Hoping someone can recommend a gate opener for me. I'm building a residential sliding driveway gate, and because of my gate configuration, I can't use a gate opener that relies only on the standard magnetic limit switch. The only gate openers I've found that have an internal mechanical limit switch, or will allow you to install one on the opener, are commercial-grade openers that are $1,200 or more and are major overkill for my design requirement. (My gate is 20' and only about 600lb total.) I'm hoping someone can recommend one that's on the order of 1/3 of that price. For reference, my gate is a tandem/telescoping design with two panels. I'm using the [URL="http://allomatic.net/tk-100-tandem-gate-kit-hardware/"]Allomatic TK-1000[/URL] as the transmission between the two panels. That transmission kit ensures that the far gate panel moves exactly twice the velocity, and covers twice the distance, of the near panel. Because of this transmission, the gate chain needs to loop and therefore the opener needs to be offset behind the gate, rather than beside it (as is the more normal configuratoin). Allomatic sells openers that are compatible with this transmission kit; they have an internal mechanical limit switch based on a threaded shaft with cams to configure the stop limit positions. But they're super expensive. Thanks in advance!

Hello, My Dog pushed her way through my hollow aluminum post fence and bent one of the posts in the process. Is there a practical way to correct this and bend it back? Thanks for your help! [attach]101196[/attach] [attach]101197[/attach]