- Today we're gonna show you how to install a 10' double drive, residential grade chain link gate. There's two gates. So both of 'em are gonna swing. We're gonna walk you through the whole entire process. Let's get started. So first things first we need to know how big our gates are. We're gonna pull our measurement from the end of the gate right there to the other end. And we have 56 and a quarter when installing a double
drive chain link gate, you wanna make sure and measure both gates. Don't measure just one and think that the other
one's gonna be the same cause sometimes it can be just a little bit different. So on this one, we have 56 and a quarter too. So since its a double
drive chain link gate we're gonna have two sets
of hinges on one side, two sets of hinges on the other side and a drop rod in the center. We gotta add for our hardware, our hinges. How we're gonna measure our hinges is we're gonna measure from right where that post would sit right here to right here. And our hardware is a 2 3/8 post hinge accommodating an inch and three eights gate frame hinge. Slide together just like that. So we're gonna stack them. Put 'em together just as they would be when you install 'em and then we're gonna measure them. We're coming up with about inch and three quarters. We're just gonna go ahead and measure our next set just to make sure that they're the same. There like an inch and seven eights, an inch and three quarters, really two inches. So we're gonna plan on two inches. We're gonna have a set
of hinges on one side and a set of hinges on the other side. So overall there's four inches we gotta add into that one 12 1/2. So we're gonna go plus four. And that gives us 116 and a half. How we gonna lock these gates together in the center? We're gonna have to have a drop rod. So now we're gonna have to measure the drop rod to figure out how much room that needs. And we're gonna have to add that into the overall 116 1/2 now. So here's the drop rod we're gonna use. So we're gonna take that same measurement. We're gonna measure from the backside of the hardware where the inch three eight gate frame would sit right here and we're gonna measure to the throat of the latch. And you want the end of your gate to be somewhere about like right in there. You don't want to have a big gap, but you don't also want it to just barely be catching either. So make sure and measure accordingly. So we are coming up
with another two inches. So we're gonna add two inches to our 1/16 1/2". That gives us 118 1/2". And that's from inside
a post to inside a post. Okay so now what we're gonna do is we're gonna take our tape measure we're gonna lay it across the ground. We're gonna go from the inside of the post and we're gonna lock it in place. And then we're gonna look for that 118 1/2, which is right, right there. So we're gonna shoot for 118 1/2. And if we get 119, that's just fine. Now we're gonna use a Rhino driver to drive this post in the ground. And I understand that you guys may not have one picture and see this video up here in the corner so that you can see
other alternate methods versus using a Rhino driver. (upbeat music) All right. So now that we're done driving we got our post in the
ground. We're gonna go ahead and take our measurement. We're right at 118 1/2. Hopefully all those
measurements that we took hopefully they're all accurate, cause if not we're gonna do this again. Okay so I'm sure you're probably looking at this like, "Pst! Dan. That post is way too tall for that four foot fence." You're right. You caught me. I used a eight foot post because that's what I had and I don't want to cut it off because I wanna be able to reuse this post again for another awesome video. We drove it all the way that we needed to but we still have this X amount of post sticking out. And we're gonna go with it because we don't wanna throw it away. So the first thing you wanna do is put your hardware on your gate and we already pre-hung this gate. We just took it down. So we're gonna hang it
one more time again. So this one, this one's hung. Where we think it needs to be but we're not gonna tighten the hinges down just yet. What we're gonna do is we are gonna show you just exactly what we did over here. Normally you have a chain link fence beyond this post. So what you're gonna do is you're gonna push
this fitting on there. And this fitting that
I'm holding right here is a 2 3/8 post hinge. One thing you wanna make sure and do when you're dealing with any kind of chain link, make sure that the bolts are all facing the same direction. Don't have a bolt head here and then a bolt head here nuts here, nuts there. Keep it uniform. Nuts are supposed to be opposite of the chain link side. So nuts are supposed to
go to the secure side. Now to tighten this down, it's a 3/8 bolt, 9/16 nut. So you can either use a impact driver like I have here with a 3/8 socket adapter or you can use wrench or you can use a socket. I'm gonna loosely tighten that, just so it sticks. Now I'm gonna take my 2
