Made-It-Myself Gate Closer Easy Enough For Kids

Made-It-Myself Gate Closer Easy Enough For Kids FENCING Gates Harlen Grovom of Park River N D created an easy gate closer system “I got tired of using my arm to close the gate ” he says “This system sure beats hugging the post to get the wire around it ” Grovom’s system uses a cable with a hand crank to close the gate “There’s no fence stretcher needed and it ensures you always have a tight gate I use a homemade hand crank and a nail to hold the pipe from unwinding and it uses a cable with a hand crank to close the gate ” He made it entirely out of scrap metal “I have made multiple and have altered where you attach it to the gate but location doesn’t seem to affect how it works ” Grovom uses a cable for the part that goes over the gate post and attaches the cable to a pipe “I have a center sleeve on the pipe attached to the post mount ” he says “I put a hole in the sleeve and the pipe to create a lock using a nail to keep the cable tight Then I created a handle on both sides to crank and a mount to attach to the fence post ” To date Grovom has made multiples of this latch keeping the same basic design and altering it according to the scrap metal he has on hand Overall he prefers a horizontal design though vertical designs also work “It takes me under 2 hrs to make one ” he says “Using the latch is so easy that a kid can do it ” Contact: FARM SHOW Followup Harlen Grovom 12643 Hwy 17 Park River N D 58270 ph 701-331-0169; chadnkari@hotmail com

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