Quixdraw Loc: x

Can't recall who I got the name from when I first moved out here. Never saw them in the other Rural areas I lived in over the years.

Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA

hettmoe Loc: Rural ND

Very nice photo. Wonderful country. I live among many of these gates. Anything other than a barbwire gate is a panel or a pipe gate around these parts.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Thanks very much! Actually I hate these things, and have a couple of spare stock panels, those would cut the remaining barbwire gates by a third. Thought about it then forgot!

vicksart Loc: Novato, CA -earthquake country

I love old fences and dirt roads, and I love this shot. We have a different name for this kind of gate which isn't very PC. They work well unless the wires are so tight they become hard to open (and your horse runs home without you before you can get everything put back in place ).

Quixdraw Loc: x

Horses and dogs, they have their own minds! Was out chasing my dogs pre dawn. Event the ancient guy went. Gotta love them!

sippyjug104 Loc: Missouri

I've opened and closed a countless number of this type of gate going from field to field here in Missouri. I don't know how effective they are on keeping cattle in or out although they have a mind of their own as to where they want to go and what path they will take to get there.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Mostly keeps them in, but eventually some get out. A while back we had an enormous bull come through the house site, back to front without stopping, obviously on a mission.

RodeoMan Loc: St Joseph, Missouri

I am another alum of these sort of gates and was "priviledged" to have opened them countless times on the farm I grew up on in western Iowa. There was an improved closure used by many farmers (and no doubt ranchers) and that was a light medium weight chain about 30 inches long of about the circumference of a ten penny nail or so that would hang on the corner post that the gate would attach to, just above where the chain was hanging would be a heavy screw like a coffee cup holder. When it came time to close the the gate, the chain would go through the gate and back around the corner post and would be cinched up and hooked to that coffee cup holder screw using whatever link in the chain would hold the gate tightly closed.
I have noticed on this site, folks appreciate authenticity and you are in the rank of those who provide it on a regular basis. Thanks.

Quixdraw Loc: x

Thanks! That sounds like a much better system than the confounded double loops!