Need to widen a gateway, how far do I go?

JohnBoy

We've our silage sold, but a neighbour has pointed out that the purchaser uses the biggest kit in the area, and there's not a hope of him coming out the gate, all 200hp fendts and massive trailers.

Normally silage comes through the yards, but the same neighbour (who's drawn silage into our place before) reckons they'll have similar problems there. and having seen 6610 deeres and 7810 fords just making it through I reckon he's got a point.


So we need to widen the field gateway, which isnt the end of the world, machinery is only getting bigger, life moves on, etc.


But the question is how big to go?

I want to go as small as possible, while still being more than big enough. Tractors are coming out onto a narrow road, there's 22 foot between the ditches, around 16 of which are tarmac.

Gonna go with double gates.

Is 20 foot too narrow? should I go 24, or even 28?

bob charles

is the gate set back from the road or right along the road boundry. If its set back say 15ft then a 20ft gate will be ample. if its right on the side of the road you will need 25+ if your talking big tractors with 26ft trailers

JohnBoy

The ditch is 2 foot thick and I'm gonna mount the gates on the back of 2 foot piers.

I'd be hopeful I'd get away with 24 feet.

killer is I probably wont be there when it's being drawn. if it was I could get a feel for it. we're just gonna knock the gap in the ditch short term.

Tipp Man

When it comes to gates the wider the better.

If there's no swing into the entrance then i would say 24 foot minimum.

You seem anxious not to have a wide gate, any reason?

Tora Bora

First thing some contractors do when they arrive, is widen a few gates for you, no matter how wide they were to start with :D

JohnBoy

Tipp Man wrote: »

You seem anxious not to have a wide gate, any reason?

Just dont like the look of huge gateways into fields, dont want to set the entrance back into the field either though so I guess consensus would suggest I should head for 28 feet so.

First thing some contractors do when they arrive, is widen a few gates for you, no matter how wide they were to start with

If they want to do it themselves I'll be happy out.

as long as they dont try and widen the gaps through the farmyard

49801

we'd a simular problem but also compounded by the way original gate lay at a bit of an angle to the road. so the tractors had do a turn of 295degrees.
anyway we put in two 13ft gates with a removable centre post.
They use fairly big dooley trailers.
I would think 26ft is plenty big so long as your gap/lane is 90degree's to the road and have space to line up properly.
26ft is very big sightly gap aright. :mad:
gates, hangers, concrete...bloody expensive too:mad::mad:

charityboy

one advantage you would have with two 14 ft gates and a removeable post in the middle is it is wide enough when fully opened to cater for big machines going in and out and when you are using it yourself you only need to open one gate and you have still have loads of room

poor farmer

charityboy wrote: »

one advantage you would have with two 14 ft gates and a removeable post in the middle is it is wide enough when fully opened to cater for big machines going in and out and when you are using it yourself you only need to open one gate and you have still have loads of room

good point