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Originally Posted by fatlazyless
One way to get some telephone poles for free is to ask at the electric utility or telephone company for poles damaged by weather or automobile accident. Sometimes, they have these broken pieces of telephone poles left over from damages.
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I would not use polls from the telephone company, they are most definitely treated. Older one with creosote as mentioned. Other with new fangled treatment that are supposed to be more environmentally friendly but still harmful to the lake.
As for stability of post on the cantilever docks I have a few suggestions..
--- one if you plan on removing the posts every year as you should, you could always create a footing that you could put the end of the post in that sits on the lake bottom and is heavy enough to help stabilize things... remember however it most be removable from the water.
--- The second is to brace from the bottom of the post back up to the far side of the deck frame. This would be my preferred method....