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Originally Posted by ApS
...A neighbor had a big concrete block poured for his crank-up dock, but apparently winter's winds caused the suspended dock to sway enough to break one side of the new base off.
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Center Harbor Dock & Pier did our crankup back in 2014. Pulley for the cable is anchored to a large tree up 15 ft or so, with the winch below at shoulder height. The tree is nearly in line with the dock, so that worked well and avoided the need to pour a block. Although we don't get quite the wind the broads side of LI gets, they did provide guy ropes on both sides to keep side winds from working the frame back and forth, an otherwise long lever trying to break the shore attachment. When I crank the thing up late fall each year, I make sure to have those guy lines snug.