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
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
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
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.
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
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.
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??
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.
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 🤣😎🤙
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.
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 is a horrible way to do concrete for a post hole. Alway mix the cncrete before pouring inot thebhole. That way you get even texture and proper moisture distribution and and even set. God that you had the hole wider at the bottom. That will change the centre of gravity and ensure wind and the weight of the gate doesn't eventually ruin the pole and make the gate 'sag". One other point is that if you char the wood that is gong to go beloe ground, before placing the post, it will last a lot longer. You didnt include the cost of the posts or where you got them
No one gonna call bullshit on the price? At the end of the video it says he got the "mighty mule automatic opener for 75% off clearance at home depot and the gate poles were free " the video should be called "automatic gate for $300 if ur lucky as hell and find the parts basically for free".....
@@davebrown3212 it just closes. A vehicle could easily drive thru gate but if someone's wants in bad enough, they'll get in. More so as a deterrent to prevent vehicle access. You can buy a magnetic gate latch but I've heard they can be pushed open fairly easily as well and they are a little pricey ($100 or so). That may be a good option if you have dogs and don't want them to be able to nudge their way out. Edit: my opener is still working great, thank God. Used a few times each day. Same marine battery from rural king and same small solar panel.
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?
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. !!
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?
The concrete will rot your posts eventually, the power company does not use concrete for a reason. Next time burn the parts that will go underground and leave out the concrete. Instead use the concrete to extend your driveway, a good use for concrete.
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!
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. 😁
Were you on a six pack of 5 hour energy bottles, having washed down a handfull of pseudofed with a liter of Mountain Dew? You can work for me anyday. Just be a little slower with your wife/significant other. Seriously though, a subcontractor who works in the field of building decks said that unless you want to re-do the difficult process of replacing load bearing vertical PT 6x6's, especially with large decks you never, ever bury the post in the ground, even surrounded with #6 crushed limestone fill around it. It'll disintegrate much faster if you do. When I was relandscsping my parents grounds I used surplus creosote impregnated railroad ties (10X10 I believe) for the bedding walls of a very large garden. First of all, a normal circular saw with carbide steel tipped blades wont cut them. The chainsaw I resorted to took about 5 minutes of cutting, stopping to rest, then going back to cutting. Just the one tie, above ground but in contact with the dirt, started seriously disintegrating 3 years after I put it in. The contractor said you should always use a robust, round concrete circular rebar reinforced pile poured on site surronded by #6 limestone rock fill (not the #6 crusher run rock plus dust used to make a private road) well below the frost line. Well above ground level, a heavy duty foot is inserted via vertical rebar (and yes, there are rebar of various materials) deep into the concrete piling. In this case, with a heavy duty circular steel pole gate of great weight hanging out and constantly torgueing the support set into the concrete it might do one well to have a welder fabricate a heavy duty foot wider than the vertical steel gate support, with a lower flat steel support (eg. 12 inches deep) set into the concrete connected by #8 bolts to the upper plate which is at the top of the concrete piling. It might sound like over building but my father was a mechanical engineer who impressed on me the wisdom of realizing the forces exerted on a structure on a daily basis times the number of years you want it to last. Then multiply what construction is required to meet those forces and factor in another 25% in material strength. I've done a number of complicated projects and never had any fail. In fact, some neighbors have complimented me on my builds.
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6 years and that 16' gate is now $210!!! thanks bidenomics
Please tell your son the internet has concluded that his work ethic is most impressive. 👍
The best prt of the Video is your Boy refusing to quit on digging that hole !
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
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.
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?
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
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.
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
Good thing you got that gate up when you did...that black and white horse was about to escape!
Good to see a kid with such a strong work ethic! Good job Mom and Dad!!
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
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.
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
I love it! the benifits of being a parent! Finally, delegating digging a hole! Awesome video!
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
Eli, you are a very impressive young man! Good mom and dad to raise such a young man with commitment and willingness to work!
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.
Bet that ain't $300 no more. Probably about $1000 now.
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.
Nice job, I know it was a while ago.
But thank you it helps.
I like your miniature pony....:)
How did you train that horse to just follow you around and stand by watching? 10/10
That kid is the "man"!
Great job young fellow.
Walks around gate
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.
Good for you sitting there while your son worked, something I would have done too!
1:00 Holy sh*t, that's a dog!? I thought it was a cow!!
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.
It's all crooked.
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
Sweet! Now that’s a post!! Your son is a beast!! Great job!!!!
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??
You’ve got a good son there, sir 💕 thanks for the idea on the gate. I’m going to attempt something similar.
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
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 🤣😎🤙
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
The KID has a lot of energy.💪👍
So how is the mighty mule holding up? Any updates to the project? What you lik, what you would do differently, etc? Thank you.
Does anyone know the weight limit that each motor can open individually?
Your dog is huge!!! Marmaduke!
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
Eli: great job. Muy bien.
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 is a horrible way to do concrete for a post hole. Alway mix the cncrete before pouring inot thebhole. That way you get even texture and proper moisture distribution and and even set. God that you had the hole wider at the bottom. That will change the centre of gravity and ensure wind and the weight of the gate doesn't eventually ruin the pole and make the gate 'sag". One other point is that if you char the wood that is gong to go beloe ground, before placing the post, it will last a lot longer. You didnt include the cost of the posts or where you got them
Bullshit... that price is bogus! Also what locks the gate because that arm is only to move gate from close to open positions.
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. :-)
It’s been a few years since you installed your gate. How is the equipment holding up? Any changes made?
