Leander Metal Gates is the metro's trusted expert in cantilever gates, specializing in trackless slide leaves, enclosed carriage rollers, and counterbalance tails along an existing fence. We offer tail layouts and carriage rollers matched to every leaf.
Our team provides tail length planning and drive grade checks, delivering a smooth, hardware-free entry for homes and a heavy-duty cycle rating for both residential and commercial projects. We have put 14 years in business, over 1,127 projects and a 2-year workmanship warranty behind work that runs from a plain walk-through gate up to a 28 ft truck entrance.
From measuring the tail run before the drawing is signed to testing every photo eye at handover, our team handles every detail. Serving Leander plus neighboring Cedar Park, Georgetown and Round Rock, we size every cantilever to the drive it must clear.
Call today for a free estimate, and we will measure the tail run, read the grade of your drive and tell you what the carriages cost before anything is ordered.
Numbers first
Everett, Berry Creek, Georgetown
A crowned caliche drive that had already chewed up a previous floor track
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Everett's crowned caliche drive in Berry Creek, Georgetown, had chewed up a previous floor track, so we hung a 20 ft opening with a 10 ft tail, a tube steel leaf on enclosed carriages. The job was an estimated $7,300 to $9,300 and took an estimated 3 to 4 days on site. We chose a trackless design with a counterbalance tail along the existing fence, and no hardware touches the ground, so grading the drive no longer means pulling the gate.
A cantilever gate carries its whole leaf on two carriages set in the posts, so nothing rides on the ground. That makes it the answer for a crowned, uneven or washboard drive, where a floor track bends, fills with gravel or heaves in a wet season.
The tail is the price of that freedom. The counterbalance tail runs about half the length of the opening behind the post, so a 20 ft opening wants roughly a 10 ft tail, and we check that the fence line behind the gate can take it.
For a trackless cantilever slide gate, plan on an estimated $6,300 to $9,700 and typically 2 to 4 days. A track-mounted slide gate comes in at an estimated $1,800 to $4,900 over typically 2 to 3 days. Fitting an operator to a manual gate is roughly $1,850 to $3,600 and typically 4 to 8 hours. A walk-through entry gate beside the cantilever is roughly $700 to $1,400, usually 4 to 8 hours. A one-leaf automated swing gate is typically estimated at $2,600 to $4,800 when the drive has room to swing, and a two-leaf automated swing entry runs roughly $4,300 to $7,900.
A long single leaf with one arm and a keypad, for builder-lot drives with room on one side
A centered pair with two operators, for wide openings and a drive that stays level behind the line
One leaf running on a floor track, for a flat drive with side room and no swing space
A counterbalanced leaf on enclosed carriages, for caliche, crowned drives and heavy daily use
A person-width steel gate with a keyed latch, for walkways, side yards and courtyards
Motor, photo eyes and remotes fitted to a leaf that already hangs true
From a coded keypad to video calling, with visitor and courier codes set up
Welded panels in a 4 to 6 foot height, set on concrete posts with racked or stepped sections
Hammered pickets and collars at 5 to 6 feet, for period homes and estate frontage
Aluminum barrier at the height we confirm with the city, with a self-closing, self-latching gate priced apart
Blast to bare metal, treat rust and refinish, for sound iron with a failed finish
Steel or iron guards measured at the site, anchored to the stringer or the slab
Compact steel or iron spiral, with headroom and landing checked before anything is ordered
Steel or iron door with insulated glass, sized to a new or existing rough opening
Recurring visits for operators, safety devices and hinges, with a written service log
Steel slat panels and matching gate infill, priced by the run once the slat gap and height are set
Stainless cable on steel posts for decks and balconies, tensioned and checked at handover
Tempered glass panels with steel posts or a base shoe, set once the measured panels arrive
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Trackless cantilever slide gate | Est. $6,300 to $9,700 per complete system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Track-mounted slide gate | Est. $1,800 to $4,900 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Operator added to a manual gate | Est. $1,850 to $3,600 per operator system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| One-leaf automated swing gate | Est. $2,600 to $4,800 per complete system | Est. 1 to 2 days |
| Two-leaf automated swing entry | Est. $4,300 to $7,900 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Walk-through entry gate | Est. $700 to $1,400 per gate | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
Most cantilevers across Georgetown and Round Rock land in the upper half of the estimated $6,300 to $9,700 range, and a longer tail or a heavier leaf moves the total up from there.
Consider every figure above a Leander estimate that is subject to change. Opening width, tail length, carriages and the power run drive what your quote says, and we write the final price and the install schedule after the site visit.
