The gate is built to swing both ways, with a 2-way latch mechanism from Amazon. It seems to work well.
But now I need to figure out what to do about the bump stops and how to keep it safely open when needed.
Thanks in advance for any suggestion.
by Old_Skewler
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Love the look with the autumn leaves framing it, really clean install too
For a bump stop I just buried a chunk of railroad tie where the gate naturally rests, but if you want something less permanent those rubber parking blocks work great. For holding it open, a simple cane bolt dropped into a piece of pipe set in the ground has never failed me
Might want to put your camera somewhere less obvious. Often times the ones in plain sight simply get stolen. I’d leave a decoy one there as a deterrent and put a real one up in a tree.
I would just tie some metal wiring around some bush or tree and run it to where the gate opens up to leave it open when home. I have the same setup at my homestead and removed the gate entirely, it was just a hassle the alternative is a solar powered gate opener $500. I dug trenches on both sides to stop a car from just driving around the gate and put the gate back up when I leave for an extended time (once in 4 years). Takes 5 mins with a chain and masterlock. Also paint (same color as house) or stain that wood for longevity and put salt at the base with the tar to stop plants from growing up. Move that driveway sensor if you can onto a tree if you think someone might steal it.
I use a log.
Search for one way gate latches on Amazon. Same hardware as what you already have as a latch, you’ll just need to set another post.
You could install a post with the same latch for your gate for latching it open.
I really like my [Gate Grabber](https://gategrabber.com/) for when I don’t want to set another post in the ground. It’s basically the “hold it open” equivalent of a slam latch.
Another approach I’ve used is to set a post at the fully open position and mount a second [one-way catch for the slam latch](https://a.co/d/07cZfAen) on it. That way the gate swings between two latches using the same hardware.
The extra post with a slam latch turned out much sturdier, but it’s one more post to put in the ground and keep the weeds cut back from. Either way, you can push the gate open and the latch catches it, so you don’t have to walk it all the way open or prop it with a block. We get a lot of wind where I live, so holding the gate open is important to keep it from blowing into the car, and I’m far too lazy to walk it the whole way and secure it.
Very nice! Just a random question, when you get a package (Amazon/ups/usps) where do they put it?
Make a stop with a u-shaped piece of channel iron welded to a post that you can sink. The gate swings open, you lift it over into the channel. We use these at our old farm.
Personally, to keep the esthetics, I would use a round boulder for a stop If you need to keep it open, then place the boulder on a length of chain with a clasp. If you are just worried about the gate swinging, you can attach a heavy length of chain to the bottom of the gate that drags on the ground, works quite well.
I wanted to do a gate like that but we get too much snow. Had to do the triangle pipe layout style.
You could make a small seesaw type of device cheaply out of wood, just weigh the bottom end down so when the gate passes over the fulcrum point it essentially drifts back up and acts as a ground latch.
I usually set the main post just barely out of level, like a micron, so that it leans about 95⁰ towards the open position. Then I just put a post to catch it. That way you can just let it swing open and it’ll stay against the post.
I use a post and chain. Your gate already has a chain catch on it. Use a lag to attach the chain to the post. When you open the gate, swing it to the post and hook the chain.
Piece of metal
What sort of penalties are you handing out to speeders, daddy?