Time to install an electric gate on the place to make driving in and out a lot easier. One guy wants $4000 bucks and he supplies the motor! Other were nearly as expensive.
Had a contractor over doing some other work and he installed the electric for $150! I went out and got the motor/kit $359. Total $500, but still need to pick up the pad that lets visitors open gate with code…maybe $100 max. Took contractor bit less than 2 hrs to do it. It came setup for solar, so I took a Sears Die Hard Deep Cycle battery and a 5 watt solar panel I had which I had been using to charge it and added it. That cost was $39.95 for solar by Coleman @ Wal Mart and $189 for the Sears battery both which are about 3 years ole. Total investment $800 (max) vs $4000. Maybe he has a CRACK habit he supports??
DieHard in battery box
Controller box (open for programming)
Motor, battery, controller
Coleman solar panel, 5 watt
Solar, controller, motor, battery
