Taking dock out

[Dave M]

I've pulled up lame on my left foot/leg. Don't know how long it will take to heal. Thankfully the weather is still holding.
Just in case I need to have somebody else do the work, is there persons/company that take out docks. Thought I read before but couldn't find it.
My dock is easy, I have 5 sections that are each 7' long with galvanized pipe holding dock up. Process is remove bolts on brackets that hold dock, lift back section onto previous section, loosen bolts for pipe, lift front end(use anchor), slide pipe out, move section to land, repeat 5 times. You need 4 persons, 2 in water, 2 out.

Thanks in advance

Dave M

[ishoot308]

Contact Steve at Island Support Services islandsupport@cs.com . Great guy and he will get the job done for you.

Dan

[Jeanzb1]

Or try Winnipesaukee Marine in Alton.

[NHWakesurfer]

Center Harbor Dock and Pier has always done a good job for me.

Good luck I hope you feel better

[fatlazyless]

Hey......today is your lucky day......for just $395 in Craigslist-NH-boats......someone in Meredith has a slightly used Ice Eater P500, 1/2hp, 110-volt, 7-amp water circulator and a Kasco C20 time & temp control switch that is ready-to-use, and in excellent cond. .......rig it down the deep end of your dock or boatlift and leave them in the water all winter long ......no miserable task to remove your heavy dock .....or hire a dock removal service.....just set it.....and forget it ....and pay the electric bill and listen to all the wonderfull splish-splash noise it creates.....all winter long!

[tummyman]

Like anything else, ice beaters have their place. In my opinion, I have seen quite a few. If you are in a very protective cove, they can work. But if you are exposed to areas with large wind and water, they may not help. The whole damage thing occurs when ice breaks up in the spring. Yes, there will be no ice around your dock, but f the wind comes up, large floating ice chunks can break docks like toothpicks. I have seen it happen with my own eyes. Even permanent docks have been damaged by wind blown ice in spring. The only really safe route is remove it.

[winlessinnh]

I agree that the ice eater won't work unless you have a breakwater or no chance of ice rolling in. It will keep your dock from freezing (unless it's really cold like a few winters ago) but it won't help in the spring against floating ice.

[tis]

Originally Posted by tummyman

Like anything else, ice beaters have their place. In my opinion, I have seen quite a few. If you are in a very protective cove, they can work. But if you are exposed to areas with large wind and water, they may not help. The whole damage thing occurs when ice breaks up in the spring. Yes, there will be no ice around your dock, but f the wind comes up, large floating ice chunks can break docks like toothpicks. I have seen it happen with my own eyes. Even permanent docks have been damaged by wind blown ice in spring. The only really safe route is remove it.

I totally agree with you that is when most dock damage happens. I have seen the ice blow right into a dock and pick it up like it was just toothpicks.

[fatlazyless]

....slightly off-topic but here goes......is there anyone else out there who also thinks the splish-splash noise made by the ice-eater water circulators, all winter long, are more than a little bit annoying....sound travels pretty good in the cold, dry winter temps, and the splish-splash definately is a sound that's contrary to a quiet and peacefull winter day......for about five minutes, the splish -splash noise is ok.....but then it starts to get old fast.

Is there a comparable outside residential appliance that is somewhat commonly used similar to an ice-eater that is accepted and allowed by the local town ordinances, and in common use, without considered to be a public nuisance......what other device is there in the relm of residential neighborhoods where a noisy device is accepted as ok to just let it operate for months at a time? Hmmmmmm......not much comes to mind here?

In my opinion......those splish-splash water circulators definately disturb the peace and quiet of a residential waterfront neighborhood, and it is accepted by the town code enforcement officers to allow them to run all winter long......now why is that?

If someone decided to let their lawn mower, or snowblower, or weed wacker run pretty much constantly, with on & off cycles depending on the air temperature, for a three month time period, that would easily be considered to be disturbing the peace by the police or the building code enforcement officer......so shouldn't the water circulators which do make a lot of splish-splash noise also be considered to be disturbing the peace and quiet of a residential waterfront neighborhood.....because that is what they do!

[SIKSUKR]

Funny you should mention the word annoying.

[AC2717]

really FLL really???

i for one would vote to hear those over the winter, then apposed to a backhoe and machinery all summer long reapairing all the damage

NOW GET BACK ON TOPIC

[IslandRadio]

Even if you could bubble your dock area, the dock construction does not sound as if it's strong enough to withstand the ice flows in the spring. That wind really gets them moving.

One of my neighbors bubbles his dock, but the thing is built with thick pilings that have withstood the ice flows (so far).

I'm wondering if a modification is available to allow your dock to be tipped (lifted) out of the water from the shore? It's sure easier to do that than to dismantle sections.

[fatlazyless]

Originally Posted by SIKSUKR

Funny you should mention the word annoying.

....ok.....but come on.....my complaints about the constant 3-month long, January thru April, long term running of the ice-eater style, water circulators should be considered because it does become a neighborhood nuisance if you are constantly subject to listening to that noise as opposed to a quiet winter day........yes, going inside and closing the door on the outdoors does go a long way to eliminate the noise.....but when outside....it can be annoying....and infringes on the neighbor's right to peace and quiet......you know not everybody on the waterfront closes up their house on Columbus day and heads off to sunny Palm Beach, Florida......some of us actually stay here all winter long......and constantly running a water circulator to protect a dock from the ice tends to creat a constant splish-splash noise.....and there should be a local town ordinance to address this issue.......call it the splish-splash ordinance .... ...... thankyou & goodknight!

[NHBUOY]

Hey FLL, What's your opinion on halyards clanging in the summer.?

Noisy sailboats, turbine noise, ice-bubblers, etc. Sounds loud out here.

[sluggo]

this guy never mentioned us ice fisherman at 6 am running are gas augers out side his house. LOL.....

[tis]

Originally Posted by NHBUOY

Hey FLL, What's your opinion on halyards clanging in the summer.?

Noisy sailboats, turbine noise, ice-bubblers, etc. Sounds loud out here.

Sailboats can be noisy, can't they?!! No, I won't start any trouble.

[island folks]

Call Island Service Company out of Meredith. They take out and put in over 75 docks on the lake each season. Maybe they could help. 279-4937