Ready for Blanquillo

We are ready for Blanquillo.  We store our trailer in our side yard off the left of the driveway.  The gate was 12 feet wide, and I was able to back our prior 16 foot long, 7 foot wide trailer into the opening to the side yard.  But could I do it with the new 19.5 foot trailer?  I wasn't sure as I have to make a right angle turn to back into the driveway then another right (left?) angle turn to get the trailer into its spot.  So I hired our handyman to replace our 12 foot gate with a 16 foot gate.  We used redwood, commonly available here in California. Due to its length, I decided to make the gate in 4 sections, like a bifold closet door.  Oh, yeah, since the driveway slopes, I had to find a way to make it open uphill.  By hanging the hinges at an angle, it opens fine.  Although we had some unanticipated problems due to the fact that wood bends, even 4x6 posts, we did manage to make it work.

The old gate and the old trailer

The new closed gate

The gate opened with the trailer pad

Note the hinges are hung on an angle

Now we'll see if I can back a 20 foot long trailer through a 16 foot wide opening.  Should be do-able.  Maybe even easy. We'll see in a few weeks.

PS: Yes, I can back the trailer in quite nicely.