12/28/2023 0 Comments A moving dock in the waterI will also add smaller air tires to help movement across the grass. As I am removing the dock with my winch, it will be pulled on top of this "dolly" so each section has one at the front and one at the back. I was going to make a double axle/4 wheel kit then weld two raised "bars" basically running wheel to wheel. In the end, so far, building a "wheel kit" may end up being the easiest. Unfortunately I can't remove the top as I took the time to make sure all the heads are screwed below the board then made thousands of "plugs" to cover the screw heads. Each section 15X6 foot "quick connects" together using pins. If I am understanding you correctly, I already have links on the dock. That being said, I can't intelligently speak to whether or not it could stay in as removing it every winter is what everyone has just always done both in the family and around us. Quoting: toyota_mdt_techGrizz, why do you remove it, ice? A logging arch spaning over the dock could also work. You coukd also pull from a higher point on the sxs kind of like how a logging arch works. You seam to have most of the pulling out part down pat. The links alone with quick disconnect pins (tethered with a cable to prevent dropping into water) would make sections smaller and more manageable, wheels may not be needed. Probably a small, but wide wheel, solid rubber, maybe a bushing vs bearing because a bearing wouldn't live long. You could also add wheels, maybe anchored to the dock below water line, so as it got closer to shore, the wheels would now roll on the ground. I assume the decking is screwed down, you could unscrew a small part, frame it, as needed to make these joints and you could remove smaller sections. How about adding "links" to the dock, large galvanized flexible joints with pins you can remove. It is an actual lake (smaller and protected) that completely freezes over and, I am told, will destroy the dock if left in over the winter as the ice moves.No one I know has ever left their dock in over the winter around here.are we the minority? Quoting: NorthRickIs this a lake or a river? Do you really have to take the dock out of the water every season? I was either thinking about some type of "table top" or L brackets the dock would settle into.maybe I am overthinking it Thanks for the response.That's totally what I was thinking, I am just not sure how to "attach" them to the dock so I can remove it over the summer. Is this a lake or a river? Do you really have to take the dock out of the water every season? To get it out next summer.all I can think of is a snow blade on the side by side to push them back out. I was thinking about either designing some type of wheel kit or some "skid plates" for them to slide on. Like I said, I have a 4500 LB winch to bring it in. I am looking for any ideas people might have. I have no idea how we are going to get it back out next summer. In the end, I had to use 4 round fence posts to roll it up the lawn to get it to when we need it to be however.Ģ. In September, when we tried to take it out, I used two 2X10 foot planks thinking it would just slide out of the water and onto the shore.which it did until it encountered the first hill at which point it just dug in. Sadly, I've been told I am not allowed to alter any of this for "environmental" reasons. It has roughly a three foot "step up" to get the dock out of the water onto the shore. My "shoreline" is not flat with several small hills moving up to the cabin. As such, it makes it quite heavy for one person to manage.Īs it was new in May, it was "installed" for us however, at the end of summer (September) I used my side by side with a 4500 pound winch to pull it out and up on the shoreline. The entire dock and platform was finished with duradek. Last May, I had a custom floating dock built consisting of three floating sections spanning 15 feet long by 6 feet wide and a 15x20 foot "platform" configured into an "L" shape. I am looking for some ideas on how to put in and take out our dock each year so it can be done by one person. Small Cabin Forum / General Forum / Putting in and taking out new dock Forums - Register/Sign Up - Reply - Search - Statistics.
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