Round Rock Metal Gates is the Capital Area's trusted expert in ranch entry gates, specializing in galvanized square tube frames, solar operators, and cross-bar ranch patterns. We offer wide single swing leaves and Knox key switches for acreage with no power at the road.
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Our team provides ranch entries, delivering a gate that opens for a trailer for homes and working land for both residential and commercial projects. Our over 1,187 completed projects in 12 years in business include 12 ft farm gates and 18 ft single swings like Roy's, all under a 2-year workmanship warranty.
From the first post to the final sensor test across 12 years in business, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander, Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock, we size each entry to the trailer that has to turn in.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the fence line and the road approach in Leander or Round Rock before we price a ranch gate.
The short version
Roy, acreage tract off US 183, Leander
The entry sat far from the house, with no power at the road and a trailer turning in every week.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Roy's acreage tract off US 183 in Leander had no power at the road and a trailer turning in weekly. We hung an 18 ft single swing in galvanized square tube, ranch cross-bar pattern, with a 24V DC brushless motor and battery backup sized to the weight and length of that leaf, ran a solar panel to the operator and set a Knox key switch at the post. Roy's 18 ft gate came to an estimated $3,600 to $5,000 and took an estimated 1 to 2 days on site. Roy's trailer now swings in off US 183 in Leander without anyone leaving the truck.
A ranch gate has to clear the widest rig that turns in, so the opening is sized from the trailer, not from the fence. A gooseneck in Georgetown needs a wide, flat approach, and a gate that opens inward needs room to swing.
| Ranch gate style | Needs | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Single swing, 16 to 20 ft | A deep pull-off | Trailers and equipment |
| Dual swing pair | Arc for each leaf | Formal ranch entries |
| Sliding gate | A run beside the opening | Narrow road frontage |
A ranch entry gate in Round Rock typically costs an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 for a single swing with its operator, and the leaf length, the tube gauge and the power source move the number most. A plain 12 ft leaf in Round Rock sits near the low end, while a long solar leaf like Roy's 18 ft gate sits near the top.
One leaf, one operator, photo eyes and remotes, best on a driveway with room for the leaf to clear.
Two matched leaves on heavy posts or columns, two operators, safety devices and a stop.
A leaf on a poured track, for a short drive or a level opening with no room to swing.
A counterbalanced leaf on carriages with nothing in the opening, for slopes and busy commercial lanes.
New motor, photo eyes and remotes on a manual or worn automatic gate that is still sound.
An entry device and its wiring added to a working gate, from one keypad to a full video setup.
Tubular steel panels 4 to 6 ft tall, galvanized and powder coated, set on poured posts.
Solid bar and forged parts built to a drawing, for a front line that has to carry the house.
Aluminum panels with tight pickets, plus a self-closing, self-latching gate quoted on top.
A manual walk gate matched to the fence or the driveway leaves, with a latch set at your hand height.
Ornamental steel or wrought iron fitted to the stair or slab, with balusters spaced to our 3.5 to 3.875 in spec.
Steel or iron treads on a center column, from a stock kit to a site-measured build.
A steel or iron door with glass and thermal breaks, hung on hinges or a pivot once the frame is set.
Scheduled visits for commercial and association gates: lube, force test, sensors and a written log.
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job type | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Single swing driveway gate with operator | Est. $2,500 to $5,000 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Operator retrofit on an existing gate | Est. $1,800 to $3,800 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Video intercom, keypad or phone entry | Est. $800 to $4,500 per entry | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Figures above are estimates and may change when we walk the road approach. We write your quote after that site visit, and the leaf length, power source and entry devices on it fix the final price and the install date.
A ranch gate fails at the battery and the hinge, so on a Leander or Georgetown tract those are the parts we plan around. A long leaf with no power at the road leans on a panel that has to see the sun, and a panel set in shade starves the battery. A leaf this long also loads its hinge, so the post gets ball-bearing pairs rated from 500 to more than 1,500 lbs, matched to the weight of the finished leaf. We set each post plumb, hang the leaf, and test the reversal at every point of travel, on monitored photo eyes and edge sensors alike. A truck stopped at a Leander highway gate is a hazard to traffic, which is why the pull-off is part of the plan. Round Rock's Fire Marshal published Emergency Access Controlled Gate Systems Guidelines in July 2023 for fire-lane gates, and a ranch entry is not a fire-lane gate, so we fit a Knox key switch, Opticom receiver or siren sensor, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for.
Acreage inside Round Rock takes no residential fence permit, yet a Historic Overlay lot must secure a Certificate of Appropriateness first and street-facing fences over 4 ft come under a 2016 ordinance. Leander requires a permit only for fences over 7 ft, and Leander automatic access gates carry a Knox KS-2. Georgetown requires a fence permit under UDC 8.07, a step that did not apply to Roy's tract in Leander. Texas SB 711 lets an HOA require a driveway gate set back 10 ft where the driveway meets a laned road, effective September 1, 2025, and it applies to a ranch subdivision in Cedar Park the same way. We read the deed restrictions before we set a post, from Round Rock to Georgetown.
Galvanized square tube carries a long ranch leaf best, and G90 hot-dip galvanizing or a zinc-phosphate and e-coat base goes on before any color, then TGIC polyester powder coat at 3 to 5 mils. Compare frames on our steel gate installation page, the solar side on our solar gate operators page, and the motor choice on our automatic driveway gates page. West of the Balcones Escarpment a ranch post sits in limey loam and east of it in blackland, so we read the ground on site before any concrete goes in.
Leander and Georgetown landowners choose us because the same crew walks the fence line, welds the leaf and sets the panel. Over 1,187 projects in 12 years have taught us how a ranch gate is used, and the 2-year workmanship warranty on our welds, hinges, footings and operator installation stands behind it.
We install ranch gates across Round Rock and the nearby cities, with most acreage work in Leander, Georgetown and Cedar Park, plus Lakeway and Steiner Ranch. A 35-mile service radius from the shop lets us hang ranch leaves in West Lake Hills and Barton Creek too.
A ranch entry often pairs with a sliding gate at a second access, a custom driveway gate design, or gate access control at the post.
Expect an estimated $2,500 to $5,000 in Round Rock for a single swing driveway gate with operator, and the leaf length and power source in your written quote decide the final price.
Roy's 18 ft single swing with a solar panel in Leander took an estimated 1 to 2 days on site.
Yes, video intercom, keypad, phone app, remote or vehicle loop, wired or solar with a 10 to 30W panel, as on Roy's tract off US 183.
Yes, Roy's 18 ft single swing with a solar panel clears the trailer that turns in weekly off US 183 in Leander.
Yes, a Knox key switch sits at the post, as on Roy's 18 ft Leander gate, set to whatever the local fire authority calls for.
Yes, every Georgetown or Round Rock ranch gate gets monitored photo eyes and edge sensors, every device tested at handover.
Round Rock does not require a residential fence permit, but Georgetown requires one under UDC 8.07 and Leander only for fences over 7 ft.
Motors stay with the operator maker, while the welds, hinges, footings and operator installation we do on a Round Rock tract carry our 2-year workmanship warranty.
Request a free estimate, and we will walk the approach in Leander or Round Rock, check the sun for the panel and write an itemized quote.
How a job runs
We read the grade, the soil and the swing or slide path before a line is drawn.
You sign off on a scaled drawing, the metal, the finish and the operator before any steel is cut.
Our welders fabricate the gate, then it goes out for its coating before it comes to your property.
We set the posts, hang the leaf, wire the operator and run every photo eye and safety edge in front of you.
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