National Hardware N165-902 Gate Cane Bolt, 1/2" x 12", Coated with WeatherGuard Protection, Black Plated Steel

Installed 2 —one on each side of heavy 10 foot double gate for 6’ tall wood privacy fence—work great, easy to install. A few notes:Did have to make a couple of modifications from the package directions. I had to adjust the bracket placement on my fence due to the gate supports. Package said put lowest support 3” from gate bottom but had to go with 4.5” and definitely had to lower the middle support 1” otherwise would not have had enough drop to make sue both top and bottom of rod would have enough support for high winds. Also when putting on the top hardware on the first rod, I was off a little from level (which was an error on my part) which caused the rod to rub and interfered with dropping it down. Fixed the screw placement and made sure to check the rod had free movement when installing the second. Found it easiest to just mark a straight line down center of post then used level to mark cross-lines—allowed me to quickly align the brackets to avoid the error made on the first one. Would recommend checking to make sure drop rod stays in both lower supports when setting height of top bracket so the rod stays in alignment in the “up” position. [pictures are from before adding the receiving pipe in the ground for the drop rod in the down position]

Update: First cane bolt worked well on our main shed door, so i installed a second. Took me about 15 mins even with having to notch wood on the door.Make sure you plan out component placement before drilling screw holes as each door can be different from the illustration on the back of the package. Even my dual shed doors required different layouts for range of travel needed for each cane bolt, etc.Original review:The parts and the installation are pretty straight forward. Parts are of good quality, and are coated to protect against corrosion. My plan is to simply let this cane bolt drop on my lawn to keep my shed open, but depending on how that works, I may have to put a pipe in the ground as the directions suggest (note that the pipe isn't included).Haven't completed the install yet - just templated it and have to drill a notch on my door for the bolt to clear (likely just specific to my application), but once I have some experience with the use of it, I'll post an update and some pics.

good value, nice product

I use this on my double barn doors. I mounted to my door, marked on concrete that was 1 week old and drilled appropriate hole. Worked perfect and exactly what I needed. For the record mine is mini 2 story hay barn with double 4 ft wide doors. Unpaid review here.

As advertised and priced well.

I highly recommend these!! Put on my brand new vinyl fence and love them. I bought 2 to put on my double gates and they went on easily and are very nicely made. I went back and bought 1 more for single gate I liked so much.

Excellent thick iron fence stop post. Works great and goes right into the hole in the concrete to keep my gate from shifting out of place with the wind. Very pleased with the quality and the price…

My fault for not taking measurements, but I never imagined it would be so small. Going to have to order another one.

Excellent

Ça fait la job

What can I say? works fine and easy to install

Good

Nice product