Lake County
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Looking to see if anyone has experience with floating docks leaving them in all winter? Pro"s, con:s. TIA.
Floating Docks
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dfattack
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That is what I will do next time I replace mine, which hopefully will be the last time. Price ranges vary. Cheaper docks will not be as stable, more costly docks which I have been on are very heavy and can't really tell you are on a floating dock.
The dock shown below only has a few inches below the water line. The approach pivots on a large Pin at the shoreline. When the ice forms the dock simply pushes up and sits on top of the ice. very nice feature.
I have been on the one on the main webpage shown in the link. It's installed on my chain of lakes around the point from me. Will probably buy one of these next time when I'm ready...but they are expensive.
http://www.perfectpier.com/
The dock shown below only has a few inches below the water line. The approach pivots on a large Pin at the shoreline. When the ice forms the dock simply pushes up and sits on top of the ice. very nice feature.
I have been on the one on the main webpage shown in the link. It's installed on my chain of lakes around the point from me. Will probably buy one of these next time when I'm ready...but they are expensive.
http://www.perfectpier.com/
hybrid
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got to watch out for big chunk's of ice floating around in the spring when the ice goes out
wind shifts blows the big floating chunks toward your pier and you could have a lot of damage
sometimes those big chunks are the size of half the lake
i always pull my floating pier up on shore just to be safe
i have a shoremaster dock
wind shifts blows the big floating chunks toward your pier and you could have a lot of damage
sometimes those big chunks are the size of half the lake
i always pull my floating pier up on shore just to be safe
i have a shoremaster dock
It's really the water/ice action that determines whether the docks can remain in or not. We (Condo Association on the Fox River Green Bay) have 23 slips that are removed from the pilings and floated down river several miles to a Marina where the water/ice is stagnant over the winter. They remain in this location until spring when all the ice is out. The marina also removes the floating docks from pilings to free float for the winter.
Ice moving is not our friend. I've seen calm completely open water freeze over night to a 1/16" thick sheet and in the morning a breeze pushed mounds of ice onto shore. The piers and lifts on that side of the lake were all destroyed.
Ice moving is not our friend. I've seen calm completely open water freeze over night to a 1/16" thick sheet and in the morning a breeze pushed mounds of ice onto shore. The piers and lifts on that side of the lake were all destroyed.