the SE corner of my property. The mile long driveway is in between the two gates.

I live in an area of open range - so the outer gate is always closed to keep the cows in and the inner gate is always closed to keep the cows off my property.

During hunting season, which is soon upon us here, I will lock the outer gate. Unfortunately, hunters will use my driveway to access lands they are not authorized to be on or hunt on - Trespassing. I use a length of heavy 3/8" grade 100 chain and padlock on the outer gate.

Locking the outer gate makes no difference since they are always closed and I have to stop to go thru each gate exiting/entering my property.

There is a National Wildlife Refuge right across the county road and all their access gates have a very unique system of securing the gate and protecting the lock from damage. I guess if I felt I needed added security I could have that type system put on my outer gate.

 

[Thall303]

The lock mechanism on this gate could be used on a lighter gate..

Rawlings Heavy Duty Gates - YouTube

Bruce

That is quite a gate and latch!

Wonder what it costs?

 

[EddieWalker]

I think you are over complicating the gate with your plan. Buy a really good quality chain and two locks. One with a combination, one with a key. Better locks cost more, but are much harder to cut. Same with chain. Which just means that if they really want in, they will cut the hinges, or the gate itself, or the fence next to the gate. How far do you want to go?

 

[forgeblast]

https://www.fs.fed.us/t-d/pubs/pdf/06231201.pdf
http://www.forestryforum.com/board/index.php?topic=16869.0
these might help you out.

 

[handirifle]

My security system will be hard, not impossible, to beat. Solar powered, battery backup all inside. So cutting off grid power or phone does nothing. Phone lines are all underground, not easily accessible, and not obvious where it is. I NEED to add cameras to the system though, and I have thought of better gate alarms.

We have and have used those Harbor Freight battery operated ones and they work pretty decent, but the batteries do not last long. Currently I do not have power at the gate, but it can be added.

I need to look at cameras and alarms too.

 

[handirifle]

Bruce
One real problem with that design is it's one sided, but it is heavy duty. That gate is about the size of our dirt road main gate that they broke. Actually broke the opener, which is a heavy duty Liftmaster style. Unfortunately there is nothing to hold the gate locked other than the opener. I always figured this would happen.

 

[handirifle]

Forgeblast, I still need easy 2 way access for vehicles that we want to come on.

 

[handirifle]

Last night I was rummaging through my mind (LOTS of empty space there) and drew up this little idea.



The horizontal bar is a handle, one on each side, and the black bar is the locking bar. The handle will rotate downward and pull the spring loaded bar back. The round part at top left is a keyed double sided deadbolt that when locked will prevent the black bar from sliding back.

I think I can build this.

As you can tell I do not use Autocad or even anything remotely close (Word). Most of my ideas start like this and I build them from drawings in my head.

 

[BleedingOrange]

What happens if your not home and the fire trucks need to get thru the gate ?