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Old 10-15-2022, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by crash View Post
The gates don’t break they are break away think high jump bar. You are charged to fix the gate was $200 don’t know what the current price is.
A high jump bar is loosely set on a pin, and comes off without damaging the bar. That is not how the gate bars are attached. They are a heavy metal tube attached to a metal sleeved operator with two through bolts and nuts. When they break away, the end of the bar is dented and the bolts are damaged and pulled out of the sleeve. Not exactly a breakaway connection.