Leave docks in the water?

Steveo · 01-09-2007, 12:59 PM

We have a crib dock that we have estimated weighs on the order of 50 tons (big dock). Therefore we don't need to do anything to it (removal or bubblers) since it has been there 80 years and hasn't moved.

A couple years back though, in the spring I found one of the corners had been lifted about 2 feet by the ice flows being pushed up against it. It was an amazing force. Nothing I could do to fix it but it did settle back down over the next 2 years.

So I have to agreed, you're crazy to leave a pole dock in the water without at least a bubbler.

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01-09-2007, 12:59 PM	#4
Steveo Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 526 Thanks: 47 Thanked 123 Times in 63 Posts	We have a crib dock that we have estimated weighs on the order of 50 tons (big dock). Therefore we don't need to do anything to it (removal or bubblers) since it has been there 80 years and hasn't moved. A couple years back though, in the spring I found one of the corners had been lifted about 2 feet by the ice flows being pushed up against it. It was an amazing force. Nothing I could do to fix it but it did settle back down over the next 2 years. So I have to agreed, you're crazy to leave a pole dock in the water without at least a bubbler.