On Hernando County land, gates do real work: trucks, trailers, tractors and livestock all come through them. We size and hang gates for how you'll actually use them.
Size it for the biggest thing that passes through
A 4' gate is for people. Go 5' for a riding mower. For trucks, trailers, tractors or a horse trailer, plan on a double gate of 12' or more, and on rural land 14' to 16' is common so you're not threading the needle every time.
Gates for country properties
For pastures and long drives, we build wide double gates and set the posts deep and heavy, because a long gate on a light post sags fast. Where the ground slopes or floods, a slide gate or a gate hung high with a wheel can solve problems a standard swing gate can't.
Swing, slide or ride on a wheel
Swing gates need level ground to open across. Where the ground rises, floods or turns to sand, a cantilever slide gate runs on its own track with nothing touching the ground, and a long farm gate can carry a wheel to take weight off the hinge post.
Why gates sag, and how we stop it
Long gates pull on their hinge post every day. We set gate posts deeper and with more concrete than line posts, use frames that stay square and pick hinges and latches rated for the gate's weight.
