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Had a gate hinge shear clean off on a job in Bellingham last Friday
It was a heavy cedar gate, maybe 200 pounds, on a windy day. The top hinge just snapped at the weld when the client swung it open. We had to prop the whole thing up with a couple of 4x4 posts while I ran to get a new heavy-duty set. Anyone have a go-to brand for hinges on big gates like that?
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jade_king7mo ago
My cousin's gate in Ferndale flew clean off last spring.
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adam4147mo ago
People forget that a weld is a different, more brittle metal than the hinge itself. That's always the failure point.
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lucas3117mo ago
Watching that hinge snap makes you realize how much we trust tiny bits of metal. My mailbox post bent over in a storm last month, and the latch on my old shed door gave out when I leaned on it. It feels like everything is built just strong enough to work on a calm day, but the first real test finds the weak spot. You start eyeing every hinge and bolt with a little more suspicion.
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sean486mo ago
Ever see a weld just let go? Adam414 is right, that's the spot. Makes you second guess everything holding your house together.
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