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Originally Posted by tis
Personally I don't see that bubblers help that much. It is usually when the ice is going out in the spring that you get the winds blowing the ice and that is when most of the damage occurs. I know I have said this before in a past post. Just my opinion.
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They actually do help. The pressure of the ice will actually raise the pilings right out of the bottom of the lake. Should there also be a crib section of dock, if the crib freezes the ice will bend and even snap the pins holding the crib together. Bubblers have been around for a long time so I doubt they are goin anywhere. What I cant stand is people like my neighbor that leave there seasonal pipe dock in all winter and throw a bubbler off the end of it and leave it running constantly. Cant even get the snowmobile or ice shak onto the ice there now because its open water.