Do-It-Yourself Sliding Gate Opener
Terry Benoit and his wife Debbie use a golf cart to check fences and do other chores on their farmstead. They didn't like having to get off the cart every time they went through a gate that leads out of their yard so they came up with a low-cost solution.
Terry built a sliding 6-ft. wide wooden gate that mounts on a 12-ft. long frame made out of treated 4 by 6's. He bought some standard sliding door hardware to support the gate.
Then he simply mounted a garage door opener on the back of the fence, attaching the opener bracket to the back of the gate. He used a 5-gal. bucket to make a protective housing around the motor.
"It works great and cost very little to set up since I already had the opener," says Benoit.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Terry and Debbie Benoit, 1077 Bobcat Circle, Orange, Texas 77632.
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Do-It-Yourself Sliding Gate Opener FENCING Gates 26-6-3 Terry Benoit and his wife Debbie use a golf cart to check fences and do other chores on their farmstead. They didn't like having to get off the cart every time they went through a gate that leads out of their yard so they came up with a low-cost solution.
Terry built a sliding 6-ft. wide wooden gate that mounts on a 12-ft. long frame made out of treated 4 by 6's. He bought some standard sliding door hardware to support the gate.
Then he simply mounted a garage door opener on the back of the fence, attaching the opener bracket to the back of the gate. He used a 5-gal. bucket to make a protective housing around the motor.
"It works great and cost very little to set up since I already had the opener," says Benoit.
Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Terry and Debbie Benoit, 1077 Bobcat Circle, Orange, Texas 77632.
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