Small job coming up...

[Reyer Farms]

Got some posts to set for gate. I know not very interesting, but it's legal, and they pay me. The land owner wants to use two livestock gates to give him 20' in clear. I usually weld a gate post with two other posts behind it ( makes a triangle) when there is no fence. I don't like sagging gates or leaning posts. Later if they want fence it can go in between the two rear posts and there is a walk through but cows etc can't get out and vehicle can't get in. I will start when everything is little dryer and post the work. What are some of your designs or ideas for a good working gate?
Jody

 

[Shield Arc]

Here's one I built about 30-years ago.

 

[Reyer Farms]

Here's one I built about 30-years ago.

Nice work as always. Are the 2 silhouettes on the right on gate or behind it?

 

[Shield Arc]

The hound and bear? They are behind.

 

[Reyer Farms]

I see now.

 

[Reyer Farms]

Pictures of small detail this morning. I do love cutting with a torch. I was kinda in a hurry so I free handed the cut outside on some horses. Not perfect circle but round about.



Inventoried tread plate



Welded the rods at the locations he gave over the phone and we're all set.

 

[Gary Fowler]

Here's one I built about 30-years ago.

Those gate post are definitely too small for those gates. They're gonna sag one of these days.

 

[ATP]

Those gate post are definitely too small for those gates. They're gonna sag one of these days.

Any year now.....:laughing:

Nice work...:thumbsup:

 

[Shield Arc]

Those brick columns were one of the last projects my dad did before he died.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Got some posts to set for gate. I know not very interesting, but it's legal, and they pay me. The land owner wants to use two livestock gates to give him 20' in clear. I usually weld a gate post with two other posts behind it ( makes a triangle) when there is no fence. I don't like sagging gates or leaning posts. Later if they want fence it can go in between the two rear posts and there is a walk through but cows etc can't get out and vehicle can't get in. I will start when everything is little dryer and post the work. What are some of your designs or ideas for a good working gate?
Jody

Since it's a ranch gate then I usually build it myself. Many years ago, at least twenty, I started building ranch gates with a truss pattern. They never sag and I've had them twenty four foot wide.

The truss pattern is five rails. I like 2" pipe (2 3/8" O.D.). But 1 1/2" pipe works just as well, (1 7/8" O. D.). The intermediate verticals are staggered and that is what gives the gate its rigidity. On a twenty foot gate the bottom space, between rails four and five, will be six or seven verticals notched and fitted. Between rails thee and four there will be one less vertical. Then between rails two and three one less vertical and one less between one and two. The balance of the gate material can be schedule ten pipe or if you don't mind welding galvanized, sixteen gauge fence tubing.

The gate material should make sense. For instance the hinge upright should be schedule forty. The top rail should be schedule forty too. The hinge upright because it has all the structural stress. The top rail because it has the fewest verticals supporting it and it is the one most likely to be abused like when people or livestock decide to go over the gate instead of opening it.

As for the hinge post, you never regret digging the hinge post hole too deep. I've got hinge posts that are twelve feet plus deep. On a gate like this I would go at least six to eight feet deep and use a six inch pipe post.

If you like pipe gates with filigree I have one that has survived successfully with a five hundred pound piece of stone cut in the shape of Texas centered in it, mostly because I could.

 

[Reyer Farms]

I would love to see the gate with stone in it Harv. I plan to start on gate this week, weather has allowed the ground to dry out. Things are real busy now, planning for spring, starting dirt work on packing house, and on and on.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

I would love to see the gate with stone in it Harv. I plan to start on gate this week, weather has allowed the ground to dry out. Things are real busy now, planning for spring, starting dirt work on packing house, and on and on.

The Gate

 

[petegoud]

Here's an interesting photo of a small gate I took while in Scotland sereral years ago. The detail impressed me.

 

[Reyer Farms]

The Gate

You are very talented. I now will have to post all my gate pictures on the fisher price forum! Very nicely done Sir.

 

[wroughtn_harv]

Great Britain still has an apprentice program and appreciation for genuine wrought iron. If you ever get to see a real British blacksmith be prepared to be blown away. They can forge weld faster than you can mig weld and it is a better weld, prettier too.

Here's an interesting photo of a small gate I took while in Scotland sereral years ago. The detail impressed me.

 

[Reyer Farms]

Well it is still pretty wet here as you can see in the planted tractor thread. I'm still waiting on ground to dry where I need to work. I did do this little detail today.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Having done a lot of work on those buckets myself, welding on attachments etc, I'd worry that the bucket would collapse with the least amount of load on it without some extra reinforcement. I've seen these buckets literally fold up like a tin can.

 

[Reyer Farms]

Having done a lot of work on those buckets myself, welding on attachments etc, I'd worry that the bucket would collapse with the least amount of load on it without some extra reinforcement. I've seen these buckets literally fold up like a tin can.

It is reinforced. Kubota has a piece welded from back over the top. Almost makes a funny square tube. I agree that the design is not as adequate as other manufactures. How do you recommend extra reinforcement?

 

[Reyer Farms]

Finished it. Just got around to post pic. Everything has been busy with strawberry harvest.

 

[Mark @ Everlast]

Finished it. Just got around to post pic. Everything has been busy with strawberry harvest.

Nice. Strawberries were one of my favorite crops to grow. Having been in the produce business either part time or full time during much of my life, its good to see the fruits of your labor.