Cedar Park Metal Gates is the Texas capital region's trusted expert in ground track sliding driveway gates, specializing in V-track slide frames, rack-and-pinion drives, and drained track beds. We offer track slide gates and trackless cantilever gates for drives that are too short in front of the garage to swing a leaf.
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Our team provides track layout, leaf storage planning and operator sizing, delivering a gate that parks along the fence for homes and a heavy-duty slide for both residential and commercial projects. Backed by 17 years in business and our 18-month workmanship warranty, we've completed over 1,483 projects, from a narrow walkway slide to a wide acreage leaf.
From the concrete track strip to the last limit switch, our team handles every detail. Serving Cedar Park alongside Round Rock, Georgetown and Leander, we set each slide gate on a track that stays clear of mud, leaves and gravel.
Request a free estimate, and the crew will measure your fence line, check the grade and price the slide gate before any steel is cut.
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Garrett, Forest Creek, Round Rock
A flat drive beside a fence line, too short in front of the garage to swing a leaf
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
Garrett lives in Forest Creek in Round Rock, where a flat drive runs beside a fence line and the apron is too short to swing a leaf. We set a V-track in a new concrete strip, added a rack-and-pinion drive and cut a sloped drain slot so the track stays clear. The 18 ft leaf in galvanized steel with black powder coat was an estimated $2,900 to $4,400 and took an estimated 2 to 3 days. The leaf parks along the fence and the whole drive stays usable.
A ground track slide gate wins when the drive is flat, the apron is short and there is straight fence line beside the opening for the leaf to park. A swing leaf needs clear arc room, and a slide leaf needs clear side room instead.
Garrett's Forest Creek lot in Round Rock had that straight fence beside the drive. A flat pad suits a track, and a sloped drive does not.
A complete ground track slide system is estimated at $1,700 to $4,800 per system, and the leaf length, the track bed and the distance to power move that number most. A cantilever frame, which needs no track, sits higher in the table below.
A leaf on a V-track where the drive is flat and has side room for the open gate
Motor, photo eyes, edges and remotes fitted to a sound leaf
Roller carriages and a counterbalance tail for sloped drives and heavy use
Pedestal or column entry device tied to a phone app and resident codes
Investment and duration figures are estimates. Your written quote sets the final price and schedule.
| Job | Est. investment | Est. duration on site |
|---|---|---|
| Track slide gate with rack drive | Est. $1,700 to $4,800 per complete system | Est. 2 to 3 days |
| Operator added to an existing gate | Est. $1,900 to $3,700 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
| Trackless cantilever gate | Est. $6,200 to $9,800 per complete system | Est. 2 to 4 days |
| Video intercom and keypad entry | Est. $750 to $4,300 per system | Est. 4 to 8 hours |
A track slide gate with rack drive typically takes 2 to 3 days, and a trackless cantilever gate typically takes 2 to 4 days. Putting an operator on a manual slide gate is estimated at $1,900 to $3,700 and takes roughly 4 to 8 hours. A walkway or courtyard entry gate beside the slide leaf is typically estimated at $650 to $1,450. These slide gate figures are estimates, and the leaf length, the track bed and the run to power can change them; the written quote fixes the final price and the schedule once the fence line is measured.
The drive and the lot decide the gate style, and a track drive is not always the winner. The table shows how we compare the three.
| Gate style | Needs | Weak point |
|---|---|---|
| Ground track slide | Flat drive and straight fence for storage | Track can foul with mud or gravel |
| Swing leaf | Clear arc room and a level drive | Arc blocked by a short apron or steep grade |
| Trackless cantilever | Storage room plus a counterbalance tail | Higher cost and a longer frame |
A slide track stays reliable only when water can leave it, so the drainage is built into the concrete strip. We slope the strip, cut a drain slot under the V-track and keep the rail clear of the soil line.
Debris is the common cause of a stalled slide gate. Gravel, oak leaves and mud settle in the track, so we tell owners to sweep it and check the rollers at each service visit. Leaf storage must stay clear, because a stored leaf blocked by a planter or a parked car cannot close. Yvonne in Volente chose a trackless frame because her lake lot drive falls toward the road and washes gravel across any track. Cole in Leander chose swing leaves because his drive had level room behind the line. Lorna's 26 ft opening on Chisholm Trail Road took a heavy cantilever for box trucks, with no track in their lane.
A slide gate is tested for entrapment before we leave, by tripping each photo eye and edge until the leaf reverses. Round Rock's Fire Marshal guidelines call for a city-approved Knox key switch on access-controlled gates and an acceptance test, and Lakeway asks for a key switch for Travis County ESD #6, so confirm current text with the city. On a Cedar Park drive, the fire department that covers your address is asked and what it says goes on your quote.
Tube steel is the standard leaf material for a slide gate, and our steel gate material comparison explains galvanizing and powder coat. If your drive slopes or the soil is soft, a trackless cantilever gate removes the track completely.
We set the track, the drive and the leaf ourselves, so the crew that pours the strip is the crew that wires the operator. In 17 years and over 1,483 projects, the 18-month workmanship warranty has covered welds, rollers, footings and gate travel on every slide gate.
We install slide gates across a 40-mile radius, with jobs in Round Rock, Georgetown and Leander, and the other towns we cover are listed on the service area page. Round Rock and Georgetown lots with a short apron typically take 2 to 3 days for a slide leaf, while Leander and Cedar Park single swing alternatives typically take 1 to 2 days. Lakeway and Steiner Ranch hillsides often push owners toward trackless frames, which typically need 2 to 4 days. Footings on Volente and West Lake Hills lots hit limestone, so rock bits ride along on those jobs. A city or fire review comes first in Rollingwood and Shady Hollow, before the slide leaf is ordered. The Hills adds association approval first. Garrett's 18 ft leaf in Forest Creek rides a V-track set in a new concrete strip, with a sloped drain slot to keep the track clear. A rising drive like Beckett's in Great Hills does not suit a track, so his 14 ft leaf swings and was cut to clear the grade. Maribel's 16 ft opening in Rough Hollow sits between limestone columns, and a swing pair fit there at an estimated $6,400 to $7,900. Jerome's Andice Road acreage in Georgetown took a 16 ft swing leaf, an estimated $3,400 to $4,700. Gina's Airport Road yard in Georgetown shows the perimeter side, with 320 lf of anti-climb panels installed in sections. Desmond's Travisso entry in Leander was built one lane at a time on a posted schedule, the way we phase any busy slide gate job.
A slide gate often pairs with gate access control and intercoms for visitors, a solar gate operator where power is far away, or retrofit operators for a gate you already own.
A track slide system is typically estimated at $1,700 to $4,800, and your written quote fixes the price once the fence line is measured.
A track slide gate is an estimated 2 to 3 days of work, pouring the strip included, and the written quote names the days.
A track gate wants a flat drive, so on a slope we usually recommend a trackless cantilever frame instead.
It can, which is why we slope the concrete strip and cut a drain slot so water carries debris off the rail.
Plan on straight, clear fence line equal to the leaf length plus the tail, and we measure it on the site visit.
Yes, a manual slide leaf can take an operator for an estimated $1,900 to $3,700.
Request a free estimate, and the crew will walk the fence line, check the grade and write a quote that names every part of the slide system.
Start to finish
An estimator walks the opening, reads the grade and marks where the leaf or the slide run has to clear.
Steel gets cut only after you sign off on a scaled drawing that names the tube, the coating and the opener.
Our Cedar Park welders build it, the steel goes for galvanizing and powder coat, and it ships finished.
Posts cure, the leaf goes up, the opener gets wired, and you watch each photo eye and edge stop the gate.
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