We use a solar powered gate opener at our gun range but it’s a commercial model. Extremely heavy gate that gets opened several times a day for about 4 years now. I think it was in the neighborhood of 4 grand though.
That was my job during calving season!
How is it said? The smartest person sits in the middle!
I think there must be a rule with oil companies? If you have to open a gate to enter thou must not close it!
Back when i was working i was in charge of installing and maintaning the gate openers and we used the Mule brand but ordered straight from the company and got a different grade than they sell at the big box stores and yes we had problems from time to time but what do you not have problems with, the mules we had was battery operated but had AC to maintane the batteries since it was close and the gate would open and close around 200 times before the batteries needed to be recharged or so thats what the manual said it really depends on the weight of the gate and whether you have a single or double gate.
The one we use on another entrance has been on it for about 9 years. Total solar. I did have to take the beeper out of it, as it would scream when the battery would drop down to close to 12v on dreary cloudy days twice in a row. The beeper is easily just pulled out!
We had one that I had to replace the control board on twice cause they wouldnt listen to me when installed, it was on a metal fence with metal poles and only a foot from the buried grounding cable for a 300 ft radio tower and would take lightning strikes on a regular bases and fry the control board they finally just abandoned the opener.
Men drive. Women open gates.
