Dock for mucky shoreline?

[sparkyaber]

I am sure this topic has been brought up before, but I searched and came up with nothing. I think this is the year that my father finally puts a new dock/boat lift in at his home on Rush Lake. Right now he has one section of steel roll in dock. That he puts onto the bow of his small row boat, and floats the thing onto the lake, cranks the wheels down into the muck, and all is done. The big problem is that he is only in about 12 inches of water when it get dry in the summer time. I refuse to bring my boat to his dock, and he has a newer pontoon that he is trying not to destroy. I think he needs to add about 30 feet to his current dock to get to deep enough water to be useable. The problem is the muck, I can take a fence post (metal), and push it all the way into the muck. I am thinking the only option is a floating dock? Is this the only option? What are good brands, bad brands? I know nothing about docks since I have never lived on a lake. I told him to go to the boat show, but you know how fathers listen to their sons .

Also, anyone know how the ratings work on boat lifts? I have a Ranger reata 1850, and am guessing it would weigh in at 3000 pounds loaded. I am assuming that the weights on lifts are total weight of the boat, how about people that would load while boat is on the lift?

Thanks.

[Tom7227]

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