How do you build an auto mechanical gate

[Defective]

Neal & Harv,

No need for a pillow. You'd be amazed at how much air comes out of a simple rubber hose when you drive on it.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

That's a great idea. Now to figure out the valving.............

Oh to only have the time to play, darn, I've got to finish laying out a hundred and fifty post holes and then start digging them three and a half feet deep today. Gotta love this black gumbo clay. It's going to be fun.

 

[Defective]

Someplace among the junk, I've got a little piston thingy that came off an old gas station bell. This thing has a hose barb on it that fits 3/4" hose and a piston inside that pushes a 3/16" rod out the end. (it's supposed to slap the bell when a car drives over the hose.) I was playing around with it a few years ago and my son managed to darn near punch a hole through my right hand just by stomping on the hose. I'll bet one of these would open a gate catch when the tires hit the hose.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Neil I think we've found the card that takes us from being a high pair to becoming three of a kind. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Defective I'm not going to say you're perfect. But I strongly suspect you might be the supporting thinker that Neil and me have needed all these years.

Thanks for the input.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Do you recall if that was 3/4" ID hose. Maybe a mechanical only bell.

I have a 18 yr old drive way bell on my drive, but it is 3/8" ID and the bell is rung with an electric soloniod.

I like your idea, and was thinking, if more volume was needed, I might increase the size of the hose in the traffic area.

Thank you and Harv for all the good ideas.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Ditto on detective being our missing link Harv,

We might even become a threesome that is hard to keep up with.

By the way, how did the post setting go today?

Surely you didn't get to hot. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

 

[ns_in_tex]

Brad, This is another good idea for the self closing.

It never ceases to amaze me, how much good info is available on tbn.

Thanks to everybody for their good ideas.

 

[ns_in_tex]

Harv,

Do you forsee any differences in operation with Brad Blazer's hinge and the one you decribed.

If I understand it all correctly, this would accomplish the same lift as the one you described, but might be easy to make adjustable, by making all the hinges & bolts threaded through post & gate for any future adjustments in closing speed, ETC.

 

[have_blue]

I've thought about building a gate with an automatic garage door opener. Just hit the remote, and she opens. I would need a cheap solar setup consisting of a $15 utility battery, a $25 solar controller, a $75 inverter, and a $100 solar panel. It's a little pricey, but that remote opening is priceless.

 

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Harv & Neal: All 3 of my wives have often pointed out that I'm one of a kind, but I'd be proud to be lumped in with you guys. (uh-oh...I see trouble a-commin')

Neal: The hose is definitely 3/4" ID. I remember thinking when I got it that I'd have a fun time finding a use for it. Then I noticed the funny little brass thing on the end...


Now I can't get the idea out of my head. Gonna hafta hunt that thing down, see if the hose is still good, and find a way to measure just how much force it'll put out with a small vehicle running over the hose. I like the idea of a car door style latch. hhhmmm...