THE TRICK TO HANGING A PERFECTLY LEVEL GATE
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- THE TRICK TO HANGING A PERFECTLY LEVEL GATE
In this video, we are back at the pipe entrance project. Today I’m installing the driveway entrance gate and stringing barbed wire fence. I’m Austin Ross of arosswelding and on this channel, I share my experiences as a rig welder and what I have going on in my mobile welding business. To hang this heavy duty gate I use a combination of the skid steer and my gate jacks to align it with the pipe post and get it level. Hanging gate can get frustrating so I’m sharing my best trick to making sure they end up level! Then I spend the rest of the day stringing barbed wire building barbed wire fence from the gate brace to the corner post. Subscribe for more videos on metal gate, driveway gate, driveway entrance, custom driveway gates, property entrance, property entrance gates, heavy duty cattle gates, bison gate, pipe fence, pipe gate hinges, farm gate, livestock gate, pipe gate, pipe gate brace, etc.
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Throw a chock under the back of your tire before you DC the trailer, then spotting on the ball to reconnect is a breeze. Nice fence!!!!! Love how you care that it's good and straight.
Austin, I love your real life working videos. Controlled lab demos are fine, but you show so elequently how to do a real job. Bravo.
Agreed! I really hate the guys who it there in the air conditioned shop with the suction vent hood and pre-polished new steel plated that were also buffed with acetone and they think they’re showing though how to weld. The real world doesn’t work like that if you’re welding to make a living.
Good video as usual, as a full time fence contractor there are a few things I definitely do diffrent but to each their own.
For a perfectly level gate I figured it out hanging 300 gates in a feedlot. You start level length wise, get you side to side level or however you need it to be to swing rite. Then you put a tack on your top hinge then you do 2 to 3 cranks on your gate jack in the far end of the gate, weld the bottom and top hinge and your height stop. Then when you let it off it will come down level 98% of the time.
In Australia we call them star pickets. A lot of fencers out west have a small generator on their Ute (pick up) and have a swing arm with a jack hammer hanging off it. A simple cup tool to fit the jack hammer and over the top of star picket.
Great work, looks really good. As a carpenter I just can’t see that gate not sagging over time , even without ground movement, given the hinge separation to gate width ratio.
I really appreciate the thought effort that went into the oval gate catch, outstanding craftsmanship
Austin just want to say great videos please keep them coming. Was a welder in the Navy now do it for fun and hobby. You have motivated me to start building it up as a job/business. Thanks bro.
I should start doing small jobs like that in my spare time, I was a Iron Worker for 8yrs building Ethanol Plants I was lead Connector walking "I" beams connecting the steel, really fun and still would be doing it but had a kid and no longer like traveling far anymore. Now I have been doing City Work for about 14yrs in the City I live in and everything is working out perfectly. Keep up the good work and entertainment you have on your channel 👍😉
I honestly just started watching these videos and this inspires me to finish welding school. Also, to start a company putting gates/fences. I wanted to get an idea on how to start it and you my friend just helped me out. Thank you 🙏🏽
I don’t watch you everyday Austin but I watch every now and again and it’s like catching up with an old friend I’m glad to see you’re doing well.
Another great job!! Love it
Turned out great man 👌! Be blessed Austin!
Love the latch, Great Job!
Austin takes his time and builds it right, thanks for sharing..true craftsman.
Good work Austin. Just subscribed, been watching in the wings for a while and really like your style and welding ethics. Thanks for sharing with us.
Glad to see you still doing for yourself 👍👍...that gate latch was top shelf
beautiful work Austin!!!
Pipe Dream! Nice! Thanks
Pure awesomeness 😎🤠🎩
Austin, your craftsmanship is superb. Excellent job my brother, but a good coat of paint would really make it stand out. Keep up the great work.
That fly at 1:50 wanted to make a stop and say hi , anyways amazing man at his craft , you can tell he loves his trade
Nice Austin. Makes my pipe entry I did for my gate look like a boars ass sewed up with a log chain! That latch was like jewelry.
That gate came out great! Nice work
Very professional job!
you do good work. it turned out nice, putting up the wire fence goes a lot easier
Nice looking fence and gate awesome work A-Ross and thanks for the info
Thank you!
Good looking gate for a nice piece of property.
The jacks that you use to level the gate .. caught my attention
Could you include some shots of how you put together the jacks you used to hang your gate? Thanks! Clean work!!
Yeah I'd like to see the design of them jacks
@@texaswesternwelding915 they are trailer jacks.
