Closing and Hanging gates

blue5000

I wasn't sure whether to put this in guntering or would it be better to have a seperate thread so that all gate hanging/feed barrier ideas would be in one place , so here goes.

First one is the simple bolt to RSJ, I try to use a 24mm nut and bolt and 100mm RSJ so hangers are easily interchangeable.

Second and third pics is a 3ft length of chain and a D shackle that can easily be opened to sort cattle,

Or wrapped around both gates to hold a pen of cattle in pic 4

Pic 5 is where 2 gates had to be hung on an RSJ side by side, it's a short length of box iron with 2 holes drilled/burnt by the welder:P for the gate heels. Box iron is welded to the RSJ

renandstimpy

Like the simplicity of the 5th picture for hanging two gates off one post

blue5000

Top of gates at different heights, Left one warped by a weanling bull, These are just L iron with a hole drilled for the gate and welded to RSJ.

Second pic is again 2 gates hanging off same RSJ, drilled and bolted this time.

3rd pic is bog standard bolt and chain ok for a gate that's not opened too often.

4th pic old timer, pipe, box iron welded to railtrack, it has stood the test of time.

5th pic, another old timer, pipe+channel iron welded to RSJ

blue5000

Very simple this one, 10ft sliding gate behind 2 cubicles and a big lump of sh1te at the bottom to stiffen it so no accidental openings (touch wood) so far.

3rd(closed) and 4th one down is idiot proof, stops cows opening the hasp, fooled a vet too!

5th pic is another oldie, called a 'handcuff' hanger. solid 1'' square bar is set in the pier then there's a bolt through the hancuff and square bar, sorry not a great pic will try get another one.

blue5000

Hasp was a bit loose on this so it got a bucket handle loosely wrapped around it to keep it closed, to open it just slide up the loop first. No cow has beaten it yet anyway.

Next 4 pics are of a 4 ft chain wrapped around RSJ, the gate was hung a bit too far away from the pillar. At the end of the chain pic 3 is a heavy flat bar with a slot cut in it the width of a chain link.

If I just want to temporarily close the gate I just put a link in the slot, but to properly close the gate the chain is wrapped around the slot and a small cheap D shackle holds the wrapped chain tight. This chain usually lives in the tractor toolbox and also gets used to carry the creep feeder on a bale lifter. the bale lifter is backed in under the feeder, chain is wrapped around toplink and a pin where the toplink should go in the creepfeeder:P


Jaysus you'd see that gate from space- K

keep going

My favorite job , for closing double gate im a big fan of lenght of chain with a bolt welded vertically to a horizontal pipe in the gate.the big advantage is you can close to different gates in a yard or penning set up, if a gate gets a twist it will still secure it, it can be used to tie back the gate, it can be closed two ways,straight down over the top of the bolt for fast closing or extra security bring it under pipe onto bolt.no nut on bolt btw.lastly cut chain so it dosent reach the ground to keep it clean

blue5000

First 2 are wire rope feed barrier, apologies, some of you probably saw before. Some cows lose hair on back of necks, also weanlings can get out under it. Beauty of it is fast to put up and flexible if the loader or tractor wheel hits it.

Pic 3 and 4 is how I hung a diagonal barrier, it's a Z purlin cleat cut in half and a piece of re-bar dropped into the bolt holes behind the barrier.

Kovu if you could wave your magic wand and make all the photos appear that would be great, thanks.;)

skoger

We use one of these to chain two gates together. It saves screwing and unscrewing the d shackle.

onyerbikepat

skoger wrote: »

We use one of these to chain two gates together. It saves screwing and unscrewing the d shackle.

They are tricky to get right. Some work and some don't. That is, to use them directly on the gate latch, with no chain.

skoger

onyerbikepat wrote: »

They are tricky to get right. Some work and some don't. That is, to use them directly on the gate latch, with no chain.

I don't depend on them too much - only for temporary jobs. Another thing I just thought of that we have here is using scaffolding clamps to hang a gate off a barrier to divide a pen up. We use them on a diagonal barrier so the bull is in one half and a few weanlings in the other. The gate's not perfectly plumb but we've never had any problems. You need to use the ones that swivel

Reggie.

Could one of the mods embed the photos. Be easier to read then

Kovu

Are ye happy now?

Reggie.

Kovu wrote: »

Are ye happy now?

Aren't ya a great one altogether

But ya missed one set :P

trixi2011

Have used Seat belts from a scraped Cars to secure gates .found them to be really strong and handy for opening and closing

Kovu

Reggie. wrote: »

Aren't ya a great one altogether

But ya missed one set :P

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Muckit

Reggie. wrote: »

Could one of the mods embed the photos. Be easier to read then

How do you read a photo?

blue5000

Cheers Kovu, any chance of a pheasant sandwich now if the cat hasn't had it;)

Kovu

blue5000 wrote: »

Cheers Kovu, any chance of a pheasant sandwich now if the cat hasn't had it;)

Ah sorry! I've only just finished it with my dinner now

Reggie.

Muckit wrote: »

How do you read a photo?

The post in general

Milton09

This is my preferred method of gate hanging in the last few years.
(I was trying to take pics to minimize views of all the rushes but that was impossible – so apologies in advance)

Motorway barrier as uprights and my own SS hangers made using M16 stainless threaded bar/bolt and pipe.
A bit more hassle that the usual methods especially making the hanger, but not much extra cost at the end of the day.
The threaded bar is very handy for leveling the gate and counter-acting natural sag in the gate.

The way I look at it – Hanging gates is a “once in a lifetime” job.


Someone stole the paint off your tanker Milton ;-) - K

Reggie.

First of all nice tanker

Second....nice idea with the plastic pipe. Very tasty

onyerbikepat

I'm making a small door for a shed at the moment. Thinking of using this kind of latch. Simple but clever.

rushvalley

Little flap behind the latch to stop cattle opening the gate

Reggie.

rushvalley wrote: »

Little flap behind the latch to stop cattle opening the gate

Very tasty

TITANIUM.

rushvalley wrote: »

Little flap behind the latch to stop cattle opening the gate

Now that is a very clever idea.
Come up with it yourself?
Allot better than my effort with a length of rope.

onyerbikepat

That is clever. I can think of a few places where I could use it myself. Good too that you don't have to weld onto the tubular part of the gate, where it is more likely to rust through.

rushvalley

TITANIUM. wrote: »

Now that is a very clever idea.
Come up with it yourself?
Allot better than my effort with a length of rope.

No all credit goes to a local fella that fitted out the shed.

Nekarsulm

Here's how I have been doing it lately. Those are ten foot six slats, there's about four foot nine inches in the ground. Slats bought for five euro each.

Reggie.

Nekarsulm wrote: »

Here's how I have been doing it lately. Those are ten foot six slats, there's about four foot nine inches in the ground. Slats bought for five euro each.

Ya hardly went deep enough I reckon :rolleyes:

Nekarsulm

Reggie. wrote: »

Ya hardly went deep enough I reckon :rolleyes:

Do you think?
Will have to look out for 12 foots, so.