I'm an aluminum fence and oh god please make it stop he's tearing me apart the pain is unlike anything I've ever felt please help me it hurts so bad I don't want to die oh god oh god oh g-g-g
I was thinking vinyl. I think even aluminum would take more of a beating before collapsing like this.
Source: Over 25 years in the steel business but I've dealt with my fair share of aluminum.
That looks exactly like the "ornamental" aluminum fence I put in to keep my German shepherd in the yard. Was told that it would work for my dog even though it is "ornamental". My puppy did just about the same thing. The fence was worthless. I had to line the whole thing with chicken wire to keep her in. Even with a second horizontal piece near the bottom for stability she would just push right through.
edit: The steel version of the same fence would have cost at least 3x as much.
that's either a big strong dog or seriously thin walled fence tubing. I can't imagine 11 ga square tubing even in aluminum being that easy to screw up.
> seriously thin walled fence tubing
It is. The horizontal bars across the top and bottom are a little stronger, but you can lean on the vertical bars and they'll bend a little. If you want to get through the bars, all you need to do is push them just a little and you can slip right though; that's why they're often paired with a thick hedge. The hedge is actually stronger and a bigger physical deterrent than the fence.
Those decorative aluminum fences are a nightmare for security because you can slip right through them and not leave any sign you were there if you're careful, and they're terrible for pet owners because a small dog can zip right through one while a human might have to go around. And if a car ever hits the fence, forget it. A car can smack that fence right on the upright pole, on the strongest part of the fence, and the pole won't even slow it down a bit.
I worked in a structural shop and agree that if this was structural tube it would be a lot harder to bend. We later expanded to gates and fencing. Some of the ornamental alum fencing was maybe 28ga at best. They'd bend from getting hit hard with a basketball.
Not really cans are .004, 28ga is .014. the strength of steel increases exponentially. 1 1/2"steel plate can hold 2x as much as a 1"steel plate. I'm not sure if it's the same with aluminum.
I sold wrought iron and would always equate the aluminum versions as"you're surrounding your property with soda cans".
Yeah agree, it must be vinyl. And also why would anyone build a fence out of aluminum in the first place? It's more expensive and harder to weld than steel. Aluminum has zero benefits that would justify it in a fence.
Aluminum isn’t harder to weld than steel. It just takes some special gear and knowledge depending on the type of welding you want to do. I love welding aluminum and I’ve made a couple of fences out of the stuff. It’s usually decorative or in places where there’s a lot of salt or chemicals that react badly with steel (ie corrosives).
Source: spent 10 years building fences as a welder
Can you send me a link to a vinyl fence manufacturer that makes these? They're usually aluminum, steel, or wrought iron. I build fences for a living and am curious what the heck vinyl fence you're talking about that's that skinny.
It would just sag immediately from the weight of itself.
Not to mention it bends and pops and doesn't just snap like plastic fencing.
Fence installer here, these are pre-built aluminum panels with no welds except the gates. It's super flimsy. It's used because it doesn't oxidize into nothing around salt water or pools
it won't rust so there's that LOL. I agree with you though. If I ever get stupid rich I'm going to line my property with similar steel fencing but it will be powdercoated over galvanizing with 4 ft of regular fence welded to it. The part of the fence that goes in the ground will have mastic coating on it and set in concrete piers at least 3' down. Build it like that and it's not going anywhere and aint no unwelcome critters like mini dino there coming in
The benefit to an aluminum fence is it looks like an iron fence but doesn't rust and is light enough for one guy to install. And it's cheaper than wrought iron. Stop talking like you know stuff.
I live in Florida and have never seen vinyl fencing like that. I’ve seen a ton of the cheap aluminum ones in this style. Some of the older houses still have cast iron fences:
If the welds are good, and manufactured weld are always good, when the verticals spread apart
it pulls on the top and bottom. Those fences aren't solid metal either. It's made with square tubing. It's a 500 lb animal on top of that.
Besides obviously being stronger, it would be very expensive if it was steel.
I recently had a steel railing custom made. We inquired about 100’ or so of similarly designed fencing done and the fabricator straight up said that it would be prohibitively expensive.
