Really cool that you let the boy dig the second hole. If that was me at his age, my dad would have gotten frustrated after 10 minutes and just taken over.
....or an entrepreneur, perhaps. If he isn't afraid to trade a little security blanket I like to call just over broke for a truly unlimited earning potential.
Very nice! BTW, if you have wifi at the gate (from your house) you can add a Wemo Maker (by Belkin) so that you can open the gate from your phone; regardless of whether you're in the house, at the gate or half way around the world. I've done this for mine and works great! You can still keep keypad and/or clicker so that you have multiple means by which to open the gate. Again, looks great!
JLM_Texas.....thanks for the info regarding the wemo maker.....my gate is 20 meters away with no wifi at the gate.....any other option to still use this device? Wired? Also looking for something which provides some sort of video output? Thanks
I looked for videos like this because I have a project like this coming up. Nice job, nice place and nice family. Your son's determination was most impressive. Good job young man!
Remember working with my dad when I was 9 years old keep that young boy moving make sure he loves to be outside one day he could be a landscape architect
Great video! Just the kind of setup we need for our country driveway to stop the snoops who ignore the no trespassing signs and security cameras. Definitely a project for this fall. Would it be possible to rent Eli for a couple days? Great kid! You are very blessed!
Yeah a gate is apparently required for people who don't know how to respect others' personal property, which is still mind blowing to me. I have a chain locked between to 4x4 posts as a temporary gate for now until I can set up something more substantial
That kid will grow up to be a fine man. Work ethic of my generation :) Must come from great parenting. I loved the great Dane casually strolling around :)
The manufacturer of the opener specifically states not to use wheels of any kind on the gates for some reason. Assuming it is due to undue stress if used on not perfectly level ground.
Not bad! I am looking into fencing in the back yard portion of our property and will be parking the cars behind the house and will need a gate like this. I just wish I could find help like what you had for digging the holes! Unfortunately, not many kids these days are willing to do that kind of thing anymore!
I don’t use 16 foot gates on the farm, only 12 foot. There’s too much leverage on the post. Your post will start to lean because there’s too little in the ground also. You won’t be happy with the screw in hinges. The bolt through style with a nut on each side of the post are much better for adjusting the gate.
Great job except the 75% discount on the opener is what's making this look so good. And that discount rarely occurs. Regular price is the cost of this entire project.
Nice work I wish you show us how did you installed the might mule motor to see more detail will be grate. Some people they ask for too much money to build gate like that . thank you
Anyone knows you always double check that it’s level. I would rather check 100 times and have it perfect instead of having a gate that is not level since he set it in concrete
Great video! Now here’s the bad side. For some reason people will actually sit in the gates closing path. This will damage that gate. 2nd. Add the locking latch. Eventually wind or people (delivery drivers or walk through) pushing on the gate will drive the motor out of “time”. 3rd pest control. Ants and other bugs will nest on those electrical components. I see this is a solar setup. I ran a hard line to power the gate and added lamp posts. In reality I’d say I’ve got over 1k in my setup using mighty mule opener. Here’s the good. As long as the gate is treated good and not abused it’ll last long a long time. These are a few things to consider. Had mine for just over 5 years. Great video 2 thumbs up
Just 4 years later and the price of Mighty Mule openers at Home Depot now start at $260 (for light duty) and go up from there. That's $200 more than your materials cost list at 5:40 in your video.
This is pretty cool. Legit question though, not criticizing, legitimately asking: What's to stop someone from lifting it off the hinges? And what's to stop someone from just driving through, is the only thing keeping it closed the hydraulic arm on the opener?
You should have let Eli start digging and the paused the camera and Eli for a few hours until dusk and then take some more footage of him digging, followed by another pause. Then more video of him digging in the dark while using a light. Then another pause only to have him digging at daybreak. And at daybreak you can't even see his head but only dirt flying out of the hole. LOL REGARDLESS Eli is an amazing worker. A rarity these days with the younger generation. Proud papa. 😁
Nicely done ✅. Where did you buy electric line stick for the posts? I guess you don’t listed in the cost? Or did you find it on the side of the road 🤣😎🤙
I would have the whole family helping. It makes them appreciate things and realize things don't magically happen. But that is just me, I'm a realist. I only came here to see what opener you used.
Home depot and everywhere else had the Mighty Mulr opener at $300 and a round $700 with the rest of the stuff. How are you finding it $62 or even $200??
WOW - 75% off of the might mule opener. Was it damaged or something, or do they sometimes sell them for that low? that's a bargain. Awesome job on your fence AND raising a kiddo with good work ethic. He'll go far. !!
