If your lake isn't to big then a dock with a crib will last a long time. It
requires the least amount of maintenance and the highest amount of
stability. Roll in docks are the easiest solution to ice flow damage, but
they have limited application. Floating dock are a lot of work in the
spring and fall, but if taken care of will last the longest. There is a
company around here (Toronto, Ont) that builds all aluminium roll in docks
that two people can easily roll in. I would expect that this is an
expensive solution. Mind you, depending on you situation, building three or
four cribs can be a lot of work. I helped my cousin put in a dock at the
cottage that was four cribs and the water depth off the two deepest cribs
was 12' deep. We it took us two weekends just to build and fill the cribs.
Nice U shaped dock when we were done, but it sure cut into our ski time.
Give us some information: water depth at the end of the dock? Length and
Width of your dock? Size of your lake? Changes in water depth over the
year?
Drew
"Tom Ruta" <rutat.RemoveThis@cadvision.com> wrote in message
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> On 16 Mar 2004 15:29:48 -0800, jim.thompson.RemoveThis@lagosantafe.com (Jim
> Thompson) wrote:
>
> >> A crib is a rectangle of wooden beams that is filled with rock and
boulders
> >> and it forms the base for a walkway to a dock and they are sunk and
filled
> >> with the rocks to form the base for the decks of the piers. Most that
I
> >> have seen are bolted together to form the crib. Sometimes the nailed
> >> together cribs will not withstand the force of ice flows.
> >>
> >>
> >Thanks not commonly used on private lakes around here. Sounds like a lot
> >of work!
>
> You have pack ice? If not then no cribbing needed. And even then,
> I've seen ice take out massive cribbing.<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->
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