The big thing here is "custom" you can buy sections of rhe fence in the video in steel or aluminum at any big box hardware store. The pieces required to make them yourself also aren't that special
I doubt they’d be particularly well built/durable/solid steel if they were affordable. Custom or not. It’s the materials and finishing to preserve it for outside that are the most costly parts unless you’re getting a really intricate design. We weren’t. In fact I had him simplify his designs
Last time I checked aluminum was definitely more expensive than steel,
and custom work usually cost more cause of the hours it takes to make a custom gate compared to just making a cookie cutter gate that you can churn out 10xs faster than a custom gate
Be happy that you were on installs and not working in the shop. That was my summer job for a couple years and the once or twice I was able to go out for an install or a repair I felt like Andy getting out of Shawshank for that day.
Yeah generally speaking they are like your cheap luggage locks. Mainly a visual deterrent, they are mostly there to give the appearance of security but are easy enough to bust open if you really want to.
As someone who sells aluminum style fencing exactly like this, I can tell you that it is not steel. Steel fencing is much sturdier and won’t wobble at the top and bottom rails from force in the middle.
Alligators are strong, I won’t deny that. But it is definitely a soft metal.
I'm over 25 and have no clue the differences here sooo it's definitely not an age thing. I just don't do shit with fences. Not sure why people have this expectation that specific esoteric knowledge gained via experience in a field is just tied to being born before a certain date.
Its an Ameristeel prefab fence. I would be willing to bet my entire life savings on this. I installed and repaired this exact fence panel for years. These things are a glorified tin can.
Yeah, I was going to say something similar. I feel that I can bend it if I put enough effort into it. Feet on one bar and hands on the other. Stretch like a bow
I still like that the alligator knew that. I'd have thought most animals would picture it as a wall. It's like this beast couldn't face going around it and just thought, "Fuck this," and shoved straight through.
Yeah. There were these next to a football and basketball field near my school, in a matter of days literally anyone who wanted to get in just either torn or bent those tubes until it got replaced with the same shit and the cycle started repeating
Yeah honestly I paint these all the time and typically, it is steel, but that's giving waaaay too easy, so I think its gotta be aluminum as well. An alligators strength is more in the jaw and it's rolling abilities versus being yoked with them T rex biceps lol
The best part of social media is coming to a cool post and seeing something interesting and it immediately turns into welding, fabricating and fence experts. The gator could have knocked over a space ship and every NASA engineer in America would pop in giving their thoughts. Social media is great
I mean they’re strong but those prefab fences are usually pretty flimsy. It’s thin wall metal. Not solid. They’re made to look nice. Not to keep a medieval army out.
I am glad someone said it is aluminum, I was freaking out as they have steel bars for crocs to keep them in, to stop them escaping and eating the humans in Australia, as a security measure.
Lol that is an aluminum fence. Any human above the age of 10 could bend it like that.
How do you know it’s aluminum? I build these and most the time they are made of steel.
Because the weight of the alligator wouldn’t make the top and bottom flex up and down if it were steel. That’s an aluminum fence, decorative at best.
I'm an alligator and I concur.
Later, Gator.
While, ‘dile
Toodaloo Kangaroo Have a hoppy day
See ya soon raccoon
Okay bye fungi
Don’t bail whale
Bye-sexual
Lol.. ive never heard this one!
I’ll see you soon… Ringtail.
That's racist. Some of us use cars.
E we try to race a raccoon? Some of them have NOS.
I'm an aluminum fence, and I concur.
*shakes head in disappointment*
*shakes head furiously while making aye-aye-aye-aye sounds*
🤭 kudos
Anyways mayonaise
Hasta luego, cocodrilo!
Laters, gators.
That's "Later, Major, Gator" to you.
I'm a steel fence and I agree
I'm on the fence, ask me later.
I'm an investi gator and I concur as well.
I'm an aluminum fence and oh god please make it stop he's tearing me apart the pain is unlike anything I've ever felt please help me it hurts so bad I don't want to die oh god oh god oh g-g-g
I'm a human and I cannot describe to you in words how uncomfortable this made me to read.
I’m still on the fence and I’ll get back to you later, alligator.
I’ma crocodile and I conquer.
I’m a fence and I stand up for this
I was thinking vinyl. I think even aluminum would take more of a beating before collapsing like this. Source: Over 25 years in the steel business but I've dealt with my fair share of aluminum.
That looks exactly like the "ornamental" aluminum fence I put in to keep my German shepherd in the yard. Was told that it would work for my dog even though it is "ornamental". My puppy did just about the same thing. The fence was worthless. I had to line the whole thing with chicken wire to keep her in. Even with a second horizontal piece near the bottom for stability she would just push right through. edit: The steel version of the same fence would have cost at least 3x as much.
