Resolving Solar-Powered Gate Malfunction

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FARMING FUN...HOW DOES THE JOHN DEERE GATOR 825I DO IN THE SNOW??

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What happens here

The farmer inspects his solar-powered Mighty Mule 350 gate opener, noting that it's struggling to operate due to heavy snow accumulation. He believes the snow's weight is overloading the system, preventing it from opening smoothly. He demonstrates pressing the remote, showing the gate moving slowly and catching. He then proceeds to manually clear the snow from the gate's bars and the solar panel to alleviate the weight and restore proper function.

Tools and materials

Gate Remote Mighty Mule — Operating the automated gate
Gloves — Protecting hands from cold and snow while clearing the gate
Mighty Mule 350 Gate Opener Mighty Mule — Automating the farm gate

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it so the next thing we got a check on this morning is our gate okay so we put a gate up here and it has the mighty mule Gate controller I'll show you that real quick but everything is solar-powered okay so right now the battery is fully charged everything's but when I hit the button it kind of hangs up a little bit I don't know why I think it's overloaded I think there's just too much weight on this gate so we're gonna try to work on that get the gate shut and make sure it's gonna work properly okay because we'd like to keep our farm secure so folks I think the biggest issue with this gate right now is just the weight of the snow on it it just it's just too much for this little gate controller to handle this thing's designed to hold a gate up to 16 feet this is a 16-foot gate this is the money mule of 350 and the mighty mule 350 I bought it online I bought on Amazon I'll put a link down in the description if you're thinking about getting a powered Gate controller for your farm for farm security for your driveway or whatever the cost of this thing and the installation is very very easy that we first caught a couple companies to come and build us a gate and we're looking at four and five thousand dollars well we did this whole gate system here for under eight hundred bucks and we've got some serious serious steel behind these posts right here so let's go ahead and knock all the snow off this thing clean it up and make sure it's gonna work properly I must date it really really heavy snow guys big-time heavy snow last but not least there's the antenna like I said heavy heavy snow these are also solar-powered really cool gate post lights so we'll clean off our solar panel down here and we'll give her a shot you see right there's our little solar panel so let's give her a try it's working always something to take care of here on the farm I'm not sure that the UPS or FedEx person didn't push the gate open just like try to force it open it seems like somebody has pushed the gate I don't know but I'll fix it it'd be all right now what good would a

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