Articles tagged with: cast jointed gates

What to look for when buying Heritage Cast Jointed Gates – HV McKay Sunshine Gates, Cyclone and Simpson Gates

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The old Australian cast jointed farm gates from the turn of the 20th century are harder to find but as popular as ever due to the nostalgia around owning a heritage gate like those on our grandparents and great-grandparents old farms. Demand for old gates for sale has pushed prices quite high despite them being in really bad condition. We are often asked about restoring old gates but quite often the old “drag & drop gates” as they were once known, are not economically viable to fix. The bottom bars are

Cast Iron McKay Sunshine Gates & Cast Jointed Simpson Gates … the modern alternative

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Heritage cast jointed gates are much sought after and are getting more difficult to find. Farmweld reproduces both the Sunshine McKay cast jointed gate and the Adelaide made Simpson cast jointed gates, with two differing styles of cast iron knuckles. They are hard to distinguish from the original heritage Sunshine McKay and Simpson gates.