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Originally Posted by NE_Sportsman
I am wanting to build a dock on a pond. The dock would mostly be used for fishing off of and getting in and out of a small jon boat. I was thinking about it being a floating dock. I have some 55gal plastic barrels and some decking boards. Im just not sure how to fasten the barrels to the dock and how to keep the dock in place. Thanks for all the suggestions.
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Okay, I'm not trying to argue for any specific design. But you need to understand a few things about your choice that may not be apparent from the thread, so far.
1. Foam floatation will eventually start to chip off and degrade over time, leaving parts of your floatation to litter your pond area.
2. Barrel and foam floating docks that rise and sink with the water levels are noisy as people move over them. So, if you like to fish off your dock the design might be an issue.
3. Floating docks are, I believe more expensive to build (if you're going to do it right) than fixed wood docks.
4. Floating docks tend not to be as strong as a design where you have the entire structure screwed and/or bolted together. When you build a dock using wood uprights screwed or bolted into a wood decking structure the combined strength is more than you'll ever get from a home-made floating dock.