No one gonna call bullshit on the price? At the end of the video it says he got the "mighty mule automatic opener for 75% off clearance at home depot and the gate poles were free " the video should be called "automatic gate for $300 if ur lucky as hell and find the parts basically for free".....
Great job 👏🏽👏🏽
I’m impressed that your cow just hangs out on the driveway like that instead of wandering off.
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!
What gate opener did you use?
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.
Terrific job Man! Great production value with equally great content. Thanks for posting!
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
chrissakes!! give the kid the proper tools (long handle shovel and crowbar if not jackhammer)!
This is awesome, nice work. My next project, and ironically I have a 9 year old son and a harlequin great dane lol
How long has it held up without any issues? I'm about to install one myself. Thank you for the video.
I installed mine. Best investment ever. Thank God!
Does it actually latch closed or just “close”? Nice work, I like it.
@@davebrown3212 it just closes. A vehicle could easily drive thru gate but if someone's wants in bad enough, they'll get in. More so as a deterrent to prevent vehicle access. You can buy a magnetic gate latch but I've heard they can be pushed open fairly easily as well and they are a little pricey ($100 or so). That may be a good option if you have dogs and don't want them to be able to nudge their way out.
Edit: my opener is still working great, thank God. Used a few times each day. Same marine battery from rural king and same small solar panel.
@@mediocrefloridaman thank you!
@@davebrown3212 you're welcome!
I expect you are very proud of that boy. well done all around
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.
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
You were very lucky to score an opener for under $100. I can't find any under $300 where I live
Crappy background music, if you can call that noise music
I thought is was a cow walking around..
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
I seriously thought that was a COW! A midget family friendly pet cow! lol
For the first half of this video I thought that was a paint pony in the background. Lol
mighty mule opener a lot more than $62 now. more like $350
And they suck, go with Liftmaster
It says 75% off which means it's $250 regularly priced.
@@jeremystafford365 how much are the lift masters?
Be interesting to see how long the "mighty" mule lasts.
The star of the video is your son... Good for Him. He will value your work even more....
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. !!
Good job Eli you ll bringt it somewhere in this world!
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.
Excellent job! Just change the music. I had to watch it on mute.. sheesh
Well done young man!
Other than mighty mule sucks and the gears fall apart. We replace tons of them with Liftmaster!!!
Well behaved dog! Didnt even move for what must have been 20 minutes.
Where did you find a $300 automatic gate?
Looks like he found some great sales and coupons. But he also didn't add the price of those huge logs. Not sure how much those cost
How much was the post? Or they was frre or something..??
Perfect solution for that application. Thanks.
Great video! Your boy Eli rocks 👊
The mule wasn't included in the cost unless I missed it. The cost just went up!
CUT THE POLE TO MATCH THE HEIGHT OF THE SHORTER ONE AND ADD A STURDY WHEEL TO IT
What kind of miniature pinto pony is that in the background?
The concrete will rot your posts eventually, the power company does not use concrete for a reason. Next time burn the parts that will go underground and leave out the concrete. Instead use the concrete to extend your driveway, a good use for concrete.
You can put tar on part of post that goes underground
Where is the price list? you can't do this for $300 Dollars unless you already had the components.
Fast forward to 5:40. I did it for $300.
Links to all the stuff you bought?
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
he should do these videos for companys, great job. no bs
Nice Job. Always enjoy do it yourself videos and especially with young dedicated helpers
I'd this still available for $300?
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!
Friends dont let friends use mighty mule.
Is that price still possible now in 2023 ?
Nice job and Eli is a hard working dude!
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. 😁
Glad to see lil man work. My son is the same way so proud of him. Outside and not stuck inside on a tablet
Were you on a six pack of 5 hour energy bottles, having washed down a handfull of pseudofed with a liter of Mountain Dew? You can work for me anyday. Just be a little slower with your wife/significant other.
Seriously though, a subcontractor who works in the field of building decks said that unless you want to re-do the difficult process of replacing load bearing vertical PT 6x6's, especially with large decks you never, ever bury the post in the ground, even surrounded with #6 crushed limestone fill around it. It'll disintegrate much faster if you do. When I was relandscsping my parents grounds I used surplus creosote impregnated railroad ties (10X10 I believe) for the bedding walls of a very large garden. First of all, a normal circular saw with carbide steel tipped blades wont cut them. The chainsaw I resorted to took about 5 minutes of cutting, stopping to rest, then going back to cutting. Just the one tie, above ground but in contact with the dirt, started seriously disintegrating 3 years after I put it in.
The contractor said you should always use a robust, round concrete circular rebar reinforced pile poured on site surronded by #6 limestone rock fill (not the #6 crusher run rock plus dust used to make a private road) well below the frost line. Well above ground level, a heavy duty foot is inserted via vertical rebar (and yes, there are rebar of various materials) deep into the concrete piling. In this case, with a heavy duty circular steel pole gate of great weight hanging out and constantly torgueing the support set into the concrete it might do one well to have a welder fabricate a heavy duty foot wider than the vertical steel gate support, with a lower flat steel support (eg. 12 inches deep) set into the concrete connected by #8 bolts to the upper plate which is at the top of the concrete piling. It might sound like over building but my father was a mechanical engineer who impressed on me the wisdom of realizing the forces exerted on a structure on a daily basis times the number of years you want it to last. Then multiply what construction is required to meet those forces and factor in another 25% in material strength. I've done a number of complicated projects and never had any fail. In fact, some neighbors have complimented me on my builds.
Sir there is a cow on your driveway!
And beautiful too. Can I do it 👩🏻🦳😊. How the material come to 300 ? And work is expensive ,,,,Thanks