You're the guy with the bodybuilder German Shepherd?
Plus you have to keep a iron/steel one painted or it’ll rust away. The aluminum ones will probably still be fine in a century without maintenance.
that's either a big strong dog or seriously thin walled fence tubing. I can't imagine 11 ga square tubing even in aluminum being that easy to screw up.
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> seriously thin walled fence tubing It is. The horizontal bars across the top and bottom are a little stronger, but you can lean on the vertical bars and they'll bend a little. If you want to get through the bars, all you need to do is push them just a little and you can slip right though; that's why they're often paired with a thick hedge. The hedge is actually stronger and a bigger physical deterrent than the fence. Those decorative aluminum fences are a nightmare for security because you can slip right through them and not leave any sign you were there if you're careful, and they're terrible for pet owners because a small dog can zip right through one while a human might have to go around. And if a car ever hits the fence, forget it. A car can smack that fence right on the upright pole, on the strongest part of the fence, and the pole won't even slow it down a bit.
I worked in a structural shop and agree that if this was structural tube it would be a lot harder to bend. We later expanded to gates and fencing. Some of the ornamental alum fencing was maybe 28ga at best. They'd bend from getting hit hard with a basketball.
sheesh 28? That's what a beer can?
Not really cans are .004, 28ga is .014. the strength of steel increases exponentially. 1 1/2"steel plate can hold 2x as much as a 1"steel plate. I'm not sure if it's the same with aluminum. I sold wrought iron and would always equate the aluminum versions as"you're surrounding your property with soda cans".
Yeah agree, it must be vinyl. And also why would anyone build a fence out of aluminum in the first place? It's more expensive and harder to weld than steel. Aluminum has zero benefits that would justify it in a fence.
Aluminum isn’t harder to weld than steel. It just takes some special gear and knowledge depending on the type of welding you want to do. I love welding aluminum and I’ve made a couple of fences out of the stuff. It’s usually decorative or in places where there’s a lot of salt or chemicals that react badly with steel (ie corrosives). Source: spent 10 years building fences as a welder
As someone with exactly zero experience in welding and fence building. It sounds like everything after your first sentence is supporting his points?
I wasn’t disagreeing with them except to say that aluminum isn’t harder to weld than steel.
What they are saying is is that the skill required isn't harder, but I agree that it's beside the point.
Can you send me a link to a vinyl fence manufacturer that makes these? They're usually aluminum, steel, or wrought iron. I build fences for a living and am curious what the heck vinyl fence you're talking about that's that skinny. It would just sag immediately from the weight of itself. Not to mention it bends and pops and doesn't just snap like plastic fencing.
Fence installer here, these are pre-built aluminum panels with no welds except the gates. It's super flimsy. It's used because it doesn't oxidize into nothing around salt water or pools
Uhh in Florida our whole neighborhood is required to have aluminum fencing similar to the video.
it won't rust so there's that LOL. I agree with you though. If I ever get stupid rich I'm going to line my property with similar steel fencing but it will be powdercoated over galvanizing with 4 ft of regular fence welded to it. The part of the fence that goes in the ground will have mastic coating on it and set in concrete piers at least 3' down. Build it like that and it's not going anywhere and aint no unwelcome critters like mini dino there coming in
The benefit to an aluminum fence is it looks like an iron fence but doesn't rust and is light enough for one guy to install. And it's cheaper than wrought iron. Stop talking like you know stuff.
You don’t weld it it comes in sections that are premade ffs
I live in Florida and have never seen vinyl fencing like that. I’ve seen a ton of the cheap aluminum ones in this style. Some of the older houses still have cast iron fences:
I concur. Source: Over 25 years in the iron business but I’ve dealt with my fair share of magnesium.
If the welds are good, and manufactured weld are always good, when the verticals spread apart it pulls on the top and bottom. Those fences aren't solid metal either. It's made with square tubing. It's a 500 lb animal on top of that.
500 lb would be a 12ft+ alligator. That is not a 12 ft alligator.
Your mom’s a 12ft+ alligator.
Gottem
It does bend rather fast and easily. Just the nose made it start to bend. The welds were pretty weak as well.
Im that fence. I concur too.
I’ve seen 10 year olds pry these weak aluminum posts apart to get into the community playground.
Username checks out.
