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Originally Posted by Bearly There
The good news: Ice is out.
The bad news: So is our dock. The power outage on Bear knocked out our bubbler for 4 weeks at the worst possible time. Result, dock is destroyed.
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It appears the least damaged part of your dock is on pilings—close to shore—where it's out the reach of winter ice pressures.
If D-I-Y-ing this repair, you could hinge the rest of the (repaired) dock to that section, making a "Hybrid Dock".
If you're going to call for professional repair, be prepared for a wait.
My dock had an oversized ice-floe push three pilings towards shore, causing the middle of the dock to sink under the surface! Although it was the middle of April, I was advised to wait until July for a repair.
A couple of days later, they were working on a neighbor's dock, so I asked—while they were 100-feet away—that they repair mine. No-can-do, they said.
I managed to use scraps of wood, a farm jack, and a piece of angle-iron (to spread the load) and restored the dock to level.
More on ice/dock repairs:
https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...ight=farm+jack
https://www.winnipesaukee.com/forums...ad.php?t=21745
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