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<blockquote data-quote="Brute 23" data-source="post: 1078104" data-attributes="member: 6291"><p>A dependable electric gate, that will handle the same amount of traffic, will cost you more than a cattle guard. </p><p></p><p>Don't get cattle guards with wings. Just the grading on bottom. Set an H brace on one side and take off with fence. Have one pipe welded on the other side of the cattle guard for a gate to close against... then hang a gate... H-braces and fence. Once you set a cattle guard you will not touch it for the most part. Every 5 or 10years you may need to clean it out or put a couple shovel loads in front of the seals to keep it smooth. They cattle guard you need for residential use can be lifted with a front end loaded on the tractor. Lift it and set it to the side. Run you bucket between the seals and set the cattle guard back.</p><p></p><p>We have electric gates that cost $5,10, 15K on some places. It is non stop between batteries, people running them over, remotes not connecting, key pads not connecting, getting struck by lightning... on and on and on. $500... $600... $500... $600... we will put the part in the mail... :bang: its cheaper and easier to get a welder out to fix a cattle guard if some one runs it over.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brute 23, post: 1078104, member: 6291"] A dependable electric gate, that will handle the same amount of traffic, will cost you more than a cattle guard. Don't get cattle guards with wings. Just the grading on bottom. Set an H brace on one side and take off with fence. Have one pipe welded on the other side of the cattle guard for a gate to close against... then hang a gate... H-braces and fence. Once you set a cattle guard you will not touch it for the most part. Every 5 or 10years you may need to clean it out or put a couple shovel loads in front of the seals to keep it smooth. They cattle guard you need for residential use can be lifted with a front end loaded on the tractor. Lift it and set it to the side. Run you bucket between the seals and set the cattle guard back. We have electric gates that cost $5,10, 15K on some places. It is non stop between batteries, people running them over, remotes not connecting, key pads not connecting, getting struck by lightning... on and on and on. $500... $600... $500... $600... we will put the part in the mail... :bang: its cheaper and easier to get a welder out to fix a cattle guard if some one runs it over. [/QUOTE]
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