Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - Dock broke - question about aluminum trusses or other aluminum DIY solutions

fatlazyless · 12-28-2015, 02:27 PM

So, how much does this easy-peasy to install dock cost for a 30' x 5' dock like in the video? My dock has got to be the oldest aluminum dock in the world.....it was designed and built by neanderthals before aluminum was even discovered, or invented .....whichever came first? Every year, it loses about 25 aluminum rivets, and I replace each missing rivet with a #12 x 1 1/4" pan head, phillips, stainless sheet metal screw from Heath's Hardware which seems to be a better fix than the original neanderthal installed rivets!

My old dock has got to last me at least another thirty-six years because I cannot afford to replace it!

12-28-2015, 02:27 PM	#16
fatlazyless Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 8,529 Blog Entries: 1 Thanks: 296 Thanked 957 Times in 698 Posts	...... this old dock So, how much does this easy-peasy to install dock cost for a 30' x 5' dock like in the video? My dock has got to be the oldest aluminum dock in the world.....it was designed and built by neanderthals before aluminum was even discovered, or invented .....whichever came first? Every year, it loses about 25 aluminum rivets, and I replace each missing rivet with a #12 x 1 1/4" pan head, phillips, stainless sheet metal screw from Heath's Hardware which seems to be a better fix than the original neanderthal installed rivets! My old dock has got to last me at least another thirty-six years because I cannot afford to replace it! __________________ ... down and out, liv'n that Walmart side of the lake!