Driveway Gate Installation

[Zeek 2,286]

I finally got around to installing a driveway gate with an opener. The main posts are 4' deep since the soil is sandy here the secondary's are 3' . So 50 bags of Fast Setting Concrete later . . .

[WHX?? 48,828]

50 bags???? Just seems like an awful lot. Looks good tho.

How did you fasten the horizontal posts to the verticals? 

[DennisThornton 4,769]

How many Wheel Horse you got behind that gate?

[DennisThornton 4,769]

1 minute ago, WHX24 said:

50 bags???? Just seems like an awful lot. Looks good tho.

How did you fasten the horizontal posts to the verticals? 

Seems?  Is an awful lot!  My goodness!

[pfrederi 17,741]

Gate   Don't think that to be very practical here...unless that opener was powerful enough to plow snow

[Handy Don 12,237]

2 hours ago, WHX24 said:

50 bags???? Just seems like an awful lot. Looks good tho.

How did you fasten the horizontal posts to the verticals? 

45 80# bags is a yard.  For that I'd have called my local redi-mix delivery outfit.

Pull up, set up in a couple minutes, a quick pour, and then on their way to the next job.

[Handy Don 12,237]

The gate does look very handsome, though. Nice work!

[WHX?? 48,828]

All the ready mix outfits here won't get out out bed for just a yard Don. Last time I poured it was a 10 yard minimum. Nice to see that tractor is earning it's keep Zeek

Edited February 25, 2021 by WHX24

[Darb1964 1,043]

Good job.

[rmaynard 15,514]

@Zeek Hope there is no copyright infringement with Gone With The Wind.

 

 

[SylvanLakeWH 25,600]

Beautiful job!

 

[Zeek 2,286]

5 hours ago, WHX24 said:

50 bags???? Just seems like an awful lot. Looks good tho.

How did you fasten the horizontal posts to the verticals? 

 

The posts are 6" wide. The primary holes are 18" wide x 4' deep. I got the calculations from Sakrete. General rule is hole is 1/3 pole height and 3x post diameter. I'm in sandy soil so I followed theirs and gate manufacturers recommendations. I suspect that's why you see so many sagging gates. My gate is 16' wide which is kind of long and my primary posts are 6' high. I did the opposite side the same incase I ever decided to change the swing side. If I was just installing fence, that is overkill except for corner king posts. Gates are a different story. 

 

I attached with these brackets and screws. They were about $2.50 at a farm supply store. I needed 8.

 

2 hours ago, WHX24 said:

All the ready mix outfits here won't get out out bed for just a yard Don. Last time I poured it was a 10 yard minimum. Nice to see that tractor is earning it's keep Zeek

 

Same here. Nobody is coming out for a four post pour that would be cost effective. Plus it didn't fit my time frame to dig four holes that deep, keep the water out and buy all the 2x4's to support all four at the same time. I'm like you all, I'm busy and had to spread it out over a few weeks since I work part-time everyday now. That gave me time to get the gate number sign done and get the tree thing ordered and get the opener shipped.

Edited February 25, 2021 by Zeek

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

Zeek,  You still need to get your other Twelve Oakes sign to finish off the project! 
 

 

Edited February 26, 2021 by Lane Ranger

[WHX?? 48,828]

Yeah so how we gonna send @19richie66 down to   with that gate? Oh well you'd probally catch him, crack a  with him and that'd be end of his life of crime. Plus you probably wouldn't be able to get rid of him then.  We'll  nix that idea.....

[19richie66 17,508]

@WHX24 Jim, I ain’t got time for crime.... too busy

[Handy Don 12,237]

1 hour ago, Zeek said:

 

The posts are 6" wide. The primary holes are 18" wide x 4' deep. I got the calculations from Sakrete. General rule is hole is 1/3 pole height and 3x post diameter. I'm in sandy soil so I followed theirs and gate manufacturers recommendations. I suspect that's why you see so many sagging gates. My gate is 16' wide which is kind of long and my primary posts are 6' high. I did the opposite side the same incase I ever decided to change the swing side. If I was just installing fence, that is overkill except for corner king posts. Gates are a different story. 

