HERAS Gate: revolutionary design idea... (yeah right)

[ToughButterCup]

Just before I cobble this revolutionary (geddit?) idea together, I thought I'd run this past you all;

I need a double HERAS gate that @MrsRA can use with ease. The second hand ones available here are somewhere between sh1te and not good and cost a good deal too much for my liking. I have a couple of full size HERAS panels spare ......

So, how about this arrangement?

A wooden dowel is put inside the vertical of the HERAS panel and drilled to accept a 12mm threaded rod and a thin sleeve encases the threaded rod, AKA - axle. I'm likely to need this 'gate' for a good while.

That makes me wonder whether I should double up on the nylon wheels: one outside the panel and one 'inside'. Both  wheels will be running on the surface you see in the photo - semi compacted shale chips.  A bit of me says put some wheelbarrow wheels on the outside (too big to run under the bottom of the panel) of the HERAS panel instead. Easier for Debbie to push. Worse, the outer edges of the panels would be (about) 6 inches apart.

What do you think?

[Barney12]

Why not just bolt one of these on. If it dies in 12m, bolt another one on.

http://www.molevalleyfarmers.com/mvf/store/products/eliza-tinsley-bzp-gate-wheel-267mm

[PeterW]

What about tower scaffold castor ..?? £45 for 4 on the 'bay...

I've got 4 square post ones knocking about somewhere you can have for postage if you want to lash something together instead..?