I think a trucker selling the lightweight gates told me there were two places in the same town in Kentucky that made, and sold gates.
He said they started with oak lumber gates using local sawmill lumber, and changed to steel tubing when farmers in the Midwest liked the steel better.
He also said they used a million dollar machine to make the tubing from sheet steel, buying tube steel would be too high priced.
He also said Jack Daniels whiskey was cheaper in Iowa, than Kentucky.
I don't think I've seen a gate truck in 25 years.
