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maryjane
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AUG 22, 12:44 PM
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CORRECTION!
As I looked into this more, it isn't the same as the bump gates I've seen and needs no top cable for support or to close the gate.
When installing a traditional gate with customary hinges, there are 2 separate geometric planes you have to be concerned with.
The sole purpose of this hinge is to make it self closing by changing a plane. The top hinge is simply a traditional strap hinge over pin with a little slack in the hole.
As this gate is opened, the bottom pivot shifts off to one side in relation to the top pin and the far end of the gate will rise. At more than a few degrees swing open, gravity makes the gate want to swing back to closed position. The groove of the bottom hinge located opposite the side the gate was opened also serves as a stop when closing as the gate reaches equilibrium.
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Patrick
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AUG 22, 05:49 PM
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| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
CORRECTION!...The sole purpose of this hinge is to make it self closing by changing a plane. The top hinge is simply a traditional strap hinge over pin with a little slack in the hole.
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So there's no magic... or even a cable... there's just a regular strap hinge at the top. I'm glad I asked though, as it confirms my initial suspicion that the top hinge would definitely need to be different than the bottom hinge pictured above. Thanks again, Don. 
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maryjane
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AUG 23, 10:04 AM
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notice that this user left the cotter pin out of the top pin that prevents livestock or people from just lifting the gate off it's pins
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Patrick
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AUG 23, 05:51 PM
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I hate it when this happens.
I was actually trying to find a photo demonstrating how cattle would lift a gate! 
| quote | Originally posted by maryjane:
notice that this user left the cotter pin out of the top pin that prevents livestock or people from just lifting the gate off it's pins
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[This message has been edited by Patrick (edited 08-23-2022).]
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Valkrie9
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AUG 23, 09:55 PM
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Patrick
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AUG 24, 02:33 AM
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That'll never replace the classic... Hair-in-a-Can !
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Valkrie9
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AUG 24, 07:57 PM
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Valkrie9
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AUG 24, 09:36 PM
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Bessie, at a disadvantage, found herself proffered up to any passing bull,
Hernando,
the love of her life desperately trying to get over the far side fence.
a few moments later...
Oh, those Cowboys !
[This message has been edited by Valkrie9 (edited 08-24-2022).]
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Valkrie9
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AUG 25, 06:51 AM
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Valkrie9
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MAR 05, 06:18 AM
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Snowbound ? Here is a way to get out !
Wow !
Why, that is truly an amazing invention.
4 X 4 + tracks.
Simply add snow-tracks.
Buffalo Snow Blows.
Why, I remember that big storm, I was westbound on the 401, east of London, when I came upon that Ford van, out in the farm field, a quarter mile off the highway.
There were no tracks, just a van out in the field, in two feet of snow, drifted up the side of the van.
They were still inside, more than 12 hours after the storm had passed, running the engine to keep warm, flashing their lights, blinkers.
Epic snow.
A set of tracks like that would have been so useful.[This message has been edited by Valkrie9 (edited 03-05-2023).]
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