Tuesday, 23 July 2013

Floating Dock Launch

How to get a floating dock into the water


The dock pieces were assembled on a special frame resting on log rollers


The slipway with log rollers


With a little nudging the dock is on the rollers and on the way


The frame under the dock protects the floats


With a little persuasion the dock rolls down the ramp


Almost there


In the water


We pulled the frame out from under the dock once it was floating free


We loaded two 125 lb concrete anchors for the ride over to the dock site


The anchors are set and attached to steel rods driven into the bottom.  Anchor chains attached and then the dock is connected to the first floating section with a hinge pin.  Now all we need is a ramp to connect the two floating sections to the fixed dock.

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