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western iowa,by Denison | will Dad might be right-but my 30 plus years of hanging Sioux gates disappeared when I had Adam start making gates and 1 day we had a brain fart and started making a simple hinge that we have crossbred into some Sioux gates for lite use
at one time I had over 50 Sioux gates-gates despise me-Adam hate's making gates and he is a artist at it.
You have to perfectly align and measure-all else fails twist your hinge and get it rite and then drill 3/8 hole and bolt up that annoying comical clamp hinge good and proper.
If I was ever a ag teacher-teaching and hog,cattle school(shop)-first thing I would teach is how to build a good gate-second thing I would teach is how to hang them-In my old days My hired man hang gates with me -my test was on a 16ft Sioux gate if I could swing on the end and be 10 inchs off the ground in 180 degrees he was good to go to the next job-I weighed 290# then
Hangem high and straight-if not do them again
only thing worse then a bent gate is one that drags on the ground-then after many years you start realizing gates that are made rite are worth thee weight in gold!
Hangem -high and strait-or go home!
Best get Adam's hinge and be over it!--available anywhere there's a welding shop
Edited by garvo 11/18/2017 19:34
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Hanging 16ft cattle gate.. (?)
