I'm planning to build a simple wood frame gate with a heavy gauge hog wire center. Dimensions will be about 5 'x 5'square (outside dimension). This will be a double gate spanning our driveway.
I'll be starting with a supply of reclaimed 2x6 redwood, old stuff with tight grain - really nice. My thought is to use half lap joints at the four corners, perhaps with pegs. The laps would be across the width of the 6" boards (resulting in 6" by 6" long grain to long grain glue joint). The hog wire will be stapled into a 1/2" rabbet in the back of the frame.
Any opinions on whether this frame will be strong enough to hold the weight of the frame plus the hog wire and avoid racking?