Trailer jacks with hooks to grab the rails of the gate
Wow that looks great. Nice job.
Nice work little buddy ! Come on !! PS thanks for the tip on the clamp in gate vid , Its works awesome
Job well done sir,
Awesome work Austin
Thanks! Thanks for watching!
I am digging the music.
Yeah, somebody made a comment about the owner looking over your shoulder. You just act like he’s not there, then when he says something, you act surprised, like you never knew he was there. I used to do that until I realized that they just liked to watch a professional in action.
The fence and gate look good by the way
Awesome work bro!!!!
You can drill a hole in the bottom of your gate for a weep hole to drain condensation and same with the rails on gate and fence
Another great video thanks
Thanks for supporting Levi.
good craftsmanship
High Quality ... 👍👍
I think I would go nuts if the owner was standing over my shoulder the whole time.
Bird doggin at its finest 😂
I know it drives some crazy but I've luckily had great customers I enjoy getting to know. It's a big investment into the property and I can understand them wanting to see it all come together. I know I enjoy that part of building myself.
@@arosswelding I think a lot of customers are just curious, want to watch a skilled craftsman at work and maybe learn a little along the way.
some of us like to watch it in real life rather than youtube
Simple solution charge him extra being in the way
Sweet looking property
Looks great
i wanna job building fence like this this is cool
Another good vid Austin
Appreciate it, Bart! Hope you have a good weekend.
😎 , thanks bro!!
Thank you!
Aye Austin that looks killer brother. Such a damn good job!!! Ure a bad ass welder for sure. Fence looks amazing. Wish I could send u pix of some of the entry ways, gates, and fences that my partner and I have done here in Central Texas ud dig it for sure. Keep up the videos and that super strong welding brother! Scottie Lewis CTX
That's a very nice and straight fence
If u put a diagonal stay with a turn buckle the farmer can adjust the sagging in the gate over time
I usually weld a piece of flat bar diagonally from top corner of (gate) hinge side to bottom of gate after squaring to hold gate square before hanging.
I like your work keep it up hello from tx conroe tx
I'll try to. Thanks, Jose.
Good job man!!
Cool latch design
You can still add grease fittings. Open gate, drill a small hole. Get a 1/8" npt coupler and weld it to hinge. Install 1/8" npt grease zerk. If coupler is to long, cut it in half, then weld it.
Great job on fence.
Zerk.
Looks good Austin hinges ,the latch the gate came out real nice
Thanks
Hey man just wanna say ur badass keep it up!
Great Job Yank
Dude I like all your vids . Good job on the stretch too . Its looks real neat man. Your welds are bad ass
You weld uphill all the time???
I let my gates hang on top hinge and use a wedge on bottom to adjust for sag then weld, also Elite power hinge is great for heavy gates
Tack the top hinge and let the gate hang under it's own weight. Keep the gate straight with latch post so the hinge doesn't turn and make the gate fall. If the gate hangs level you're good. If not you can lift the latch side and add a shim on the bottom hinge to bring it up to level.
I like the greece zert idea, I might steal that. As for ground shift, deeper down the posts go the less that's as much of a problem. Kinda like footings on a house, frost line up is where most of the movement is. I want gate and corner posts set at least 4' deep. I also like tabs or bolts in the bottom couple feet of posts, and in concrete, so they don't creep/Jack up during freezing/thawing.
Good job AR,I don't know if you do rhis with barb,but I always do top wire first,less hanging up.Good job
cant wait
C'mon!
Was that the owner “eagle eyeing” you the whole time ?
Looks great ! Nice job, as usual !
Thanks
I'd charge extra for the " Bird Doggin"
Heck yeah men :D love the video
I show my wife your clips..she likes them and when she watching it. Jackie made a comment that you have same thing she does, witch called "Rosacea" you can go to a Dr. called "dermatologist". Her face clear up with red ness within a week.
You may want to give it try brother. Helps redness...your good man and was trying help. Hope that didn't say anything thing upsetting much respect and thanks for all your clips and hope you and wife are doing well.
Take care brother, and let me know your thoughts on Keystone pipeline.
Ttyl
its crazy how little i get done in a day compared to you haha or its cool to see how much you get done in such a short period of time!
Great video! Did you have any more details on the fabrication of the gate and hinges shown in this video? Thanks for all the cool content.
Another great one I used the ol texas tig process today to fill a gap and I'm telling you it was spot on so using techniques from your channel often keep em up.
Good deal! I’m glad they’re helpful!
hope you are staying safe
Good man
Nice work Austin.
