It is not easy to secure a complete farm boundary, simply due to its size. However, while generally most of your boundary will be fenced or have hedging of some sort, there will be most definitely be a gap where…
Author: MikeYeats
Horse box trailer and Tack theft prevention
An ever increasing number of horse box trailers are unfortunately falling prey to thieves and criminals seemingly operating with impunity in many areas of the U.K. Even once supposedly ‘safe’ areas are now being targeted. How do they know where…
Rural Crime, where do we start?
With Rural Crime in the U.K. now tragically reaching ever increasing numbers, the time has come for farmers and landowners to grasp the nettle and fightback. Thieves and criminals must not be given the easy opportunity, something that for too…
Keeping Quad Bikes Secure Behind Locked Farm Gates
If you want to keep your quad bike secure then a closed and locked farm gate is a necessity. Why? to stop the casual “scouting” mission that will identify the quad bike as a target to prevent easy access and…
Keeping the farm gate closed and locked
It was the case that a closed farm gate was enough to keep out unwanted visitors. However, it is now becoming increasingly necessary to have not only a closed gate but a locked one as well. Padlock and chain? Yes,…
Batsford Arboretum go green with solar powered gate
The world renowned Batsford Arboretum, nr Moreton in Marsh, Glos. have recently had Solar Gate Systems supply and install a new solar powered automated main entrance gate. It has the look of a traditional five bar wooden gate, complete with…
No Deer required at the Wilderness Festival, Cornbury Park 2018
The three large herds of Sika, Fallow and Roe Deer roaming the Cornbury Park Estate in West Oxfordshire are not attending the annual Wilderness Festival held at the same venue thanks to over 1 mile of Heras Deer fencing and…
National Trust use Solar Gate Systems
National Trust use Solar Gate Systems to install a solar powered gate opening system right on top of The White Cliffs of Dover! Having only recently bought the actual White Cliffs, the National Trust wanted to install a new locked…
GOLIATH snap shut lock helps in fight against fly tipping
Totally solar powered due to its distance from a mains electric supply, but close to the very busy A45 and M1 junction 16, fly tipping was unfortunately a huge problem on this Northamptonshire farm. Not any more! With DEFRA figures…
Solar powered locked security barrier launched
Solar gate systems have developed with Bardolf Farms, Dorset, a solar powered galvanized steel swing barrier that is always locked shut when closed. The barrier, purposefully made to be at van headlight height, is designed to be ram proof with…
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