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    DIY ADJUSTABLE LIVESTOCK GATE

    Dec 14, 2018 4 minutes
    Story, Photos, and Illustrations by Karen McGeorge Sanders and D.T. Sanders

    Moving livestock from one pasture to another should be a quick, efficient operation with no chance of animals escaping, no risk of injury, and no liability worries. That’s easy enough, except when you’re crossing a road. Wouldn’t it be nice to create a safe corridor for a livestock crossing?

    Our acreage is completely fenced, with gates connecting one pasture to the next, except for a small pasture that feeds into the horse stalls. This small pasture is separated from the rest of the fields by our gated driveway, and we needed to find a way to connect them.

    We already had a gate on one side of the driveway, but it was too long

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