Spring Loaded Gate Wheel | How to Fix your Sagging Gate from CasterHQ

Spring Loaded Gate Wheels also known as Gate Casters are extremely easy to mount to any wooden or steel gate. Installing these casters on a gate allows you to open your gate easily and fix sagging gates while enabling you to have an easy opening, longer-lasting, and reliable gate.
The mounting holes on each gate caster bracket directly screw into your wooden fence but can be screwed into other materials and are very easy to modify for just about any type of fence or gate. We offer the widest variety and best quality of gate casters on the market, with many different sizes and wheel options to fit any gate, load rating, and terrain. These Gate Casters can be customized with just about any wheel material on the market, but we like to show the most commonly used wheels combined with our gate casters. If you need a particular wheel not advertised on our product page, we can easily custom-build any gate caster and wheel combination to suit your needs.
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Introduction
00:07 My Personal Gate & Caster Setup
01:27 Bolt Hole Pattern
01:51 Gate Caster Demonstration
02:12 Solid Poly Wheel
02:26 Rolling Wheels on Wet Ground
03:29 Different Types of Gate Caster Brackets
04:29 Different Types of Wheel Materials
05:44 Adjust-A-Gate Kit | Build Your Own Gate
07:00 Talking about Auger & Solid Rock Bed Ground
09:20 How I Mounted my Gate Casters with 2x4s
10:18 CasterHQ Quality of Gate Casters & Wheels
11:18 Another Demonstration of my Gate Casters
12:44 End of Video (LIKE SUBSCRIBE!)
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*CHAPTERS:* 00:00 Introduction 00:07 My Personal Gate & Caster Setup 01:27 Bolt Hole Pattern 01:51 Gate Caster Demonstration 02:12 Solid Poly Wheel 02:26 Rolling Wheels on Wet Ground 03:29 Different Types of Gate Caster Brackets 04:29 Different Types of Wheel Materials 05:44 Adjust-A-Gate Kit | Build Your Own Gate 07:00 Talking about Auger & Solid Rock Bed Ground 09:20 How I Mounted my Gate Casters with 2x4s 10:18 CasterHQ Quality of Gate Casters & Wheels 11:18 Another Demonstration of my Gate Casters 12:44 End of Video (LIKE SUBSCRIBE!)

[@meganbarnes1391]

Adding the 2x4 to allow for the swivel radius was a great idea! I never thought of this.

[@AzaB2C]

Cheers for the info on spring casters. Also liked the metal fence posts, they'll out last all of us.

[@CasterHQ]

Thank you! I opted out for the metal fence posts but they were close to $40 a post. They should last forever 😂

[@kskyler1]

helpful video - just placed my order. Thank you.

[@CasterHQ]

Thank you! We appreciate the business!

[@lindas.5162]

Ok, so I propped up my gate to make it level, and installed my spring loaded caster on my 6 ft white plastic fence. Now it sags and the caster wheel seems like it came up higher. How do you adjust the spring tension to bring the caster wheel down, rather than drilling more holes in the fence to move the whole bracket down?

[@CasterHQ]

When we installed our gate caster we had to adjust the fence and try and level that out as much as possible before installing the gate caster. The springs in gate casters are not adjustable, the only option would be to remove the bracket/caster and install lower where it gives the fence better support. Sorry you have to deal with so many holes. To patch the wholes I’ve used an all purpose wood filler that I picked up at Home Depot and it worked great for that purpose.

[@edw927]

Where do i find the link to the type of gate wheel you are using?

[@CasterHQ]

Hello, this is the one from our video: www.casterhq.com/Gate-Caster-p/hq4940s-g2-sp.htm

[@KenPaulsenArchitect]

Should the spring be compressed before mounting? I have sloping ground. Do I install wheel to touch ground at lowest point and it compresses as it goes uphill? That might lift the gate too much. Do I install wheel at uphill (closed) position with spring adjusted for level gate ?

[@CasterHQ]

For mounting a spring-loaded gate caster on sloping ground, it's typically best to install the wheel so that it touches the ground when the gate is in its uphill (closed) position. Adjust the spring tension so that the gate remains level as it moves. This setup helps ensure that the wheel properly supports the gate without lifting it too much as it rolls uphill. Starting with the wheel touching at the uphill position allows the spring to compress appropriately as the gate moves downhill, accommodating the slope while keeping the movement smooth and the gate well supported. This method avoids excessive lifting of the gate, which can occur if the wheel starts at the lowest point and compresses further as it moves uphill.

[@KenPaulsenArchitect]

@@CasterHQ Thanks for this advice. So I'll mount the wheel in the uphill closed position with just enough tension to keep the gate level. With about 4" of grade, the wheel might not touch the ground when fully open. I guess that's okay.

[@nicolasrapp6702]

Hi, i have double wood doors. Each door is 240lbs. I need to find casters that would relieve some weight from the posts and hinges. i want to install the casters lower to increase the support to the doors, by using the spring compression. I guess I am hesitating between medium and heavy duty casters. What would you do?

[@CasterHQ]

Hi, I would go with heavy duty for your doors as 240lbs per door is a lot of weight. As far as the wheel material, depending on the type of floor use go with a mold on rubber also known as a rubber on cast iron wheel or a solid poly wheel.

[@Veeran.Paravai..2532]

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