Broken gate

[mushroom 14,126]

Agreed with Flattop.

Cheap steel sat in British elements bring the hot sun and cool nights you get metal fatigue and it will pop. One thing that is strange; normally when this happens, it's not all the way through and the break is on an angle however slight. This is due to natural micro fractures in metals that are normally not aligned vertically, so the break takes the path of least resistance. On a round bar you would also expect to see a burr bending in a different direction to the rest of the break (if that makes sense) as it'll be the last part of the tube to fail and and before failing will be carrying the weight of the whole tube.

I reckon either it's a freak break or slight human interference in some form, to cause the failure at a later date. 

Edited to add;

If those features are there sorry I'm on a loaner phone because mine is broke and can't see the pics clearly lol

Edited September 14, 2018 by mushroom

[The one 8,588]

Its no been cut the break is jagged no clean mate 

[si brown 8,486]

18 hours ago, Jonjon79 said:

The gate looks like shitty steel and a stress fracture where there may have been internal corrosion.

....... As already said, it looks like it's caused the hole further along.

 

I reckon the other shinanegans sounds likes someone trying to wind the old girl up. Maybe even malicious sabotage.

 

Maybe it went as someone was going over it.

 

A couple of trailcams is a good shout

looks like a day trip to Wales for you fox moulder... you can test drive your new welder

[jiggy 3,209]

16 hours ago, mushroom said:

Agreed with Flattop.

Cheap steel sat in British elements bring the hot sun and cool nights you get metal fatigue and it will pop. One thing that is strange; normally when this happens, it's not all the way through and the break is on an angle however slight. This is due to natural micro fractures in metals that are normally not aligned vertically, so the break takes the path of least resistance. On a round bar you would also expect to see a burr bending in a different direction to the rest of the break (if that makes sense) as it'll be the last part of the tube to fail and and before failing will be carrying the weight of the whole tube.

I reckon either it's a freak break or slight human interference in some form, to cause the failure at a later date. 

Edited to add;

If those features are there sorry I'm on a loaner phone because mine is broke and can't see the pics clearly lol

You should stick to saluki training advice. I have followed your methods with great results. That electro shock therapy is under rated I find now that every time they go to shit I electrocuted them. They haven't shit in 6 weeks and my kennels are spotless.