Heavy Duty Drop Rod - Adjust-A-Gate Pin Latch Drop Rod for Double Drive Gates - Black (30in. High Rod)

Product does a good job for what it is. It was just difficult for me to get the self tapping screws started so I drilled pilot holes and they sunk in fine. The pin catch at the top is very rudimentary. It’s just a thin strip of metal shaped like a V that is perpendicular to the ground. While I haven’t experienced this yet it seems like the pin could easily slip off the top catch and drop down. Otherwise it does a fine job and doesn’t take much to install.

Likes: easy install, matched gate well, Dislikes-No hanger or assembly to hold rod up BUT if you used the versa gate kit, the rod can be turned and rest on middle support just fine. Caution: The rod was purchased for one side of 7x14 privacy gate. The gate interior faces south and gets hammered in a southwest wind (most common in my area). I have chain link on other three sides so no windbreak there. The rod held on but bent a good bit on first test. Now hard to slide up and down. Considering how much energy is leveraged on that rod with a 14 foot sail of privacy fence, not surprised. Going to have cut some thick U stock metal and a piece of square tube to make a support for significant wind events.

Keeps gate doors in place - open or closed especially if you borrow hole for rod. Easy to install on wooden fences. Alittle pricey for size of rods though.

With the 30 inch pole you don’t have to bend down to open the gate. We open and close our gate often during the day so this makes my wife happy. I used these for a homemade double gate so I had to retrofit them slightly. 1) I mounted the slide brackets slightly lower than instructed in order to get the pole to stick deeper into the ground (making them a bit stronger). By design I knew that doing this would make the “V” post holder ineffective as it would be too low and the post would drag. I initially intended to add a wood block to the gate to supplement as a holder but my horizontal board design was able to accommodate this by allowing the post handles to simply hang on the rail when the gate is open. 2) I also had to cut grooves into the gate for the flush mounted post to slide since they weren’t made for flush mounting. Easy retrofit. Could have mounted a 2x block for this but the notch was quicker and easier. See photos for ideas. Super happy that I bought these 30” and for the same price as 12 or 18”. Can’t beat it.

Put up a new vynal fence this past summer and needed a better lock on the gate to keep my 80# dog from trying to open it. This solved the problem.

Worried it wouldn't work in the sandy area I tried to use these, I used metal stands meant for holding solar garden lights that were just large enough to use as guide placeholders for the rod in the down position and it works kind of great so far. Item is good and would suggest it if you want a sturdy ground point of pinning your gate closed or to inertia keep it open if not sink it to the ground to provide the same.

Easily installed on adjust a gate. Works as they should. It's been several weeks and no issues. Would buy again.

Good product but it is not well packaged inside I ordered the item twice on 2 orders difference the metal rod always arrives scratched because the rest of the material is poorly attached ... for the price very disappointing

Good Quality and strong

Bien conçue, facile d'installation et efficace