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<blockquote data-quote="greybeard" data-source="post: 1181339" data-attributes="member: 18945"><p>It's as tight now, as the day I built it-just drove thru that 16' gate yesterday. The extra cable isn't to support the wire--it's to support the gate hanging weight. </p><p>Normally, I would agree it is a waste of time and effort, and usually wouldn't use the "X" brace cable--and would just put a single cable running top left to lower right to maintain wire strain and let the wire strain and weight offset the weight of the gate----- except in cases like this one. The fence to left terminates only 65-70' away, right next (and I mean RIGHT NEXT) to my pond, in very soft ground. </p><p>In more than 2" of rain, that end of the fence, the fence posts have up to a foot of water on them, and in big rain fall or if the river gets up, I have seen flood water at this gateway. If I had not made that gateway completely self supporting, the weight of the gate would add to the wire strain and pull the end posts that are 65' away to the right and the wire would then be loose, or the gate would begin sagging and I would be forever adjusting the spring latch. </p><p>There is another fence and gateway built as you recommend, running parallel to this one about 300' directly behind where I stood when I took this picture--it's been a pain in the butt ever since I built it because I did not make the gateway completely self supporting. In soft boggy ground, you have to do things differently.</p><p>This is a good setup for this application, but there are only 2 like it on my place and both for the same reason. The other one is down where one of my fences meets the river.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="greybeard, post: 1181339, member: 18945"] It's as tight now, as the day I built it-just drove thru that 16' gate yesterday. The extra cable isn't to support the wire--it's to support the gate hanging weight. Normally, I would agree it is a waste of time and effort, and usually wouldn't use the "X" brace cable--and would just put a single cable running top left to lower right to maintain wire strain and let the wire strain and weight offset the weight of the gate----- except in cases like this one. The fence to left terminates only 65-70' away, right next (and I mean RIGHT NEXT) to my pond, in very soft ground. In more than 2" of rain, that end of the fence, the fence posts have up to a foot of water on them, and in big rain fall or if the river gets up, I have seen flood water at this gateway. If I had not made that gateway completely self supporting, the weight of the gate would add to the wire strain and pull the end posts that are 65' away to the right and the wire would then be loose, or the gate would begin sagging and I would be forever adjusting the spring latch. There is another fence and gateway built as you recommend, running parallel to this one about 300' directly behind where I stood when I took this picture--it's been a pain in the butt ever since I built it because I did not make the gateway completely self supporting. In soft boggy ground, you have to do things differently. This is a good setup for this application, but there are only 2 like it on my place and both for the same reason. The other one is down where one of my fences meets the river. [/QUOTE]
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