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> On Jul 3, 2019, at 10:03 PM, Bill Prince <part15...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We just replaced a couple of Elite openers. A contractor cut a corner short
> and ripped one gate and the opener completely out of the ground. They had to
> be over 25 years old, but they'd been very reliable. The opener was beyond
> repair, and they don't make that model any more anyway.
>
> So we ended up replacing both of them with a pair of LiftMaster RSW12U. We've
> had them installed for a bit over a year now. They're a teeny bit slower than
> the Elite units, but they operate on a pair of 12V batteries. If there's a
> power outage, they continue to operate for something like 130 open/close
> cycles.
>
> LiftMaster makes another unit just like it that does a rolling gate. I think
> it's almost identical except for direction of the drive gear.
>
>
>
> bp
> <part15sbs{at}gmail{dot}com>
>
>> On 7/3/2019 6:55 PM, Lewis Bergman wrote:
>> Congrats. By the way, if you are happy with the gate opener you choose
>> please post what you decided on. I have a couple of gate openers in my
>> stroage complex that drive me crazy.
>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 3, 2019 at 7:24 PM Chuck McCown <ch...@wbmfg.com> wrote:
>>> When I designed my shop, I was fitting it into an odd sized lot on a
>>> subdivision I was doing. The lot was triangular and of course the building
>>> rectangular.
>>> I wanted to be able to drive a semi+ trailer all the way around the whole
>>> building so that access to my loading dock was easy and nobody had to turn
>>> around or back up much.
>>>
>>> The limiting factor on the width of the drive was a set of guy wires from a
>>> very large set of triple pole transmission line corner. There are about 15
>>> guys on that setup. 6 anchoring the 3 poles in the two different
>>> directions and 3 splitting the angle on the corner. Those three went off
>>> in the direction of my building.
>>>
>>> I have been trying for years to get the right person at
>>> the power company to come and evaluate the guys as I thought they could
>>> reduce the angle and give me some more space for the driveway. They
>>> finally did.
>>>
>>> I gained 24 feet! They just moved them closer to the poles.
>>> It was not free but they allowed me to save some money by digging the holes
>>> for the new anchors.
>>>
>>> So now I can set up a 30’ motorized rolling gate with a remote. No more
>>> chain and padlock every morning and evening. It was a good day today.
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