ok, this is formy mother, and so that i don't have to open the silly gate anymore....anybody have any design ideas or site/links where i can get info on how to make a bump gate? i told i would do it all myself, but she wants something spiffy even though i could do it....any suggestions?

adam

 

try this out. Uses a weight to assist opening and closing:
http://www.powellholman.com/article3.html it's towards the bottom

 

Thats a great link, I bookmarked it and it wasn't even my question.

 

yeah, i'll probably do something similar to it. now that i have the borrowed welder working properly, just gotta get mom's ok on it.....and now that i have a bumper i biult to try it out with too

 

Neat site. I wonder if you couldn't do away with the tall post and the cables (or chains) if you used a bearing on the top "hinge"-possibly a truck axle for the whole shebang. The top bearing woud be pressed on a collar that slid up and down (put a grease fitting and seals on it), and the gate top hinge "tube" would then press down over the outer edge of the brearing. I think a motorcycle fork neck tube, with the "axle" post allowing it to slide up and down would also work. Great little concept. I saw a very nice garden gate a local blacksmith made that used the angle cut tube as a self-closer.

 

i was thinking of the angle tubes possibly. it is just an aluminum gate, but i need to get out the eventually and look at it. been too busy lately welding thinkgs for my truck

 

Problem with bump gates (assuming they're for live stock control) is, a lot of animals will learn to push it them selves. As mentioned in the link, you could use a cattle guard, but if you do, why would you need the gate? JM2C. Rob

 

How about a solar powered gate opener with a remote? Thats what we use on the ranch, along with cattle-guards at the pasture cross-fences so you don't have to have gates.

 

well, sadly, the gate is not ona ranch, just the front of our driveway on 5 acres. but mom likes to leaves the horse out so he can graze. i don't think they wanna deal with cattleguard, and a bump gate seemed most economical for our situation. still gotta get out and mess with it. been busy...

 

yeah I saw some goats there but couldn't find whatever you guys are talking about. maby I'm blind as a goat or something, I'd like to see it ! can anyone help ?