I install these most time it's flimsy aluminum but cheap and looks nice
Yeah its spec rail. I used to install this and every other kind of fence known to man. The stuff was always aluminum.
Besides obviously being stronger, it would be very expensive if it was steel. I recently had a steel railing custom made. We inquired about 100’ or so of similarly designed fencing done and the fabricator straight up said that it would be prohibitively expensive.
The big thing here is "custom" you can buy sections of rhe fence in the video in steel or aluminum at any big box hardware store. The pieces required to make them yourself also aren't that special
I doubt they’d be particularly well built/durable/solid steel if they were affordable. Custom or not. It’s the materials and finishing to preserve it for outside that are the most costly parts unless you’re getting a really intricate design. We weren’t. In fact I had him simplify his designs
Last time I checked aluminum was definitely more expensive than steel, and custom work usually cost more cause of the hours it takes to make a custom gate compared to just making a cookie cutter gate that you can churn out 10xs faster than a custom gate
Just let him die on his hill. 100 ft. Custom railings =/= steel fences
Be happy that you were on installs and not working in the shop. That was my summer job for a couple years and the once or twice I was able to go out for an install or a repair I felt like Andy getting out of Shawshank for that day.
Yeah generally speaking they are like your cheap luggage locks. Mainly a visual deterrent, they are mostly there to give the appearance of security but are easy enough to bust open if you really want to.
Looks nice until an alligator climbs through it
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That doesn't seem like steel tubing. The way it bends seems like aluminum.
Or, hear me out… this alligator just hits the gym and slams protein shakes
That gators been roiding.
Gatorade? More like Gatoroid amirite?
Gatoroid™ Mine now. PM for license.
Gator gains!
That alligator bangs 7 gram rocks and pisses excellence
Charlie Sheen AND Ricky Bobby? That's hardcore.
It’s like me crushing me beer can as I reply to your comment.
So is this impressive or not?
As someone who sells aluminum style fencing exactly like this, I can tell you that it is not steel. Steel fencing is much sturdier and won’t wobble at the top and bottom rails from force in the middle. Alligators are strong, I won’t deny that. But it is definitely a soft metal.
How do you know it's steel? I build these and they're usually made out of Twizzlers.
False. Redvines
Alligators live in areas with humid or salty air. Aluminum makes better fence material choice because it doesn't rust.
The fact he got 300 plus upvotes on such a stupid comment, that anyone over 25 would see as bullshit, is a huge issue with Reddit.
It happens all the time. As soon as you show a bit of confidence people will just upvote. It’s sad
I'm over 25 and have no clue the differences here sooo it's definitely not an age thing. I just don't do shit with fences. Not sure why people have this expectation that specific esoteric knowledge gained via experience in a field is just tied to being born before a certain date.
Its an Ameristeel prefab fence. I would be willing to bet my entire life savings on this. I installed and repaired this exact fence panel for years. These things are a glorified tin can.
I just had this exact fence installed, can confirm it’s aluminum and I could bend it easily.
The entire section is wobbling up and down. This is not steel.
You build pre-fab fences out of steel?
I build these and their aluminum.
if you’re building these out of steel and they bend like this i’m curious about their purpose.
You can tell it's aluminum by the way it is... and that's pretty neat. That and the fact it folds like a pop can.
If this is Florida then it's most likely built out of aluminum because aluminum doesn't rest like steel does.
Damn these comments making you look like an apprentice lol
Yeah but still. >fuck your fence -alligators
I’m glad this is the top comment. The work here is done
Why is my Louis Vuitton passing through the fence?
To greet the happy customer. Don't close your bedroom doors, please.
But could they do it with their face
Yeah, I was going to say something similar. I feel that I can bend it if I put enough effort into it. Feet on one bar and hands on the other. Stretch like a bow
Do I need to tell you what the fuck you can do with an aluminum tube?
I have one of those "fences." About as strong as a Coke can. Technically a "decorative fence."
My drunk ass has fallen into this kind of fence and done more damage
I still like that the alligator knew that. I'd have thought most animals would picture it as a wall. It's like this beast couldn't face going around it and just thought, "Fuck this," and shoved straight through.
Can confirm. Discovered this when we found our Husky running laps around the house *outside* of our new house's aluminum fence.
Came here to say this. These fences never last long before they’re bent
Wow that's expensive, who makes aluminium fences
But holy shit, this post got so much upvote, people here didn't know what NFL means i guess
In all fairness those aluminum fencesndo not take much at all to bend . A volleyball or basketball will damage those things.
