LEW PARKER

I built an offset hinge point for our driveway’s double gate. The gates opens inward. Facing toward the street, the bottom of the right hand gate must rise to clear an upslope in the driveway. Next to the right hand gate post, I installed another post to hold the bottom hinge J-bolt. This takes a lot of the strain off of an angled hinge that otherwise would be attached to the main post. The bottom right of the gate holds the tube that hold the J-bolt pivot. That tube is welded to the threaded shaft of another J-bolt, with the J cut off. That shaft is attached to the bottom right of the gate, in a threaded tube welded to the gate at a right angle. With the extra lengths of threaded shafts, I was able to adjust the gate to parallel the ground when closed, and adjust the necessary rise to clear the slope when open. This sounds complicated without an image. I’ll try to post a photo. (Nope, didn’t work.)