rolling driveway gate design figures and/or guidelines

[[486]]

I'm thinking I'll have a 16' clear span, guess that'd be like 18' hanging past the first roller to get a little overlap going on both sides
ended up with 4 rollers for 2" pipe for $20, so I guess I'm framing it out of 2" sch40
what kinda spacing should I have between the rollers? pipes will be about 5' apart vertically, I assume the "tail" to it will be at least like 10' long but I have no clue at all

might do a roller on the front, would like to avoid it
if I did one it'd be a V-roller rolling on angle iron embedded in a concrete drive-over curb thing

 

[Curbkrawler]

You planning on a track for it to ride on or just a wheel on the ground? We built one years ago at pops place and he poured a concrete footer across the gravel drive and we set a piece of angle all the way across for the roller to ride on. Has worked pretty good for almost 10 yrs.

 

[M92PV4U]

I don't know, but I've dealt with a lot of fucking gates that don't fucking work for whatever reason. I wouldn't skimp on the amount of rollers or guilds.

 

[Penetrode Offroad]

I don't know, but I've dealt with a lot of fucking gates that don't fucking work for whatever reason. I wouldn't skimp on the amount of rollers or guilds.

CarterKraft in your area?

 

[[486]]

You planning on a track for it to ride on or just a wheel on the ground? We built one years ago at pops place and he poured a concrete footer across the gravel drive and we set a piece of angle all the way across for the roller to ride on. Has worked pretty good for almost 10 yrs.

I'm trying to avoid it since it snows here, the v roller would certainly do better at shedding snow and such than a flat steel tire would
frost heave is also really bad, anywhere you keep cleared off will heave up a foot compared to where is insulated by snow cover, so I imagine the end roller would need to ride on a spring
dunno man

 

[ANGELO]

Cantilever gate.

 

[[486]]

well yes this would be ideal but if the numbers don't look right then I might be stuck with a wheely springy dingus on the end of it

what I'm looking for is some kinda figure that'll tell me what kinda structure I've got to assemble and what kinda weight it's gonna be so I can see what kinda footing I'm gonna have to jam into the ground, and how far apart those footings will need to be

 

[Projectjunkie]

I think the footer with angle iron is the answer for a reliable gate, that's my plan here

 

[Benny]

Vertical pivot gate is your answer

 

[subybaja]

My driveway is 21' across, and I'm thinking of bifold gates. Maybe made out of horse fence sections.

 

[[486]]

Vertical pivot gate is your answer

I don't see a lot of those around here, I do see a few of the rolling ones
guess I'm just gonna have to get out the tape measure and look like a jackass measuring peoples' gates as though I'm a tweaker

 

[[486]]

My driveway is 21' across, and I'm thinking of bifold gates. Maybe made out of horse fence sections.

cattle gates are really weak, even the red "bull rated" ones
probably fine if you're fine with being a gate opener four times a day (open and close to leave, open and close to come home)
not fine if you want to electronify the opening and closening

 

[bradp674]

For some reason, this is the style gate I picture you using. Cheap and simple.

 

[[486]]

just a gray box
sorry, no fagbook here

is it a mad max 2 armored bus gate?

 

[M92PV4U]

just a gray box
sorry, no fagbook here

is it a mad max 2 armored bus gate?

 

[[486]]

thank you telephone wizard
that's pretty neat, though it does look quite unsuited for snow, and locking methheads out

 

[Curbkrawler]

I'm trying to avoid it since it snows here, the v roller would certainly do better at shedding snow and such than a flat steel tire would
frost heave is also really bad, anywhere you keep cleared off will heave up a foot compared to where is insulated by snow cover, so I imagine the end roller would need to ride on a spring
dunno man

Yeah snow is not something we have to account for here. We installed a couple of brushes to sweep debris and gravel off the angle when the gate opens and closes. What is this frost you speak of?

 

[M92PV4U]

thank you telephone wizard
that's pretty neat, though it does look quite unsuited for snow, and locking methheads out

I was thinking that your opening/ closing device would run off a "dyno" rollers powered by your drive tires.

 

[4runner]

For some reason, this is the style gate I picture you using. Cheap and simple.

sucks with a trailer

 

[Swayzeexpress]

Maybe?

 

[[486]]

What is this frost you speak of?

the water in the ground freezes and expands the ground
up to 9ft deep in places
it makes water lines need to be buried really deep, and such

areas of the yard that get more frost under them expand more than areas that get less frost under them
and areas that get no frost at all like heated structures will sometimes be pushed up out of the ground over time (this is sorta alongside why/how rocks rise to the surface in fields)

 

[bradp674]

locking methheads out

Yeah, it lacks security.

 

[[486]]

Yeah, it lacks security.

Haven't had to run one off since I put the gate up.
Just wearing out my car door hinges operating the gate.
A normal human being would have children at this point in their life (to operate the gate), but I'm a failure.

 

[Crankylove]

thank you telephone wizard
that's pretty neat, though it does look quite unsuited for snow, and locking methheads out

Ain’t no gate gonna keep the meth heads out.

 

[subybaja]

Ain’t no gate gonna keep the meth heads out.

No, but it'll slow down the less motivated ones. Door-handle-shakers will move along.

 

[[486]]

Ain’t no gate gonna keep the meth heads out.

if they know what I've got, yes
if they don't know what I've got because there's a gate on my driveway so they can't just wander up and look?

security in obscurity, bro

 

[Stingray]

Vertical pivot gate is your answer

I have one of those, it spans 20' runs off of a 12V sealed battery and a solar charger. 1/3 HP 12v motor.

I'll get a video in the AM

 

[IowaOffRoad]

Can you get a corral panel instead of a gate? Sturdier and taller than a regular swinging fence gate.

 

[[486]]

Can you get a corral panel instead of a gate? Sturdier and taller than a regular swinging fence gate.

that isn't the problem
the problem is that it isn't electric driven with a remote

 

[ANGELO]

well yes this would be ideal but if the numbers don't look right then I might be stuck with a wheely springy dingus on the end of it

what I'm looking for is some kinda figure that'll tell me what kinda structure I've got to assemble and what kinda weight it's gonna be so I can see what kinda footing I'm gonna have to jam into the ground, and how far apart those footings will need to be