Putting a gate on a Vertical slope

broken sink

I would like to put a gate at the corner of a field on a vertical slope. The only way I know how to to this is try to level the ground as best I can and then place the gate. If anybody has better approach or different solution I would like to hear from them. I cannot calculate what the gradient is so I cannot give that information. No gate has been bought yet but I was thinking of an
Aluminium farm gate 10 feet or less. The field is fenced in with sheep wire which covers the gap in question and all needs to be replaced.
I cannot place the gate on the horizontal side because of a high drop on the other side.

TooOldBoots

You could make a gate with a splayed bottom. The splay allows the gate to open up the hill without getting caught in the bottom. If the slope is very steep then use two half gates with the bottoms splayed

gctest50

Make a cantilever sliding gate ( cantilever so there is no track) ?

making of :

jimini0

I seen a gate a few years ago in a driveway. The driveway was down hill. The gate was bolted together but not tight. The bolts at the hinge side were loose to allow the whole thing to move. It had a wheel on the bottom of the latch side and when you open it the wheel follows the ground down hill. Im explaining it badly but I thought it was genius. Im sorry now I didnt get photos or a video.

farawaygrass

jimini0 wrote: »

I seen a gate a few years ago in a driveway. The driveway was down hill. The gate was bolted together but not tight. The bolts at the hinge side were loose to allow the whole thing to move. It had a wheel on the bottom of the latch side and when you open it the wheel follows the ground down hill. Im explaining it badly but I thought it was genius. Im sorry now I didnt get photos or a video.

But like the two gates on the back of a livestock trailer how they can move up and down on the floating side of the gate, but with a wheel under it?

jimini0

farawaygrass wrote: »

But like the two gates on the back of a livestock trailer how they can move up and down on the floating side of the gate, but with a wheel under it?

Thats it. Exactly like that with a wheel to take the weight

broken sink

Thanks for the replies. The land in question is just under 11 acres and is of poor quality so I want to try and avoid expensive solutions.
The 3 options I am considering are
My original idea of placing the gate and level the ground as best I can.
2 half gates
The splayed gate could be expensive if I had to have one made but it did give me another idea. Leave the ground as is. Place the gate and fix some attachment to bottom of the gate like a heavy chain net or some such thing. This would prevent animals from going under the gate. Not sure how it might look though.

Lady Haywire

I don't know if it's a solution to your problem as it's probably a bit faffy but one cheap 'gate' we have here were two wooden posts, & 5 short lengths of large (2inch? 1.5inch?) box iron screwed in on each post.
Then just run the gate length of inch box iron through the screwed in bits.

Suckler

Make a sliding gate, bit of channel iron and some casters or runners wouldn't be too hard to knock up

Dinzee Conlee

Could you put the hanging post in at an angle, or hang the gate from the post at an angle, so it swings at an angle, and follows the ground?

If doing this, you may need another post in the field, to latch the gate onto when open (so stop if closing back)

chooseusername

If you haven't sorted it yet you could offset the bottom hinge.
If you can figure out the rise you need and the length and height of the gate
then you can set the hinges so the gate opens uphill but remains upright
when opened to 90 degrees.( ie; not look as if it's thrown up against the ditch)
This calculator would help you;
http://www.eversholt.org.uk/gates/

chooseusername

Just had a look at this and
in this case ; a 2m. long gate with 1m. between hinges and a rise of 400mm. would need an offset of 200mm using the formula;
O = R(H/L),
where O = Offset
R= rise
H = distance between hinges
L= length of gate (includes hinge).
The 200mm offset is then halved and the bottom hinge is set back (uphill) 100 mm. and across 100 mm. away from a point directly below the top hinge (where the bottom hinge would be without any off-set)
The gate would have to hinged so that the bottom hinge could be fixed at the rear of the pier.
The gate would be upright when in the closed position and when opened to 90degrees it would slope upwards but still be upright.

Dickie10

god must be some hill/? any pics?

Castlekeeper

As above but it's pretty simple if you just do it practical. First set a decent gatepost, ideally and end of rsj in some concrete. (Use a spirit level!)
Get your gate and lay it in the open position facing up the hill with the heel at the base of the rsj. (When it is closed it should be level but slightly set in at the bottom.)
Mark where the heel and the eye have to be on the rsj and just raise the required height off the ground. Assuming you've no power there you'll have to make up brackets for bolting on site.

broken sink

Given that I started this thread I should follow up with an update. I hung a 12 foot Galvinised sheep gate in the gap in question. The gate was a good choice and did not turn out to be too long. The hanging post was placed on the downside and the closing post on the upside.

The gate and posts were hung on the same day but I think If I had to do it again I would do it slightly differently. I would sink the hanging post first and let it set for a few days. Next hang the gate and then use the Gate as a Guide to slope the ground accordingly. Finally I would sink the closing post.
I would also sink the hanging post a bit deeper. This approach would not be necessary if the ground was not sloped I think.

With regards making a gate it was not necessary but I would not have the skill set anyway.