3/8" gate frame hinges. We're gonna put them on our gate. Again like I said, stay uniform with your nuts and bolts. And this is what I'm talking about. The chain link is on this side, the nuts are opposite of the chain link. (upbeat music) So we're gonna slide the bottom hinge on top of that post hinge. What I'm gonna do, is I want those gates to be about level. (upbeat music) Since I don't have any
chain link fence here I'm just gonna cheat and slide this over. And I'm too low. So my two top rails right here, they're not straight across. We're gonna raise this
gate up to match this, to match this gate. (upbeat music) Now that we're pretty happy with that. We can go ahead and
tighten our hardware down. So before we continue with the drop rod it's a fun little fact. And some scenarios maybe you have seen something like this where the hinge on the side of the gate, maybe what they have going on is they rolled or the cockeyed the hinge like that. And then put it to the side. The reason they may have done that is because they set their
post too close together. They have to adjust it somehow. And that's the only
thing that they could do to make that gate work. That's why it's really important to measure those fittings before you start fiddle
farting with your gates Willie nilly never pays. So we got both our gates hung now. Don't forget, don't forget. The top of this post, it's gone. You don't see it anymore. But really we need to focus over here. So the problem here, these gates, they won't stay shut. That's a problem. Because they won't lock into each other. There's a fitting for that. It's called a drop rod. This is a residential grade drop rod. Now there's heavier drop rods for different classes of chain link fence. (upbeat music) So there's these pins here. I can't roll past it. I can't roll past that bottom one. So when I pulled outta the ground I have something to rest it on. So you gotta make sure to put that top bracket on before you fully put the U bolt in there. And this one we're just
gonna go ahead and put on and slide up, cause its height really doesn't matter. So go from the bottom up (upbeat music) and see how... that has a nice channel there. And this drop rod can't
come outta that bracket. So that's what we want. So when the drop rod is in the resting position we want the bottom of the drop rod to be up above the ground so that this thing can be swing freely. We want the drop rod to be even at the bottom of the gate. (upbeat music) So there is a half inch nut here and a half inch nut here and we tighten those down. So what I have here is just a piece of EMT conduit. Three quarter inch. Conduit is measured by the ID, inside diameter. Maybe some of you guys don't have dirt and maybe you have concrete
underneath your gate. So what you want to do if you have concrete
is take a hammer drill and drill a hole into the concrete for this to receive into. The drop rod's gonna go into that hole to lock it into the ground. We don't have any concrete here. So what we are gonna do, what we are here are gonna do. We're gonna take this piece of pipe. We're gonna drive it in the
ground, but before we drive it what we have to do first, we don't want the dirt to come up in there and keep moving up the pipe as we drive it in the ground, we want to keep it hollow. So we're gonna smash one end. So I've got one end smashed. So the dirt's not gonna
come up inside that also... another benefit to doing that is this not gonna twist on the ground. So now before we drive this in the ground we need to figure out exactly where that pipe needs to go. What you need to do is look down your gate to make sure it's straight. From where I'm standing, I'm looking at the gate perpendicular to the opening. So it looks straight to me. But to you, the gate is crooked. As I go this way, the gate is straight. And I'm gonna mark where that drop rod is, and I'm gonna drive this in the ground. As I drive, I can pull the drop rod to it and see that I'm still straight with my drop rod. So there we're starting
turn just a little bit and I'm not gonna be able to get it back. So what we're gonna do is we're actually just gonna
go ahead and cut it off. You need enough in the ground to make a solid foundation to receive the drop rod. So if something's pushing on your gates it's gonna withstand that pressure. I'm looking for like 16, 18, 2 feet. The looser the ground the deeper you need to go. Or maybe consider
setting this in concrete, not driving it in the ground. Perfect. See if all that measuring paid off. So I have a little bit bigger of a gap than what I planned on, but it's still good because I am within my
fork distance right here. So it still receives my gate. I am just a hair bigger
than what I wanted. But I'm still in the throat of the fork. So it's, it's good. I know some of you may be like, "Hey can you put a lock on that thing?" So yes, you could install a carabiner or a pad lock on here. Right there! You didn't even have to pay extra. If you wanna see how to install just a single walk gate and a residential chain link fence make sure and see that video right here. And if you wanna see how to install residential chain link make sure to watch this video right here. And stay with SWI. We are a Wyoming's Fence Company and you have a good dang day.