A superb gate and having a motorized mechanism is the cherry on the top. However, I would never have used a PT wood standard to hold the gate. Then you double down by also mistakenly setting it in what looks like dry powder concrete that you just add water to. I hope it doesn't rain a drop where you live. The wood would rot out in about 5 (or fewer) years if it's wet where you live. The obvious weak points are the wood standard and not setting it in compacted #6 limestone stones. Any truck could blow right through that gate. The gate is beautiful no doubt but the wood makes it look ugly. Maybe you should paint it candy stripes. What you should've done is to use steel posts with welded on hinges and lock points. Besides, with all the open points between the bushes, any bad actors will just drive (or just walk!) through the open points berween the bushes. What was the necessity of your gate? Was it to keep bothersome people out or was it truly for security?
this is great, id like to install a similar gate. can you tell me, after time did the hinges on the post warp or sag because of the weight from the gate?
Please tell your son the internet has concluded that his work ethic is most impressive. 👍
I love it! the benifits of being a parent! Finally, delegating digging a hole! Awesome video!
Really cool that you let the boy dig the second hole. If that was me at his age, my dad would have gotten frustrated after 10 minutes and just taken over.
Gopher McGillicudy lol yep
The best prt of the Video is your Boy refusing to quit on digging that hole !
Great little film
A young lad that will work that hard will always be employed
@@mwalker8269 Not if it takes him 3 hrs to dig a 42" hole LOL. But its a start! and he shows great promise:)
@@cothobh9833 hes a kid. You expect him to be as fast as a full grown adult?
@@gerardoandrade6966 No dude, he's a kid. joking
@@gerardoandrade6966 if the kid grew up on a farm he would be quicker than most full grown adults and have it straight without leveling.
....or an entrepreneur, perhaps. If he isn't afraid to trade a little security blanket I like to call just over broke for a truly unlimited earning potential.
Good to see a kid with such a strong work ethic! Good job Mom and Dad!!
Very nice! BTW, if you have wifi at the gate (from your house) you can add a Wemo Maker (by Belkin) so that you can open the gate from your phone; regardless of whether you're in the house, at the gate or half way around the world. I've done this for mine and works great! You can still keep keypad and/or clicker so that you have multiple means by which to open the gate. Again, looks great!
JLM_Texas.....thanks for the info regarding the wemo maker.....my gate is 20 meters away with no wifi at the gate.....any other option to still use this device? Wired? Also looking for something which provides some sort of video output? Thanks
@@joebloggs1155 confront them with your concealed weapon ready. I have many times and have yet to draw it
Is there a parts list?
I looked for videos like this because I have a project like this coming up. Nice job, nice place and nice family. Your son's determination was most impressive. Good job young man!
Thank you Glenn I really appreciate comments like this I like to show them to him for encouragement. Merry Christmas.
I’m impressed that your cow just hangs out on the driveway like that instead of wandering off.
I'm glad to see Eli was not playing video games, and am I the only one who thought that dog was a calf in the beginning....lol
haha i thought it was a horse.
Remember working with my dad when I was 9 years old keep that young boy moving make sure he loves to be outside one day he could be a landscape architect
Great video! Just the kind of setup we need for our country driveway to stop the snoops who ignore the no trespassing signs and security cameras. Definitely a project for this fall. Would it be possible to rent Eli for a couple days? Great kid! You are very blessed!
Yeah a gate is apparently required for people who don't know how to respect others' personal property, which is still mind blowing to me. I have a chain locked between to 4x4 posts as a temporary gate for now until I can set up something more substantial
6 years and that 16' gate is now $210!!! thanks bidenomics
You and your wife have a good kid he little maned up a helped dad 👍 god bless him .I have a son like that and always proud of him.
Good thing you got that gate up when you did...that black and white horse was about to escape!
Nice video- really liked the fast fwd & seeing the wife ck to make sure it met with her approval - but mostly kudos for letting son help !
Her approval? She doesn't even know what's going on...she came out to hopefully to learn something
Eli, you are a very impressive young man! Good mom and dad to raise such a young man with commitment and willingness to work!
That’s a good boy. Digging is the worst part of building fence. I wish my boy is old enough to help me do that. Thanks for sharing
Everything looks great I wouldn’t change a thing but I would add a wheel at end of the gate to keep it from sagging.
T Hammer Maybe could have offset the hinges a bit to account for the play in the system, but with something that big the sag is always an issue
Damn...I thought the dog was a cow in the background !!! :-)
I thought it was a mini horse.
I WAS JUST GONNA SAY CAN'T TELL IF DOG, COW, OR MINI HORSE.
That being said, if that is a horse, that horse is JTRH-NBR
I did too!!
