Wide opening/ rolling gate

[hoffman]

I have a provacy fence that runs parallel to the side of my house about 10 feet away. I want to install a gate at the back corner of my house running to the fence but I want to maintain the full opening. It's a 6ft wood privacy fence and I want a gate that matches. I was thinking about some type of rolling gate that will slide open parrellel to the back of my house. I have a welder and some metal fab. equipment so that won't be a problem. I'm thinking some kind of roller deal but I'm not sure how to go about it.
I guess my main concern is that once the gate is about 3/4 of the way open it's gonna tip and dig into the ground.


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Not sure how my rendering will show up... The idea is to have the gate roll "down" as shown in the picture. I don't have any windows on that corner of the house so it should be OK if I can get the kinks figured out. I don't want a swinging gate/gates becouse that area is my shop access.
Ant ideas?

[2000]

Either see Leftys' older posts for an alternate gate opener, or go to a chain link fence site like Master Halco or Merchant Metals. Both have the rollers and other assemblies you need. I don't think you need more help than that.

[lefty]

Rolling gate -- Master Halco or whomever. They've got the hardware and it works. The added weight of the fence boards isn't a problem.