With my gate almost complete I just had to add the final part which was the chain hook on top. This hook wasn't necessary or part of the design, it was an idea I had when we were nearing the end of the project. By building the gate so large and by using metal pipes, it made my project very heavy and hard to move. This made me start to think about how I was going to transport it from place to place without causing a problem or having to do back breaking lifting. Eventually the idea popped into my head about welding a chain hook to the top so that with just a chain and a loader tractor it could be lifted easily. Within five minutes Duane and I had a little sketch drawn up about what the mount for the hook needed to look like. We cut out a trapezoid piece of metal and drilled a hole in it for the hook to link into. Then I get on a ladder and welded the metal piece on. When we had given it enough time to cool I crawled back up and connected my bright blue metal hook.
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