[feb]

My (5) 8' section wooden/pipe dock is starting to show its age and regardless of how far I pound the steel pipes into the lake bed it still shakes a little more than I'd like.

Can anyone attest to the effectiveness of adding cross bracing using clamp on brackets and piping in an X pattern? It looks to be about $150-$200 investment per setup so I was thinking of adding 1 or 2 of these cross braces to my 40' dock.

The deepest part of my dock is only in 5' of water.

But if experience shows it doesn't really add much rigidity then I'd just live with what I have for now.

Thanks.