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Old 05-21-2005, 07:38 PM   #4
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The dock has a main frame and an A-frame that folds down into the main frame. A single wire supports the top of the A-frame and two wires extend from the top of the A-frame to each side of the main frame. No other pads in the neighborhood, so nothing to compare it to.

Our pad sits above rocks with the legs at one end used to level off. Making the concrete pad "adjustable" seems no short order. It would probably be easier and more effective to relocate the pad to the shore.

I was able to fix it yesterday -- turns out the dock shifted to the right. A friend and I lowered the dock, got in the water and gently pushed the end of the dock (and subsequently the pad) back into position. Lowered it and wala, posts were back in the original spot.

The dock legs are adjustable -- just not that much. My plan for a summer project (when the water doesn't turn my hair blue) is to relocate some rocks under the dock legs so that if (when) the dock shifts, the legs have something to land on.
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