Cocky's Gates
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- "Cocky" is Australian slang for "rangeland cow farmer". Their inventiveness in make-shift gate design is legendary.
The full video is part of the FieldCraft for geologists series here:
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Your videos are great. There are tons of geology videos on RUclips but yours are the only one I've seen that would show how to open and close gates (and there are and endless variety.)
Thanks Mike. When I started, I was surprised how few geology videos there were on youtube since almost every other subject was covered. It's getting better now, but I'm still finding plenty of gaps to fill in basic fieldcraft.
We used to have the first model you have shown, it frustrated the gas cylinder delivery person. We brought this knowledge back from Tassie. 😁
It's a great test for delivery services!
Brought back lots of memories! Thanks, Nick
Hmmm. I don't remember seeing any of those in Laos!
From Aussie exploration days
As a surveyor I've lost count of the number of times I've been bitten by 'cocky gates.' The heavy post type were always a pain as you ended up on the wrong side 50% of the time when closing them then had to crawl through or jump over the fence to get back to the vehicle.
Yep. They are ingenious, but not very convenient!
@@GeologyUpSkill Ran into a few in Upper Boyne Valley near Gladstone. They had jump stiles included to get over the fence. Most were around the old Norton Gold field. Still a lot of gold/silver and associated metals in sulphides locked up in that area.
That would be very useful if you are on the wrong side of one with a heavy lever!
They must have been badly built, 'cause all you have to do, after putting the loop over the gate post, is push the "lever rail" off the peg...easily accomplished from either side of the fence.
Being the sadist I am, there are few things I find more amusing than watching young, overseas trained geo's open (and then close) their first cocky's gate. Although, I have never seen one of those log contraptions (I've mainly worked in the Bowen Basin).
You haven't lived until you need to repair one of these with whatever wire you can find lying around the gate either (pro tip, carry some decent pliers with you, and some spare wire).
Yep. The pliers in the Toyota tool kit just won't cut it!
Plus the wire and pliers are handy if you have to drop a fence so the bulldozer can get through, when you're cutting a new track out to a remote drill site.
Always carried a couple of pairs of Crescent fence pliers as a surveyor. Extra pair was hidden as offsiders had a tendency to depart with them when they left company. Spare wire was a must.
@@geradkavanagh8240 Good to do if you're able to.
@@richardhaselwood9478 Yeah, cost me a fortune in pliers. Thankfully I used to write most off on the company expense account. Smaller jobs on my own expenses always had that loss factor involved.
Always find the local variants interesting in my prospecting sojourns , tells you a bit about the owner .
Yep. I have a theory about gates and property owners...
Its a standard rule. Leave a gate as you find it. Also, never wash in a stock trough.
Haha. Good advice!
I'm always learning somethin new 👍⛏️
Me too. That's why this job never gets boring!
G'day Nick, have you done one on the "push down" gate? They were popular in the early/mid 80's but died out. I enjoyed your simple logic "if the gate was shut then close it again"
I haven't see one of those for a while. That's unfortunate. I thought they were a great idea!
Good morning sir from INDIA. It's 5:30 am now 🙏
Interesting to see how these farms gate are different from Brazil, my country.
The designs are almost infinite!
Always close the gate 👍
Unless it was already open!