Someone is stepping over the line.

[Larry Caldwell]

A closed gate (just hitched) would be my first step. The folks with any kind of conscience will respect it. A chain with a lock & signs would be the second step. Then spikes. This along with the game camera.

A gate is a good idea. I had this problem with local teens using one of my roads as a makeout spot. I didn't mind that, except they dumped their used rubbers, toilet paper, etc. instead of taking it with them. I just dropped a tree across the road, small enough that I could move it with the front loader if I needed the road. Problem solved. Of course, if the terrain would let them drive around it, that might not work.

 

[Larry Caldwell]

I'd put up a gate and no-tresspassing signs, and notify local law enforcement. They may be able to pass by periodically.

I think you are wildly optimistic about the chances of law enforcement in rural areas, unless "periodically" means once every ten years or so.

 

[LAFarm]

I let an older gentleman run his coon dog on my place and last Sunday he calls me up and tells me he has stumbled on to two different vehicles back at the end of the field in the last week. You have to come up our driveway to the top of the hill and there it y's off, left towards the house and right past the barn and towards the fields. Problem is, we have had a very wet year and the corn is 8' tall and can barely even see the barn from the house. Once they make the turn you can't tell anyone is back there. The barn is about 150 yards away. So here's the scoop,,, do any of you know of a security system that works off of a remote that I could set up down the hill on the driveway that would set off an alarm in the house when someone is coming up the drive? The signal would have to travel about 200-250 yards to reach the house. I heard someone makes one that works off of magnetism so the deer don't trip it. Any suggestions are more than welcomed.
P.S. I also have a 1" x 12" x 12" plate ready to have spikes welded to it. Last resort though. Thanks again. RRM

Bought a driveway alarm from Northern for my house. Its only mounted about 100 yds from the receiver. Works really well and got another for my parents. Theirs is mounted almost 300 yards from the receiver and works great. Only thing, they can be set off by deer, coyotes, cows or anything substantial that moves in front of the sensor. The one we put by the gate at the end of our sidewalk picks up the foxes that come in the yard to check things out when we leave the gate open. Usually a little after dark when they set it off and we can see them in the front yard through the kitchen window. Think they are prime suspects in the disappearance of the wifes chickens a few weeks ago. Figured out how to get into the chicken tractors and the rest is history. Posted signs don't work on them trespassers! Put 4 nite-eyes on the chicken tractors that blink little red lights all night and they worked ok for about 3 or 4 weeks after we lost the first 2 chickens. Know that is off topic... Also have used game camera successfully in the past to photograph trespasser for use by Sherriff's Department and District Attorney to get a conviction. Good luck with whatever method you decide to pursue, just avoid anything that could injure someone.

 

[boggen]

one the gates here on the property....


no live stock to deal with. so there is no need to keep a gate that is right against the ground. hence the A frame style pipe gate. it keeps atvs/utvs/cars/trucks from going through.

===========
i did try a "chain" or metal cable style gate. but the stupid chain and/or cable would get tangled up. and i nearly ran through it myself a couple times. (very hard to see), why i don't mind idea of getting vengeance idea, i did not like the idea of it back firing and taking out one of my own vehicles or tractors (1st time ok, getting use to it, 2nd time it was wrapped across front grill of the blazer (it went bye bye)). so chain and cable idea didn't last very long. also wind would whip any "no trespassing signs" off the chain / cable in even light wind, so was useless.

end result gate is more of a deterrent, that still makes it easy to use. and i was not purposely leaving a driveway open, so i was not having to battle trying to catch folks and report them. they were just blocked by gate, and that was the end of it. the fields here get cash cropped out, so the one farm gets a key to pad lock, and immediate family gets a key, no friends, teenagers, etc.. get a key. if they want to do something they ask. like it should be.

 

[dragoneggs]

one the gates here on the property....
View attachment 388339

no live stock to deal with. so there is no need to keep a gate that is right against the ground. hence the A frame style pipe gate. it keeps atvs/utvs/cars/trucks from going through.

===========
i did try a "chain" or metal cable style gate. but the stupid chain and/or cable would get tangled up. and i nearly ran through it myself a couple times. (very hard to see), why i don't mind idea of getting vengeance idea, i did not like the idea of it back firing and taking out one of my own vehicles or tractors (1st time ok, getting use to it, 2nd time it was wrapped across front grill of the blazer (it went bye bye)). so chain and cable idea didn't last very long. also wind would whip any "no trespassing signs" off the chain / cable in even light wind, so was useless.

end result gate is more of a deterrent, that still makes it easy to use. and i was not purposely leaving a driveway open, so i was not having to battle trying to catch folks and report them. they were just blocked by gate, and that was the end of it. the fields here get cash cropped out, so the one farm gets a key to pad lock, and immediate family gets a key, no friends, teenagers, etc.. get a key. if they want to do something they ask. like it should be.

I like the tilting idea to make opening/closing less of a chore! :thumbsup:

 

[OldMcDonald]

Good simple gates there Boggen. My piece of fencing wire is still effective, although there is no way to get off the road between the highway and the farm yard, so a lock is not really necessary in my situation. I just tie wire two 6" sections of bright yellow irrigation pipe on it, and nobody can miss it - even me. The pipe needs replaced about every two to three years.

I do not know how they work, but years ago I knew of filling stations that had a rubber covered wire across the entrance and it rang a bell in the office or house when somebody drove over it. I often thought in the past that 30 seconds or so pre-warning of a visitor would be useful. Never liked being caught in the house when I should have been out in my younger days. Now I do not care.

 

[boggen]

Good simple gates there Boggen. My piece of fencing wire is still effective, although there is no way to get off the road between the highway and the farm yard, so a lock is not really necessary in my situation. I just tie wire two 6" sections of bright yellow irrigation pipe on it, and nobody can miss it - even me. The pipe needs replaced about every two to three years.

I do not know how they work, but years ago I knew of filling stations that had a rubber covered wire across the entrance and it rang a bell in the office or house when somebody drove over it. I often thought in the past that 30 seconds or so pre-warning of a visitor would be useful. Never liked being caught in the house when I should have been out in my younger days. Now I do not care.

never thought about a piece of yellow gas pipe (DOH!) that would make it visible!

=============

rubber hose + water in it + a pressure switch

one end of rubber hose capped off, other end hooked to pressure switch.

water is required due to, water does not compress.

i would imagine the end near pressure switch might have some air in it, (just a little bit) so a certain PSI could be kept inside the hose, i am guessing something rather low say 10PSI if that. enough to trigger pressure switch. to much air = not working when car tires roll over hose, to much, and you could have pipes bursting / hose bursting.

though i could be completely wrong with above. making it up as i go along!

 

[OldMcDonald]

boggen, I just copied somebody else, but they used dark red and it was hard to see. Was the rest of your post the way you reckoned these gas station (I try hard to us US expressions, but frequently fail) switches worked? I always thought they used electricity - but maybe DOH from me too.

 

[bcp]

The classic gas station driveway bell:

"Ding-Ding"- Milton's Bells - Driveway bells and complete bell kits

Bruce

 

[jaotguy]

really old units had a bell inside a box , with a short small pneumatic cylinder connected to an air hose, capped at the other end ... small squishing of the air hose raised the pressure enough to have the ram bang the bell.....

the hoses were laid out perpendicular to the petrol pumps , so when a vehicle drove over them , the attendant was alerted to a "customer" at the pumps...

later units used pressure switches to drive electrical relays ( similar to door bells )

almost all of them are gone now with our "self serve" pumps....