Its a tricky thing isn't it.
Confession time, I would never have understood it without explanation.
The problem it addresses is, most gate hinges are a "pin and eye" affair. Where the post has two upward facing "pins" and the gate two eyes that hang on them to form a hinge.
However if you lock your gate, any scallywag can just lift the gate off it's hinges and swing it on the lock.
So this is an "anti lift" lock for gate hinges/ Just drop it over the pin and padlock it - stops people just lifting a locked gate off its hinges
The picture below shows a gate on the left and post on the right
Such a simple solution - for years people have drilled and put bolts through the pin, driven and bent spikes over to stop it etc. This stops it but allows the system to be unlocked and the gate removed for access or maintenance.
Well.....we liked it
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Confession time, I would never have understood it without explanation.
The problem it addresses is, most gate hinges are a "pin and eye" affair. Where the post has two upward facing "pins" and the gate two eyes that hang on them to form a hinge.
However if you lock your gate, any scallywag can just lift the gate off it's hinges and swing it on the lock.
So this is an "anti lift" lock for gate hinges/ Just drop it over the pin and padlock it - stops people just lifting a locked gate off its hinges
The picture below shows a gate on the left and post on the right
Such a simple solution - for years people have drilled and put bolts through the pin, driven and bent spikes over to stop it etc. This stops it but allows the system to be unlocked and the gate removed for access or maintenance.
Well.....we liked it
Red