What do you do for surface coating on these types of jobs?
Dam looks good. I would not be able to handle that rattling rain flapper on your machine.
Grow up on a farm back in the 70s and 80s and work around them long enough you will never even notice that flapper.
Ear buds work great
That rattler is a side boom operators lullaby
Crazy ole throttle jockey. Lol you probably weight the inside to make it clap 😄
Enjoyed that video and the music was great too. What was the scope of that job and what was your pricing? Thinking about going solo, just not very certain how to determine pricing. Thanks.
I really like the braces and the gate work and design. Yes, some grease zerks on the hinges would have been nice. Did you think about getting some cheap labor and offering to paint the metal work?
Not cheap but we do hope to get into painting or find someone who does on-site sandblasting and painting. That would really take it to the next level and make it last even longer!
I’ve hung gates one time. Used a sky track to get them level that was available for me to use on the ranch. Ranch manager was amazed when I got perfectly straight. First and only time I’ve hung a gate, hopefully next time I can do it again!
How do you go about charging for a job like this? Did you do hourly or a fixed price bid? I’m looking into getting into this kids work and am just curious. I love the idea of cutting holes in the uprights that saves a lot of time.
putting some big Spindels between door and post makes it adjustable, if something is moving. Just drill holes thru the post an stick the spindels thru it to adjust.
What did you do on the hinge end to them from sliding down? There had to be a stop somewhere on it just did not see it. Good advice on the oval hitch box. Good job.
damn nice job
Been watching your videos for the past week and I gotta say you alright for an Oklahoma boy lol. No but seriously keep making them videos homie
nice job hanging it level! the slope sure didnt help to allow you hang it so it would both ways.......oh well! you cant win em all. I hung some matching ornamental gates last year that had to swing both ways, we got an inch clearance on the shortest side of the closest gate and managed to get all 4 hung so they went from the inch on the close side to about 14" on the deep side........ I'd sure like to get a better look at them jack stands that you built with the trailer jacks, they look pretty slick...... enjoy the vids.......
Could you do a video over your Tom waters glasses and why a lot of pipelines have them ?
You should talk about how you twisted your oxy-fuel hose like that and how it doesn’t untwist on you.
That's a old trick
He made a video about it
You should show more of your welds after!!
That will save your shoulder,trust me I have had rotatercuff surgery (never the same)
You did a fine job Ross! 😃👍👍🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸. Where did you get your welding bed from? Or did you build it yourself! Anyway that’s a nice one! Thanks!
Thanks, Ricky. I built my bed myself. It's homemade and starting to get rusty now
Austin Ross It sure is nice Ross! Would you mind sharing some information about how you made it! Such as rolling the curves an bends to match your truck body. Rolling the fenders or are they cut from tube turns etc. Thanks again and keep up the good work! Just a highly detailed print would be awesome!! Lol. 😂
A quick link to the apparel and shop supplies would be really neat.... or website
Right on
Great work. The ground swells and shrinks based on moisture saturation. Also, the second factor is the wire’s coefficients. Cold - all materials shrink and Hot - all materials expand. Wire can pull a brace out of plumb if it’s pulled to tight. Great braces. Should be there for generations to come. 👍
Can you do a review on your gooseneck trailer?
Badass but what kind or size pipe are you using because I’m gonna attempt to make a entrance gate for my family even tho I’m a beginner
Hey bud looking for a tip. Welding thin caps to heavier wall 2 7/8 post. What rod???? I keep turning my machine down running 1/8th rod but it Nvr seems cool enough. Always end up thru the cap and little penetration on the pipe. Running a big Hobart gas machine btw
Burnt Fingers, looking good. Zerts would have been good but on a hot day in Texas day, they sometimes pop.
They wouldn't pop, being wide open on the backside
Do you have a link to where you can order the straight torch att.?
Just watched this video and Craig Kersting said it for me...that guy standing and watching over my shoulder - would have had to tell him go find a job somewhere else. Had an Engineering Officer do that...I stopped & was asked WHY. Just looked at him, I was civilian welder in my shop, he was Coast Guard. HE got the point and left.
A frame prints would be awesome! let me know when that is posted on your site.
They are available now! 👌😎
How do you keep your welding caps clean
What welding rods do you use? Do the welds not rust?
That furniture cleaner is good for mosquitoes too! 🤣
Did you weld a collar to the gate above the hinges to keep the gate from sliding down?
Yes I did
If you leave the bottom of the fence post open and put a couple inches of big gravel in the bottom of your hole, the fence post will drain any water that gets in it.