I've used permanent docks for 20+ years. My dad used them 10 years before that and never have we seen the issue that just came UP this year.
We drive in 4x4's of varying lengths and attach the framing and top to the docks. Since we are within 3 miles of a big damn the water fluctuation is minimal. The pool between damns is 45 miles. 30 miles up river from us the water might raise 3 ft and we'll see maybe a 6" rise. A good spot to be in, usually.
However the water is finally going down from a flood we had this past week. Water got up to flood stage which means it was 30 ft high 30 miles up river and we were 5 ft higher than normal. Before the flood we had seen a jumble of trees and trash stuck on a big tree that was under the docks. No biggie, this happens every year. But, then the flood came. With the flood is fast moving water and it normally clears whatever is stuck under the docks. And it did clear whatever was under the docks again this year but not before raising 5 sections of the docks about 2ft higher than they should be. (see pics below)
The dilemma, how to get the docks back down to useable heigth?
I'm considering all options. So far I've thought of:
Getting a group of folks to all jump at the same time and hope to drive the posts back down.
Get a container and put it on the dock and fill with water for weight to help get the docks down. Water is about 8 pounds a gallon I think ...I can get 55 gallon barrells ...(400pounds) but two guys equal that.
Put a generator on the docks to help vibrate and then jump and hope the vibration helps the pole go down.
The docks have just become visible. Mud is still drying on them. Until it drys we will not walk on them. Plus I had a mud slide on my access road so I need a track hoe to clear the road. Road will have to be fixed before I can get to docks ...but still looking for ideas on how we might get the docks back like they were.
1st pic is the docks in 2014
2nd pic is docks yesterday.
We drive in 4x4's of varying lengths and attach the framing and top to the docks. Since we are within 3 miles of a big damn the water fluctuation is minimal. The pool between damns is 45 miles. 30 miles up river from us the water might raise 3 ft and we'll see maybe a 6" rise. A good spot to be in, usually.
However the water is finally going down from a flood we had this past week. Water got up to flood stage which means it was 30 ft high 30 miles up river and we were 5 ft higher than normal. Before the flood we had seen a jumble of trees and trash stuck on a big tree that was under the docks. No biggie, this happens every year. But, then the flood came. With the flood is fast moving water and it normally clears whatever is stuck under the docks. And it did clear whatever was under the docks again this year but not before raising 5 sections of the docks about 2ft higher than they should be. (see pics below)
The dilemma, how to get the docks back down to useable heigth?
I'm considering all options. So far I've thought of:
Getting a group of folks to all jump at the same time and hope to drive the posts back down.
Get a container and put it on the dock and fill with water for weight to help get the docks down. Water is about 8 pounds a gallon I think ...I can get 55 gallon barrells ...(400pounds) but two guys equal that.
Put a generator on the docks to help vibrate and then jump and hope the vibration helps the pole go down.
The docks have just become visible. Mud is still drying on them. Until it drys we will not walk on them. Plus I had a mud slide on my access road so I need a track hoe to clear the road. Road will have to be fixed before I can get to docks ...but still looking for ideas on how we might get the docks back like they were.
1st pic is the docks in 2014
2nd pic is docks yesterday.