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Originally Posted by RUGMAN
Dammed if i do and dammed if I Don't. As a recent permanent dock owner on Meredith Bay I read that having a bubbler will help protect my dock from the ice, however I also read that it is the spring Ice out that causes all the damage. My sense is that if i let the ice form around my Crib dock. it will be protected from the ice flow . Whats a new homeowner with a crib dock to do? looking for your years of experience to give me some advice.
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The problem is that ice expands when it freezes. Sometimes the ice will move two feet up onto the shore moving everything in its path. If the pilings are frozen into the ice they will move with the ice and certainly twist or push the dock until something gives, which is usually the dock.