Well, I didn't say "pull on the cable with a bulldozer", just pull on it by hand (carefully) from shore or an adjacent dock and see how it goes. Use a steady force. Common sense should be used. I think it would require a surprisingly small amount of force. My brother in laws dock suffered the same fate last year except his dock hinge plate ripped out of the concrete after one of his side support wires snapped (another micro-burst we assumed). The dock then bent the 1/2" steel hinge plate like a pretzel and settled upright nicely alongside the shoreline. Surprisingly the aluminum dock was fine. Most aluminum docks are basically just big truss beams laid on their side and should handle the load just fine. Maybe get a couple guys with digging bars lifting and prying the block at the same time.
Of course if it was built by "Goober's pretty-good Docks" then all bets are off.
Post some pics. This is interesting.
Last edited by welch-time; 05-16-2018 at 08:21 PM.
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