Lol me too
That kid will grow up to be a fine man. Work ethic of my generation :) Must come from great parenting. I loved the great Dane casually strolling around :)
That kid is the "man"!
Great job young fellow.
Good job Eli you ll bringt it somewhere in this world!
Good for you sitting there while your son worked, something I would have done too!
Glad to see lil man work. My son is the same way so proud of him. Outside and not stuck inside on a tablet
Sorry, I didn’t watch the video to the total end I now see the parts list. Thank you.
I'd add wheels to the other end of the gate which will help it open and take uneeded forces off the opener
it doesnt look like the ground is level enough tho, as soon as it opens the wheel will lift off the ground or vice versa
@@christophervayo3530 maybe but you can get some caster assemblies with a little spring style suspension in them
The manufacturer of the opener specifically states not to use wheels of any kind on the gates for some reason. Assuming it is due to undue stress if used on not perfectly level ground.
Nice job, I know it was a while ago.
But thank you it helps.
I like your miniature pony....:)
Good job on the gate. Eli- you are awesome!!!!
Not bad! I am looking into fencing in the back yard portion of our property and will be parking the cars behind the house and will need a gate like this. I just wish I could find help like what you had for digging the holes! Unfortunately, not many kids these days are willing to do that kind of thing anymore!
Perfect solution for that application. Thanks.
You can dig like that in Texas and only get 3 inches deep
Garrett cooke try Michigan.
That's why god invented Mexicans.
Aaron C
Racist much? You piece of shit.
Jimmy Fast he’s not wrong
They’re goddamn excellent workers
If Texans weren’t 14 fingered inbreds they could dig better
Sweet! Now that’s a post!! Your son is a beast!! Great job!!!!
You’ve got a good son there, sir 💕 thanks for the idea on the gate. I’m going to attempt something similar.
Eli has one hell of a work ethic.
Terrific job Man! Great production value with equally great content. Thanks for posting!
I don’t use 16 foot gates on the farm, only 12 foot. There’s too much leverage on the post. Your post will start to lean because there’s too little in the ground also. You won’t be happy with the screw in hinges. The bolt through style with a nut on each side of the post are much better for adjusting the gate.
he should do these videos for companys, great job. no bs
The star of the video is your son... Good for Him. He will value your work even more....
I expect you are very proud of that boy. well done all around
Great job except the 75% discount on the opener is what's making this look so good. And that discount rarely occurs.
Regular price is the cost of this entire project.
I was just wishing I could find a sale like that.
Don’t forget about the free pole
The KID has a lot of energy.💪👍
Nice Job. Always enjoy do it yourself videos and especially with young dedicated helpers
Nice job and Eli is a hard working dude!
Your dog is huge!!! Marmaduke!
You have a great little man there and a great gate!
I loved your video, thanks for posting it. It was well produced, your work is super clean and I admire your thrift as well.
Great job, extremely impressed with the young man's work ethic!
You were very lucky to score an opener for under $100. I can't find any under $300 where I live
This is awesome, nice work. My next project, and ironically I have a 9 year old son and a harlequin great dane lol
Nice work I wish you show us how did you installed the might mule motor to see more detail will be grate. Some people they ask for too much money to build gate like that . thank you
Every project is cheaper when people give you materials for it.
Nate T. But he worked hard because he had no idea what he was doing. He used that level 92 times
Anyone knows you always double check that it’s level. I would rather check 100 times and have it perfect instead of having a gate that is not level since he set it in concrete
@@jonezj77 if I didn't have my handy dandy 2-way post level, I'd have checked it 92 times too.
Great video! Now here’s the bad side. For some reason people will actually sit in the gates closing path. This will damage that gate. 2nd. Add the locking latch. Eventually wind or people (delivery drivers or walk through) pushing on the gate will drive the motor out of “time”. 3rd pest control. Ants and other bugs will nest on those electrical components. I see this is a solar setup. I ran a hard line to power the gate and added lamp posts. In reality I’d say I’ve got over 1k in my setup using mighty mule opener. Here’s the good. As long as the gate is treated good and not abused it’ll last long a long time. These are a few things to consider. Had mine for just over 5 years. Great video 2 thumbs up
Just 4 years later and the price of Mighty Mule openers at Home Depot now start at $260 (for light duty) and go up from there. That's $200 more than your materials cost list at 5:40 in your video.
The light duty is now $310 (Dec 5, 2022).
@@Pterodactyl-kn3ve he said he got it at 75% off
I like the sweet 75% Off. That is a game changer. If only I had your luck with special deals.
1:00 Holy sh*t, that's a dog!? I thought it was a cow!!
This is pretty cool. Legit question though, not criticizing, legitimately asking: What's to stop someone from lifting it off the hinges? And what's to stop someone from just driving through, is the only thing keeping it closed the hydraulic arm on the opener?
