Gates need advice..

[mysunwolf]

Today I saw someone using gates that overlapped to fit their needs. As far as I've seen, the 8' and 10' together that meet in the middle doesn't look that bad. The overlapping doesn't look bad either. Metal gates have a decent resale value too if you change your mind later.

 

[OneFineAcre]

I love wood, love the look, don't like the weight, I really like the hog wire that gets framed out in wood. It looks really contemporary. But what I really don't like is we built a deck well it's been 6-7 years now but we way over built it. Wanted it to last forever and be strong. Well at 4 years I was finding rot and replacing parts of the deck. Everywhere I had a fastener it made a huge hole of rot. There was a reaction between the wood and the nails and screws. So altho I like wood a lot........ I am in no rush to do another wood project. It maybe what we get down here in the south. I hear they are pushing wood to grow faster and it is not as hard now..... either way I'm disappointed in wood right now.

Ok woods out. What kind of fence and fence posts do you have ?
I honestly am not familiar with the gates you describe with the 2 x4 fencing welded in do you have pictures?
You have odd sizes but I'm sure that can be overcome with enough. $$
I'm sure there is a welder out there who can build you anything you want

 

[babsbag]

I buy my gates at Tractor Supply. They are tubular steel and have 2x4 wire welded to them. They are 4 feet tall and the bottom 3' has wire. I have never had a goat go through the top opening, but my dogs do. The gates I don't want them to go through have extra stock panel or 2x4 no climb wired to them. I use the gates between pastures so the dogs have actually been taught to go through the top part of the gates.

I take that back, I do have 2 goats that have gone through those gates, I forgot about that.

 

[babsbag]

I think I would be tempted to close in the opening evenly on both sides with fencing and then put gates in that don't overlap.

 

[Gerard Dawn]

Hey babsbag I like your fence structure and design, my neighbor uses that some plan and it works well for him in managing the livestock and keeping out predators.

 

[greybeard]

Buy the nearest size tube gate you can find, that is slightly larger than the opening you have. Either cut it down to the correct size and reweld it, or find a local welder to do it for you. I've done several--it is not difficult. Those openings tho, are pretty wide, and can cause problems due to gate sag--that is, having the full 17' hanging off one set of hinges. You will want a wheel to absorb some of the load.

 

[Baymule]

I had a 2 gate set up and hated it. I now have 1 gate and like that much better. With 2 gates, one swings back open while I am closing the other one.

 

[secuono]

The goats will find a way out, its what they do!
The Babydolls, other than lambs, will stay put, mine do.
You might need Hot wire on the inside hooked up so it swings with the gates. Fairly easy to do. It will stop lambs from going through, as for the goats, most will stay, but some goats don't care how hot that fence is, nothing will stop them from their pointless missions to get to the other side!