How to reinforce security gates?

[Worksalot]

This is something I’ve been pondering on for quite some time. A friend’s heavy wrought iron gate at her house was rammed and forced open by thieves. And recently, a local business was burglarized. The thieves gained entry by ramming the sliding, automatic gate.

There’s an old video shown years ago with a HD truck (not a pickup) ramming the fence and it wasn’t able to bust through.

I’d like to build some automatic gates that would be harder to bust through with a vehicle.

Anyone have some helpful ideas?

[Worksalot]

This may be the old video I had in mind.

[ame="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fCNVnCLjKrA"]Stalwart Anti-Ram Barrier System Crash Test - YouTube[/ame]

[BrianL]

Hitting the metal beam that is buried in the ground is what stopped that truck, not the fence.

[BrianL]

How about gates that would double as spike strips?

[glen]

Chain them together

[Worksalot]

Chain them together

What could be done with sliding gates? When they rammed it, it just folded in like a U. They hit it very hard.

[glen]

Get big dogs

[db@100]

If they want in, they will get in!

[Boss Buck]

Could you recess pipe below the ground that slides up?

[Worksalot]

Could you recess pipe below the ground that slides up?

Yeah a recessed barrier and big dogs sound good.

[ame="https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=KT9WlALh_A4"]PPG compilation crash tests & gates - YouTube[/ame]

[perow]

Are the gates for your house of place of business?

[Worksalot]

Could be for both. After seeing the aftermath of thieves at work it makes you want to do whatever is necessary to at least make things tougher for them.

[perow]

You could get some security bollards install that can be removed each day or go all out and have the install in the ground and come up when set

[Chapo]

Weld spikes along the gate at radiator height. It works, trust me

[Worksalot]

[ame="http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=AbyKQywm0Qg"]Frontier Pitts Anti Terrorist PAS 68/K12 Crash Terra Gate - YouTube[/ame]