I am in the process of buying a lake home. Downside to the home is it is in the back of a bay with marsh shoreline. I will need about 120-150ft dock to get out past the marsh. (previous owner sold his dock to neighbor so I know he had at least 150ft). Considering it will run 10-20K to buy a new dock that length (and difficult to find a used dock that length) I am thinking about building a floating dock with 55 gallon barrels. I would plan on leaving the dock in the water all winter. Anyone who has a floating dock what are the pros cons of building with 55 gallon barrels? Any tips or tricks with building one? Do you leave the dock in during the winter? Does anyone know if DNR allows docks to be made with green treated wood? Lastly, if anyone has any plans for building such a dock that they would be willing to share that would be greatly appreciated?
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Nice to finally meet you tonight. Make sure you tell me who you are again next time you come in. I will probably forget.
Let me know when you are dropping in again and I'll make sure we have more of those beverages around!
This northern boy needs a little help with this one.
Dried up kill hole in the duck timber?
Quicksand that all the deer fell into?
Cool lighting in a forest that’s so different from ours?
I’ve never been in the AR woods before but you’ve arrived by the looks of it.
Good luck.
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I am in the process of buying a lake home. Downside to the home is it is in the back of a bay with marsh shoreline. I will need about 120-150ft dock to get out past the marsh. (previous owner sold his dock to neighbor so I know he had at least 150ft). Considering it will run 10-20K to buy a new dock that length (and difficult to find a used dock that length) I am thinking about building a floating dock with 55 gallon barrels. I would plan on leaving the dock in the water all winter. Anyone who has a floating dock what are the pros cons of building with 55 gallon barrels? Any tips or tricks with building one? Do you leave the dock in during the winter? Does anyone know if DNR allows docks to be made with green treated wood? Lastly, if anyone has any plans for building such a dock that they would be willing to share that would be greatly appreciated?
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