Dual arm gate operator

[whizbyu]

I have fairly heavy wrought iron dual swing gates. For the past 20 years I have been using MightyMule gate openers powered by two 12V batteries, charged by a solar panel. The power company would not run power to the gate, and my house is 1/4 mile from the gate and I am not able to run an electric line to the gate.
I am running into reliability issues with the MightyMule set up: the circuit board has been changed 4 times, the control arm motors burn up, the tiny circuit boards inside control arms are failing.
I was able to contact someone higher up in the power company's ladder and was able to use his influence to get a crew to come out and trench a line 500 feet from the next door neighbor's box.
There are a number of brands out there. I have seen LiftMaster gates at some residences and they appear sturdy and well built. Definitely heftier than the MightyMule control arms I have. I looked for reviews online and came across Topens, and it is "highly rated". I need one with a keypad at the entrance.
Does anyone have any first hand experience with these gates? Thank you in advance.

 

[Donald]

So I am stuck maintaining the double swing gate at my HOA. It's a DoorKing 6100. We have a master and a slave gate operator. I would say they are a high quality gate operator. After 20 years the main assembly needed to be replaced as it was worn. But that was probably a hundred or more openings a day.

I see a lot of new gate operators are linear rather than the older style our HOA has.

 

[Egg_Head]

Home I bought 5 years ago came with a LIftMaster dual arm gate for the driveway. It runs on a/c power. The 1 time I needed it serviced was about $800. Ouch. Issue with the way the power drop was installed originally I think.