Neighbor and I spent Saturday at Short's Marine in Millsboro, DE stripping the 3 old pontoon boats we bought to add to our floating docks. I bought one 24' to add to the two 20' floats already in place, neighbor bought a 20' and a 18' to replace his old ramps that lead to his current 20' float. Took us about 4 hours to completely strip all 3 down to the flat decks. Aluminum will go to the scrap yard ($0.70/lbs if clean, $0.30 is not clean). Trash went to the dumpster but we saved alot of extras we found on the boats like anchors, lines, coolers, etc. This Saturday we'll head back with his gooseneck trailer and bring the floats home where the real work begins. I'll need to re-deck it, probably with a composite product, bottom paint the pontoons, wrap some firehose around the outside for cushions and weld up some sort of brackets to attach it to the current floating dock. Meanwhile the Admiral will complain about have this big,ugly hulk of a float in the side yard! Total cost including the purchase of the pontoon boat will be under $1500. Not a bad deal to extend a dock 24' x 8' wide... and they are stable!
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New Floating Docks in Progress
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Sounds good, nothing like a little recyling to bring down some costs, when I built mine I found floats on Craigslist from an oyster farm in Stamford,and made the 28` aluminum ramp out of surplus above ground pool decks, that alone saved about $4000.00,....kaching!
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Reading about the re-cycle I recall seeing the Alaska Natives in Hoonah, had built floating Oyster beds of some old Docks etc.
I think it worked well too.
When the "Red Tide" came through they had some problems though.
I wonder if you guys on the 'lightly salted' coast could raise your own Mussels adjacent to your new Docks?
I think it worked well too.
When the "Red Tide" came through they had some problems though.
I wonder if you guys on the 'lightly salted' coast could raise your own Mussels adjacent to your new Docks?
Bruce,
We have our own community ramp that works well then we just keep them on a trailer or on wood blocks during the off-season. My neighbor who is in this deal is a builder with access to heavy equipment when necessary to lift tem off the trailer.
We have our own community ramp that works well then we just keep them on a trailer or on wood blocks during the off-season. My neighbor who is in this deal is a builder with access to heavy equipment when necessary to lift tem off the trailer.