JASinIL2006
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Hi all, we are considering adding a floating dock section to our current land-based, permanent dock. The current dock is wood construction resting on a crib filled with rock. It is quite stable and is about 20'x25'.
Our lake is a small lake (3 miles long x .75 miles wide) in Northern Ontario, Canada and our cabin is a small cove on the lake. The lake freezes completely in the winter.
We want to add some floating dock sections to extend our dock into the lack and to proved places to dock several boats (e.g., 20' pontoon, 19' bowrider). At a minimum, we're probably looking at floating sections that would be about 5' or 6' wide and that would project into the lake about 25' from the permanent dock. We're thinking about a system like EZ Dock (https://www.ez-dock.com/product/60-dock).
As we consider this, we have some questions. First of all, we've seem some things that suggest these floating sections could remain in the water over winter. (Supposedly they float above the ice and and immune to the kind of spring thaw damage that tears up fixed docks.) Not having to move the floating sections to the shore would of course be a big plus, especially as we're getting older.
A second question has to do with how (or how well) these floating docks connect to permanent dock. I assume some sort of hinged gangway would be needed to allow for fluctuations in lake level (not a huge issue on our lake, but we sometimes see water levels fluctuate 12-16" over the season).
Anyone with experience using these types of docks?
Thank in advance!
Jim
Our lake is a small lake (3 miles long x .75 miles wide) in Northern Ontario, Canada and our cabin is a small cove on the lake. The lake freezes completely in the winter.
We want to add some floating dock sections to extend our dock into the lack and to proved places to dock several boats (e.g., 20' pontoon, 19' bowrider). At a minimum, we're probably looking at floating sections that would be about 5' or 6' wide and that would project into the lake about 25' from the permanent dock. We're thinking about a system like EZ Dock (https://www.ez-dock.com/product/60-dock).
As we consider this, we have some questions. First of all, we've seem some things that suggest these floating sections could remain in the water over winter. (Supposedly they float above the ice and and immune to the kind of spring thaw damage that tears up fixed docks.) Not having to move the floating sections to the shore would of course be a big plus, especially as we're getting older.
A second question has to do with how (or how well) these floating docks connect to permanent dock. I assume some sort of hinged gangway would be needed to allow for fluctuations in lake level (not a huge issue on our lake, but we sometimes see water levels fluctuate 12-16" over the season).
Anyone with experience using these types of docks?
Thank in advance!
Jim
