The Gate

A Bed and Breakfast Retreat
 1547 Old Minor Road, Culloden, GA 31016.  Reservations 478.955.2721   
   The Hermitage 
at Spider Lily Falls
 Where the world melts away!
 
   The Gate and how it Works

Our Gate is a prototype gate, a one of a kind. It works on hydraulics and when you put your car tire on the ramp, the weight of your car is what lifts up the gate. It was designed by a friend of mine, Drew Hoffman of Hoffman Design Works just for our little community of Trillium Point and as far as I know it is the only one of its kind. Since there is no electricity at the end of the road we had to be creative. Solar was an option but being so remote vandalism is a problem. So hydraulics was the answer. It is very rugged and has weathered the years well.   

How to Use it

  • When you make your reservations we will give you the current code. It is changed on a regular basic for your security.
  • You pull your left front tire up on the Silver colored ramp in the ground and when you do the drivers window will be at the Green post with a doorknob with a keypad of 5 numbers.
  • Make sure your tire is on the ramp.
  • Turn the doorknob to the right till it stops and then release it. That will clear the key pad. Punch in the code and you will feel each number click when you push hard enough on the numbers.
  • Turn the knob to the right and hold, the Gate will start to rise in 15 to 20 seconds. Hold until the gate stops rising. THE GATE WILL COME DOWN VERY SLOWLY, so you don't have to rush under it or be fearful of it hitting your car.
  • Release the doorknob and drive thru the gate 
  • These instruction are printed at the gate so you don't need to print them. I thought if you were curious you might want to know how it operated.