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Originally Posted by newbie
"... I remember a neighbor describing a jack/leveler that affixed to the top of the post and had chains that wrapped under the deck bracket. Once in place, he said that you use a winch or crank and they crank together an voila, you have a level dock. I believe that he called it a farmers jack...."
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Farmer's jacks, belt-winches, ratchet-winches (come-a-long), and bumper jacks are all good. They're not the only way to level docks, though.
http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBPJ7XNX4E.html 
I use a farmer's jack for dock leveling. They're available for about $40, will be "FedEx-ed" and can be left at your cottage's doorstep.
http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/cta...temnumber=6530.
My docks on Winnipesaukee and Florida are very heavy and I find the 3½ ton capacity essential. Two years ago -- with so many Winnipesaukee docks damaged by ice and barge repairs backed up into July -- I even straightened ice-damaged
pilings with it. The farmer's jack has built-in holes for chaining (or lag-bolting) to the uprights.
Nothing wrong with a bumper jack, but a farmer's jack can be used up-side-down if necessary, is indestructable, and can always be used
as a bumper jack.