[quartermain]

That gate came down too easy. Whoever built it were a little skimpy with the hardware I think.

[FavaBeans]

Stupid gate

[mintycbo]

splat.

[John Doenut]

Originally Posted by XybertroniX ↗

those things are very heavy because they are the slide and roll type. no hinges on them. just rollers under. they just push it sideways via the rollers when opening and rolls it back to close. so its not attached to any wall or posts.

I have one in Thailand and BOTH ends are or should be enclosed in a secure steel apparatus that stops this sort of accident happening.

Look at the left hand end of gate, there is a section of steel that sits in a steel slot attached to the wall and another on the other end, which fits into another slot where a padlock is usually fitted.
Ok not what we would call hinges but the damn gate does not just run on rollers. FFS!
How the hell do you imagine the gate stays up when you open it. That gate opens to the left.
When the lorry backed into the gate it ripped the support section out of the support slot (look at left hand end of the gate laying on the deck) and also the supporting lock section on the other end.
That is why it fell on the guy.

[LrlynJy]

Originally Posted by John Doenut ↗

I have one in Thailand and BOTH ends are or should be enclosed in a secure steel apparatus that stops this sort of accident happening.

Look at the left hand end of gate, there is a section of steel that sits in a steel slot attached to the wall and another on the other end, which fits into another slot where a padlock is usually fitted.
Ok not what we would call hinges but the damn gate does not just run on rollers. FFS!
How the hell do you imagine the gate stays up when you open it. That gate opens to the left.
When the lorry backed into the gate it ripped the support section out of the support slot (look at left hand end of the gate laying on the deck) and also the supporting lock section on the other end.
That is why it fell on the guy.

The versions i see around here are the ones with just some sort of one strip track for rollers under. its quite solid when the ends are housed in their end enclosure where they nook nicely in receiving slots mounted on the posts. but quite unstable when its partially opened/closed.

[nextgas100miles]

Idyots? It's spelled idiots.
...

[NEVERBACKZ]

Not the gates fault. Though they will most likely drag it out onto the street and video it being tortured then finally set on fire

[philovan]

Originally Posted by nextgas100miles ↗

Idyots? It's spelled idiots.
...

Idiosyncratic spelling. Have you ever noticed those on the internet?

[The Krokodil]

Didn't anyone tell them that only duck tape was holding that 800lb metal gate?? Someone fucked up

[neilwatt]

The door to life has shut on him