Lightweight Gate Easy To Handle

Lightweight Gate Easy To Handle FENCING Gates 28-1-34 Heavy gates are a pet peeve for Les Kendrick, so the Pickardville, Alberta, farmer decided to revamp his pasture gates by replacing the wooden center posts with feather-light sections of plastic waterline pipe. He drilled small holes through the pipe wherever he wanted to attach a strand of barbed wire, and then ran a short piece of smooth wire through the holes to securely tie it around the barbed wire. The plastic "posts" keep the gate from tangling. Kendrick likes this system because it makes the gate so easy to open and close, and he says wooden posts are not necessary for gate strength. "With this gate, you could get in and out of your field while wearing your Sunday best," he says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Les Kendrick, Gen. Del., Pickardville, Alberta, Canada T0G 1W0 (ph 780 349-3538; email: lekendrick@west-teq.net).

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