Hanging gate bit

irishguy19772

I want to go hang some gates. I was going with the railway sleepers or telephone poles. Just wondering what drill bit I can get to drill through. I have a drill at home and just wondering is there a special bit I need? I got 10 inch x 5/8 hanger threads.

Micheal H

A 16mm wood auger bit will do the job.

https://www.screwfix.ie/p/erbauer-auger-bit-16-x-400mm/2635v

You'll need a fairly decent drill with good torque to run it though.

PoorFarmer

irishguy19772 wrote: »

I want to go hang some gates. I was going with the railway sleepers or telephone poles. Just wondering what drill bit I can get to drill through. I have a drill at home and just wondering is there a special bit I need? I got 10 inch x 5/8 hanger threads.

I was thinking along the same lines for the outfarm but spotted these at the co-op.

https://www.glanbiaconnect.com/shop/product/6in-Top-Half-Round-Hanger/9002397

Used them on ESB poles that were 9"plus no problem. Just hammer in a few carriage bolts for the first few inches and squeeze up with a socket. Solid job.

Aravo

PoorFarmer wrote: »

I was thinking along the same lines for the outfarm but spotted these at the co-op.

https://www.glanbiaconnect.com/shop/product/6in-Top-Half-Round-Hanger/9002397

Used them on ESB poles that were 9"plus no problem. Just hammer in a few carriage bolts for the first few inches and squeeze up with a socket. Solid job.

+1
Drilling large posts can wreck a drill. Not worth the hassle

irishguy19772

Thanks for advice. Will go for the round hangers.

Say my name

You'd feel sorry for the present generation when a lot never knew the joys of a brace bit drill.

Grueller

Say my name wrote: »

You'd feel sorry for the present generation when a lot never knew the joys of a brace bit drill.

Still use it for the above job on the outfarm. With a sharp auger bit there is little physical effort. Spade, spur or twist drill though and it's a different story.

Rosahane

Say my name wrote: »

You'd feel sorry for the present generation when a lot never knew the joys of a brace bit drill.

LUXURY

Real hardship was having to use an old hand auger to drill through about ten inches of a hundred year old oak doorframe to run a phone wire :eek:

lakill Farm

irishguy19772 wrote: »

I want to go hang some gates. I was going with the railway sleepers or telephone poles. Just wondering what drill bit I can get to drill through. I have a drill at home and just wondering is there a special bit I need? I got 10 inch x 5/8 hanger threads.

Hang any gates here off 8x4 rsj built into a pier or Railway line with a bracket from Bo steel

Carring heavy 16ft no problem .

The coach screws into them round brackets will pull out over time

PoorFarmer

lakill Farm wrote: »

The coach screws into them round brackets will pull out over time

Only if you have knobs that climb over them instead of opening them. Have 14' blue band gates hanging from them for almost 10 years and no problems. Used a 9" coach bolt though

Dinzee Conlee

PoorFarmer wrote: »

Only if you have knobs that climb over them instead of opening them. Have 14' blue band gates hanging from them for almost 10 years and no problems. Used a 9" coach bolt though

Have a few gates hanging off ESB poles with those brackets as well. They up a fair bit now and no issues...
I would say the gates will probably go before the brackets come out of the poles...

Donald Trump

Dinzee Conlee wrote: »

Have a few gates hanging off ESB poles with those brackets as well. They up a fair bit now and no issues...
I would say the gates will probably go before the brackets come out of the poles...

You might want to qualify that by saying reused cuts from ESB poles. Obvious to most ... but there's always one....

lakill Farm

PoorFarmer wrote: »

Only if you have knobs that climb over them instead of opening them. Have 14' blue band gates hanging from them for almost 10 years and no problems. Used a 9" coach bolt though

That's a fair length of a coach bolt. Probably earlier to slowly drill out a 19mm hole as it is drive a few of them bad boys

I have seen a few examples of farmers using 5omm coach bolts into almost a standard post.

PoorFarmer

lakill Farm wrote: »

That's a fair length of a coach bolt. Probably earlier to slowly drill out a 19mm hole as it is drive a few of them bad boys

I have seen a few examples of farmers using 5omm coach bolts into almost a standard post.

Socket on an impact driver. Like to make those jobs easy on myself.

Jb1989

Get the full ring that goes around the post. With the one bolt that clamps it tight