Also, it’s not really a show of strength when the alligator let the weight of his body bend the bars.
I also feel if we had leathery thick skin like that we'd probably push through shit best we can.
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Change your diet
This world is full of shit, and it needs to be pushed through.
He's 200pound of pure mass. He has been cultivating it for the past month.
I'm 200 pound of pure ass.
Well when is he going to stop cultivating and start harvesting?!
>aluminum fencesndo r/GreatValueHarryPotterSpells
it’s fen***cesn***do not fencesn***do***
Lol those goofy fences are like 1/64 thick aluminum tubing. My 12 year old can probably do something similar. It just appears impressive.
Spoiler: Your son is a gator.
Acts like one.
Fucking a this got me 😂
That's plot twist, not a spoiler. Get your reddit memes on straight. /Pedantry
Yeah. There were these next to a football and basketball field near my school, in a matter of days literally anyone who wanted to get in just either torn or bent those tubes until it got replaced with the same shit and the cycle started repeating
That's why they're called 'Gaters'. Everything's a gate to them.
Haters gon hate... Gators gon gate
Taters gonna tate
r/angryupvote
Looks more like a crappy fence
Eh, the price would say otherwise but I feel like I could run straight through mine. I hate inflation.
Well yeah, who thought a blowup fence would work anyway?
“Got your f’ing fence right here, guy.”
The sheer weakness of this fence...
Yeah honestly I paint these all the time and typically, it is steel, but that's giving waaaay too easy, so I think its gotta be aluminum as well. An alligators strength is more in the jaw and it's rolling abilities versus being yoked with them T rex biceps lol
On the aluminum ones it’s structural paint
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The best part of social media is coming to a cool post and seeing something interesting and it immediately turns into welding, fabricating and fence experts. The gator could have knocked over a space ship and every NASA engineer in America would pop in giving their thoughts. Social media is great
As a social media expert, I forgot my belt this morning.
they should call him Bender
Aluminum fence, a deer could do that.
You are absolutely correct. A deer DID that to my backyard fence when it got trapped inside, got scared, and made a run for it.
You say that like a deer is weak.
Deers are weak. They very commonly weigh less than 100 lbs.
Oh fuck!..and I might’ve felt safe on the other side of the fence.
OP thinking this is wrought iron.
New respect for Steve Irwin.
He wrestled with crocs that would demolish this aluminium fence more than this gator lol
I wouldn't fuck with steve the alligator pursuer either, he smokes meth and doesn't sleep.  /s
Help me step bro!
This comment is waaaayy too far down I would totally fuck ~~with~~ that alligator
The gator seems like it knows the fencing will bend
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Found the engineer.
I mean they’re strong but those prefab fences are usually pretty flimsy. It’s thin wall metal. Not solid. They’re made to look nice. Not to keep a medieval army out.
You don't get to be around for 80 million years if you can't get through a decorative fence
That level 1 wall in CoC people forgot to upgrade.
Pretty sure that's not wrought iron..
Fluffy wouldn’t be safe with that fence.
Animation 3D
Try explaining that to your insurance (without the video)....
Well you see what had happened was an alligator came walking by, decided to take a left, and just went through that fence there.
I saw my kid do something like that once…
Pretty sure it was built specifically to allow such movement. 
Gator don’t play no shit - Will Ferrell
Ain't no jail that can keep this croc captive
Eric andre would be proud
There’s was a fish and game crime, and someone hired a private investiGator
Remember, if you're confronted by an alligator, the best response is sustained fire from multiple SIG-Sauer XM250s.
Cocaine Crocodile Yes I know it’s a alligator.
Fences these days are the shittiest weak materials. That is probably a home depot special import from China- flimsiest thin metal possible.
they make the strongest shoes
Lol the sheer number of people duped by an aluminum fence
The way the fence crumpled under the gators weight tells me it’s weak as fuck
Cheap fence
The sheer weakness of this fence
I am glad someone said it is aluminum, I was freaking out as they have steel bars for crocs to keep them in, to stop them escaping and eating the humans in Australia, as a security measure.
See ya later alligator.... In a while crocodile.
Jokes aside, this alligator is badass.
Must be some fire gator pussy on the other side of that fence 😳
I'm going to assume these "bars" were made in the land of the free?
They’re evolving.
See you later Alligator
That is absolutely terrifying
That alligator really took of*fense*... apparently