Gate Opener, help required

[MVS]

Hi all,

I saw a gate opener at the Yorkshire show a few years ago that was designed to open, hard to open farm style 5 bar gates, but have trawled the internet & cant' find the one. Can anyone help? Do you know who makes it?

Basically it was a motorised wheelbarrow/quad wheel on sprung suspension (so it was pushed down onto uneven ground) which was fitted to the end of the gate and 'drove' the long way round to open the gate.

I have no room to fit a standard operator as my access is between 2 stone walls too close to mount a ram type, &  on too much of a slope to fit the underground type @ the hinge point.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Mike

[scruffythefirst]

What about a cable and winch system with a return spring?

[Chris Elworthy]

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I have seen what you are describing at Country Fairs / Shows.

Will keep an eye out.

[MVS]

[quote name=gate) problem I have is due to it being hinged on the back of the post, to maximize between post width. If you can then picture that the posts either side are mounted onto stone walls @ either side, there is no space behind the pst to allow the arm to open the gate as it swings back.

I much appreciate you looking]scruffythefirst Posted on June 17 2006,096What about a cable and winch system with a return spring?

Have thought about this, but again space will be a problem, and also a spring powerfull enough to close this gate could be a bit dangerous if it's mountings come loose, or the winch has problem, it could act like a 5-bar human baseball bat!?

[scruffythefirst]

it could act like a 5-bar human baseball bat!?

[MVS]

It'd be good if you left it primed to keep the mother-in-law out.      

[tex]

take your design to a blacksmith - they are usually pretty good with stuff like that..