28JUN15 - The front of the new gate will need 7' cedar pickets..about 50 of them. So, the contractor picked up the pickets (funny, huh?) and dropped them off…

Day 3 of the painting project photos...

And once again, here is the best wife in the world helping me move those damn pickets around.

These are big and fairly heavy supports made from 1/4" aluminum box and then commercially powdercoated gloss black.

11JUN15 - The driveway gate contractor showed up today to do some measuring and then cut a couple holes in the concrete pad next to the fence where the gate…

I cautioned the guys that they might run into a shallow water table with all the rain we've had and sure enough, three feet down was as far as they could go in…

These are the two main supports that will go into those two holes.

16JUL15 - The new gate showed up today completely assembled and ready for installation.

First though, they had to get the old gates out of the way.

And a shot of the full opening.

Rear shot of the gate on the trailer.

..drive the trailer out from underneath.

Time to install it so first thing, lift it up off the trailer then...