Gate posts

[megsdad]

Hi I wonder if anyone can give me abit of advise .
The drive gates at the back of my house are falling to bits and are in serious need of replacing , the opening is around 8 ft so 2 x 4ft gates , ideally I would like the gates to be around 7ft high ,
Now I have a load of 2,4 meter decking boards that I would like to use for the job but in a quandary as to which posts to go for as im assuming these would be very heavy once up ,
Would wooden posts hold the weight of a heavy set of gates made from deck boards or would concrete be the way to go if so any ideas of were to get them from as I can only seem to find the slotted ones
Thanks for taking the time to read .hope anyone can help
regards

 

[r896neo]

Timber posts will be fine but you'd need to use at least a 6'' post or an 8'' concreted in at least 2 feet.

 

[megsdad]

Thanks very much for that , ill do that , il just have to see if I can source some now . Thanks again