 

I attached with these brackets and screws. They were about $2.50 at a farm supply store. I needed 8.

 

 

Same here. Nobody is coming out for a four post pour that would be cost effective. Plus it didn't fit my time frame to dig four holes that deep, keep the water out and buy all the 2x4's to support all four at the same time. I'm like you all, I'm busy and had to spread it out over a few weeks since I work part-time everyday now. That gave me time to get the gate number sign done and get the tree thing ordered and get the opener shipped.

I do get the issues with time and scale. My Dad taught me and my brothers to mix concrete in an old electric-powered mixer. Most of our chore time one summer was spent putting in front, rear and side walks for our new house (layout, dig, forms, mix, pour, finish)--over 200' at 30" wide. The supervisor (Dad) checked our work every night.

Our local has big trucks for the big jobs and does plenty of those. But they take small jobs where they tell you the day they'll be where you are and the time they can be there--the truck has sand, gravel, cement, and water all in separate bins and mixes as it delivers--pretty slick. Last time I checked the min was ½ yard and the price was fair. Might not make sense for posts, but for replacing a couple sections of sidewalk its a no brainer.

[Pullstart 62,912]

Looks great @Zeek!  I see the finish is square posts, are they clad with a sleeve or home built something?  
 

I recall doing a 21 80# bag pour one night, with my FIL at the old house.  We both got up between 3 and 3:30 for work each day, but at 9 at night we decided it shouldn’t take too long.  One wheelbarrow, one hoe.  We were both worthless at work the next day!

[Tractorhead 9,064]

Cool gate @Zeek 

 

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[WHX?? 48,828]

12 hours ago, pullstart said:

I see the finish is square posts,

Sure look square in the last pic??? 

[Zeek 2,286]

15 hours ago, pullstart said:

Looks great @Zeek!  I see the finish is square posts, are they clad with a sleeve or home built something?  

 

2 hours ago, WHX24 said:

Sure look square in the last pic??? 

 

The posts are all round. I attached 1x6 fence boards to the face of the vertical posts and added cross pieces of 1x6.

[WHX?? 48,828]

I kinda like the round look.... I live in a log home tho...

Stupid ? Zeek why didn't you just use treated 6×6s then?

[Zeek 2,286]

1 minute ago, WHX24 said:

I kinda like the round look.... I live in a log home tho...

Stupid ? Zeek why didn't you just use treated 6×6s then?

The posts are a true 6" in diameter so more wood. 6x6 square treated are actually 5.5"x5.5" in reality and looked too small from a distance. Plus I wanted the multi-dimensional beefier look, not single posts if that makes sense. Posts are cheap down here at Sparr Farm Supply. They make the actual poles in nearby Tarrytown, FL.

[Lane Ranger 10,968]

5 minutes ago, Zeek said:

The posts are a true 6" in diameter so more wood. 6x6 square treated are actually 5.5"x5.5" in reality and looked too small from a distance. Plus I wanted the multi-dimensional beefier look, not single posts if that makes sense. Posts are cheap down here at Sparr Farm Supply. They make the actual poles in nearby Tarrytown, FL.

 

yes Zeek that Florida panhandle sure has a lot of dead pine trees from all that hurricane damage several years ago!  
 

I was surprised last year when I drove from Mobile, Alabama to Tallahassee, Florida on I-10 how extensive the damage was! 

[Zeek 2,286]

19 hours ago, Lane Ranger said:

yes Zeek that Florida panhandle sure has a lot of dead pine trees from all that hurricane damage several years ago!  
I was surprised last year when I drove from Mobile, Alabama to Tallahassee, Florida on I-10 how extensive the damage was! 

 

Yea, that panhandle area is nice, but it is definitely prone to taking it in the knads during the hurricane season. My former sister-in-law used to live there during that time period you are taking about and had to leave for a while. The hurricane damaged the condo she lived in.

[formariz 11,987]

Its amazing how something so simple can totally change the look of a place. Great elegant design and great logo on it. One can not drive by and not take a second look. Very well done .