@@egomaniac247 excellent question, I went back later and turned the top hinge over so it can’t be lifted off
Great job Eli Great parents too
Great video! Your boy Eli rocks 👊
For the first half of this video I thought that was a paint pony in the background. Lol
Forgot to add the price of the 20oz ribeye you had to get that kid for working til the job was done, haha good for you
Lol hell yah. I'll tell my son to dig one hole if I dug the other. This way it'll teach him responsibility and be his as well.
That mini cow is very cute
You should have let Eli start digging and the paused the camera and Eli for a few hours until dusk and then take some more footage of him digging, followed by another pause. Then more video of him digging in the dark while using a light. Then another pause only to have him digging at daybreak. And at daybreak you can't even see his head but only dirt flying out of the hole. LOL
REGARDLESS Eli is an amazing worker. A rarity these days with the younger generation. Proud papa. 😁
Eli: great job. Muy bien.
Well behaved dog! Didnt even move for what must have been 20 minutes.
Well done young man!
Other than mighty mule sucks and the gears fall apart. We replace tons of them with Liftmaster!!!
Your dog is huge.:-)
He has big balls too.
Nice job. Good description and details.
Need a gate that detects trespassers and shoots them when they try to cross or touch the gate. Thatd be a great invention.
Booby trap does the trick.
How did you train that horse to just follow you around and stand by watching? 10/10
So how is the mighty mule holding up? Any updates to the project? What you lik, what you would do differently, etc? Thank you.
Nicely done ✅. Where did you buy electric line stick for the posts? I guess you don’t listed in the cost? Or did you find it on the side of the road 🤣😎🤙
Walks around gate
Be interesting to see how long the "mighty" mule lasts.
Nice work 💖🏅, how is it working 2 years later? Is the solar panel keeping the battery charged? I may do the same thing, I live on a very long driveway
Great job 👏🏽👏🏽
Eli is hired; send him on over : )
I would have the whole family helping. It makes them appreciate things and realize things don't magically happen. But that is just me, I'm a realist. I only came here to see what opener you used.
Right on, good job Eli
Home depot and everywhere else had the Mighty Mulr opener at $300 and a round $700 with the rest of the stuff. How are you finding it $62 or even $200??
I seriously thought that was a COW! A midget family friendly pet cow! lol
Friends are supposed to volunteer , At Least Man's best Friend came out a few times ,He was trying to keep you company or looking for His Guard DOg!
CUT THE POLE TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE SHORTER ONE AND ADD A STURDY WHEEL TO IT
Can your son come work for me? I have a Fencing and Gate company in Meadview AZ by the Grand Canyon. Have him reach out when he's 18! LOL
Wow that is a great price on the door opener.
Yeah for sure, I lucked out! We walked in and it was 75% off so that’s what really jump started this project.
Thumbs up for the young lad..
Keeps an honest man out
WOW - 75% off of the might mule opener. Was it damaged or something, or do they sometimes sell them for that low? that's a bargain. Awesome job on your fence AND raising a kiddo with good work ethic. He'll go far. !!
Bet that ain't $300 no more. Probably about $1000 now.
It’s been a few years since you installed your gate. How is the equipment holding up? Any changes made?
Thank you
chrissakes!! give the kid the proper tools (long handle shovel and crowbar if not jackhammer)!
👌🏆you guys make it look so easy
I love your kid!!
A superb gate and having a motorized mechanism is the cherry on the top. However, I would never have used a PT wood standard to hold the gate. Then you double down by also mistakenly setting it in what looks like dry powder concrete that you just add water to. I hope it doesn't rain a drop where you live. The wood would rot out in about 5 (or fewer) years if it's wet where you live. The obvious weak points are the wood standard and not setting it in compacted #6 limestone stones. Any truck could blow right through that gate. The gate is beautiful no doubt but the wood makes it look ugly. Maybe you should paint it candy stripes. What you should've done is to use steel posts with welded on hinges and lock points. Besides, with all the open points between the bushes, any bad actors will just drive (or just walk!) through the open points berween the bushes. What was the necessity of your gate? Was it to keep bothersome people out or was it truly for security?
I can dig a 4 to 5 foot hole in about 5 to 10 minutes. Oh, by the way, I live in Florida with pure straight sand. :-)
this is great, id like to install a similar gate. can you tell me, after time did the hinges on the post warp or sag because of the weight from the gate?
Great question. The gate is very light so it has not sagged or needed any adjustment at all.
Hey great video! Can you explain the logic circuit on your linear actuator?
and no link to buy one for myself. Thanks genius. BTW the music needs to be louder