While the wind was whipping yesterday I got the first bit of tilling done in the main garden. It goes fast enough I guess, given I just have the walk behind. I finally figured out the shake to the car... the rear wheels had dirt caked to one side so they acted like the vibrating motor in your phone, only this happened at 55 to 65 mph. Car is nice and smooth now, thankfully.
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Would love to see more on that gate build, mine is simple but trying to automate
It's just a small Mighty Mule that I have a car battery powering and a solar panel keeping the battery charged. The gate was originally by the house for the inner yard. The key thing over the years was to make sure the hinge pins were facing each other which locks the gate on so it can't be lifted off or fall off like it did a few times.
Did you build an enclosure for the battery? I have some 250watt panels collecting dust that I should setup but I need to level that part of the driveway so it doesn't drag
I had a plastic enclosure for water feature pump controls that was empty, has locking latches on the door, and is weather proof. I fixed it to 4ft metal stakes pounded into the ground. and set it on an old rim so the wires had room to route out the bottom.
I'll look into that, cuz I also need something to cover my solar pump controller for the mobile livestock waterer
