jockey wheel for gate

owen · Post by **owen** » Wed May 09, 2007 7:46 pm

i need a jockey wheel for the bottom of a gate to stop it dropping. i have looked in screwfix but couldn't find anything, any ideas?

thanks

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:08 pm

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do;jsess ... gate+wheel

owen · Post by **owen** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:28 pm

thanks

owen · Post by **owen** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:29 pm

actually i need one without the spring as it needs to stop the gate dropping

handyman · Post by **handyman** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:31 pm

you can just fit it with the spring compressed fully

owen · Post by **owen** » Wed May 09, 2007 8:47 pm

will do

moon133 · Post by **moon133** » Thu May 10, 2007 12:56 pm

The spring on that item is pretty tough. My parents have one on a farm gate and it only compresses about 1/3 of the way. It's more when the gate is rolling over rough ground like concrete with ridges, to dampen out the vibrations in the gate. It replaces the old wheel that was welded to the bottom, and this one make the gate about 100 times quieter when opening.