wyn
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Both ends of the trench had a vertical RSJ round which I built a brick shell which I filled with concrete and rebar. The hinge side RSJ had the hinge welded to it before the brick and concrete jacket was added. The gate pillars are thus about two foot square and VERY solid
A car hitting one of the pillars would definitely come off worse
I put up a few posts like that. The hinge was about 12" out from the rsj for the stone to be built up.
The rsj would twist when the gate opened. I had to box in the open sides of the rsj so it wouldn't destroy the stonework.