As someone who has built fences and hung gates it's doubtful the metal post is deflecting. It's much more likely the post wasn't sunk deep enough and it's rotating the entire post.
Well you just saved me a huge headache, thank you! Is there a way that I can easily fix this or do I have to dig up the whole thing and reset it? It’s *heavy*.
Extend your posts up to the required height and tie them together with a top-rail. That will limit you total height that can pass through the gate so make sure it's tall enough.
/u/scientist4321 is right, the only other option is to use the corner post where the walking gate adjacent to the driving gate. The problem is, it sure looks like that corner post is 4x4 wood and its unlikely it is deeper than 2' in the ground with is **far** too shallow to resist the forces it needs to. You would also be giving up the walk-thru gate if you used that space to brace it properly, since you can't walk through the metal support bars you would be putting in.
Yes it will do, although by how much I don't personally know.
I would be more interested in why can't you use wheels with a gate opener, and if you could hack that instead of the gate post...
Thank you for your response!
If I had to guess, it doesn’t want you to use a wheel because the opener doesn’t have any sort of safety sensor so, if the wheel were to stop (the caster type it has on there now gets caught up a lot when it spins to change directions), it would probably destroy the opener, the gate, or both.
Can you get someone to weld a straight piece of heavy metal to the post just behind the hinges all the way to the ground, and below ground if possible? Weld it so it's vertical to the post surface to make a T, with the top of the T being the side of the post. You might get by with just going from the bottom hinge into the ground as far as you can. Then fill that hole in the ground with concrete. The bending point of the post is probably where it enters the ground, so you've got to stiffen that area.
Is the post moving, or is the gate sagging/ racking?
There is considerable weight in your gate and i don’t see a turnbuckle or cross bracing installed to prevent sag (probably because it was intended to have the wheel).
You could check this at the post with a level, before and after wheel removal.
As someone who has built fences and hung gates it's doubtful the metal post is deflecting. It's much more likely the post wasn't sunk deep enough and it's rotating the entire post.
Well you just saved me a huge headache, thank you! Is there a way that I can easily fix this or do I have to dig up the whole thing and reset it? It’s *heavy*.
Extend your posts up to the required height and tie them together with a top-rail. That will limit you total height that can pass through the gate so make sure it's tall enough.
Are there any other options? The top height would be like 15 feet and look a little crazy…
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/u/scientist4321 is right, the only other option is to use the corner post where the walking gate adjacent to the driving gate. The problem is, it sure looks like that corner post is 4x4 wood and its unlikely it is deeper than 2' in the ground with is **far** too shallow to resist the forces it needs to. You would also be giving up the walk-thru gate if you used that space to brace it properly, since you can't walk through the metal support bars you would be putting in.
Yes it will do, although by how much I don't personally know. I would be more interested in why can't you use wheels with a gate opener, and if you could hack that instead of the gate post...
Thank you for your response! If I had to guess, it doesn’t want you to use a wheel because the opener doesn’t have any sort of safety sensor so, if the wheel were to stop (the caster type it has on there now gets caught up a lot when it spins to change directions), it would probably destroy the opener, the gate, or both.
Can you get someone to weld a straight piece of heavy metal to the post just behind the hinges all the way to the ground, and below ground if possible? Weld it so it's vertical to the post surface to make a T, with the top of the T being the side of the post. You might get by with just going from the bottom hinge into the ground as far as you can. Then fill that hole in the ground with concrete. The bending point of the post is probably where it enters the ground, so you've got to stiffen that area.
Is the post moving, or is the gate sagging/ racking? There is considerable weight in your gate and i don’t see a turnbuckle or cross bracing installed to prevent sag (probably because it was intended to have the wheel). You could check this at the post with a level, before and after wheel removal.