A cantilever fits a crowned or uneven drive, a track slide fits a flat drive with side room, and a swing fits a drive with room behind the line. Below, each style is set beside its estimated cost and the drive it fits.
| Gate style | Est. complete system | Best drive | Operator type |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trackless cantilever | Est. $6,300 to $9,700 | Caliche, crowned or uneven drive | Heavy-duty slide drive |
| Track-mounted slide | Est. $1,800 to $4,900 | Flat drive with side room | Pad-mounted slide drive |
| Single swing | Est. $2,600 to $4,800 | Room behind the line on one side | Linear or articulated arm |
| Dual swing | Est. $4,300 to $7,900 | Wide opening, level ground behind | Two arms on a matched stop |
The common cantilever mistake is a short tail, because a tail that is too short lets the leaf tip when it is fully open. We size the tail from the leaf weight and the opening, and we stop the leaf with a positive stop at both ends.
Every cantilever has two pinch points, at the closing post and along the tail. Monitored photo eyes and edges cover each entrapment zone, and we test the reverse on contact before handover. Round Rock publishes gate guidelines that call for a Knox key switch and a Fire Marshal acceptance test, so confirm the full text with the Fire Marshal's Office. Whether a Leander entry needs Knox hardware is a question for the Fire Marshal's Office.
Powder-coated tube steel is the leaf we build most, with enclosed carriages that keep gravel and grit out of the rollers. See steel gate installation for the material choice and gate operator installation for adding a motor to a leaf you already own.
We install cantilevers across a 35-mile radius, with most carriages set in Georgetown, Cedar Park and Round Rock, plus our service area page for the rest. Steiner Ranch and Lakeway lots slope toward the street, so the tail is laid out along the fence first. West Lake Hills and The Hills drives are checked for tail room before a leaf is drawn. Calls from Volente and Rollingwood begin with that same visit to measure the tail run. Sunset Valley and Leander drives get the enclosed carriage we used for Everett's Berry Creek gate. Georgetown pier depth turns on which side of I-35 you sit, with rock and thin soil to the west and clay to the east. Leander is one of the newest-built cities in the metro, so most of our cantilevers here are a first gate on a recent home in a master-planned subdivision.
Our lead welder builds the leaf and our installer sets the carriages, so the person who measured the tail is the one who levels the rail. After 14 years and 1,127 projects, we know how a tube steel leaf on enclosed carriages behaves on a 20 ft opening with a 10 ft tail. Everett's Berry Creek gate in Georgetown is the model we measure each new cantilever against.
A cantilever often pairs with gate access control for video calling and courier codes, and with solar gate operators when the power run is too far. If a carriage or opener is failing, see automatic gate repair. Sofia's 14 ft slide in Twin Creeks, Cedar Park, shows the floor-track option on a flat drive. A far gate can run on solar power with no long trench, as Hank's operator on Lime Creek Road in Volente does. On Hatley Drive in Rollingwood, Owen's sagging leaf kept tripping its operator until we rehung it. Beatrice's 20 ft pair on Westlake Drive in West Lake Hills and Lindsey's 16 ft pair in Travisso, Leander, show the swing options when a drive has the room. An estimated $3,000 to $4,200 and an estimated 1 to 2 days covered Marlene's 15 ft single leaf in Crystal Falls.
Expect an estimated $6,300 to $9,700 for a trackless cantilever slide gate, against an estimated $1,800 to $4,900 for a track-mounted slide gate, with your written quote setting the final price.
A trackless cantilever slide gate typically takes 2 to 4 days on site, and a track-mounted slide gate typically takes 2 to 3 days.
About half the opening, so a 20 ft opening wants a tail near 10 ft, which we confirm against the fence line at the site visit.
Yes, because no hardware touches the ground, and Everett's caliche drive in Berry Creek no longer chews up a track when it is graded.
Enclosed carriages keep grit out, so a wipe and a light grease each season is usually all they ask.
Yes, as long as the leaf rolls true. The operator is then an estimated $1,850 to $3,600 and roughly 4 to 8 hours of work.
Yes. Lakeway and Steiner Ranch cantilevers are installed the same way as Cedar Park and Georgetown ones, all inside roughly 35 miles of Leander.
The 2-year workmanship warranty takes in weld integrity, post plumb, hinge alignment and gate sag, and the operator makers separately warrant motors and control boards for 1 to 5 years.
Ask for your free estimate, and we will measure the tail run, read the grade of your drive and write an itemized quote.
The order of work
We tape the opening, shoot the slope and check the HOA or town rules before anyone prices steel.
You sign one scaled sheet listing frame size, coating and operator, and that sheet doubles as your review board packet.
Frames are welded in the shop and coated before delivery, so no grinding or spray paint happens on your drive.
Footings cure, then the leaf is hung and wired, and we run each safety device with you standing there.
Services
Call us or send the form, and we will book a site measure and a written estimate.
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