Hi,
I manage an allotment site where one member (getting on a bit in years) insists on driving on another persons plot with his car.
What I urgently need to do somehow is stop one of the two gates to the site from opening.
The gate has a riser bar which goes into the ground thus holding the gate shut. Ideally I want to somehow fit a lock to this but cannot for the life of me come up with a solution.
I thought of drilling through the side of the gate but as the metal is 1/2" thick, this will take too long to do.
An alternative was to drill through the riser bar and fit a padlock through, which would stop the bar from being raised and hence stop the gate from opening. Again this would take too long.
I need a quick solution before he gets back from holiday and causes more havoc.
Sorry can't post a pic from documents for some reason.
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I manage an allotment site where one member (getting on a bit in years) insists on driving on another persons plot with his car.
What I urgently need to do somehow is stop one of the two gates to the site from opening.
The gate has a riser bar which goes into the ground thus holding the gate shut. Ideally I want to somehow fit a lock to this but cannot for the life of me come up with a solution.
I thought of drilling through the side of the gate but as the metal is 1/2" thick, this will take too long to do.
An alternative was to drill through the riser bar and fit a padlock through, which would stop the bar from being raised and hence stop the gate from opening. Again this would take too long.
I need a quick solution before he gets back from holiday and causes more havoc.
Sorry can't post a pic from documents for some reason.
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