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NCH20SKIER 
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 Posted: June-24-2014 at 7:53pm |
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Certainly some perks to being located where the water does not freeze. Been there done that no need to repeat.
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storm34
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Posted: June-26-2014 at 2:40pm |
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Still holding my breath for these. |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-26-2014 at 8:41pm |
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Me too!! 
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JoeinNY
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 12:32am |
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Well I like Gregs setup myself, .. but since it doesn't work for my location or budget Ill be patiently waiting for my invitation.
Ill put mine up while we are waiting for chris Shore mostly installed  Left dock lit up  Right dock lit up 
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NCH20SKIER
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 8:21am |
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Joe,
Invite is open. Might try to put together something in October at the Lake but don't let that stop a visit anytime. Like that sandy bottom in your pic's |
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Riley
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 10:22am |
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Beautiful dock, Greg. I find it interesting how in Maine, the state won't let you make any improvements within 100' of the lake, other than temporary docks, but in NC you can build nice boat houses and docks like yours and at White Lake.
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NCH20SKIER
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 8:16pm |
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Thanks Bruce-
Well the restrictions are different the quirkiness is much the same. It kind of depends on who is the Lake Steward (Duke Power - Alcoa etc, each have thier own regulations (many of which make little sense). Here (Badin Lake - Alcoa) you can no longer attach to the "river bottom" more than ~10' from shore - everything has to float - I did not qualify as a grandfathered lot. Also, almost all the lots on the lake you can not cut trees within 10' above full pond elevation. Here I lucked out and can clear to the waters edge. |
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 8:34pm |
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Bruce, Wisconsin is the same way. I only have a 8'by 16' "L" section at the end of my dock and it's over the allowed sq. ft.!! You have to jump through lots of hoops to install a permanent piling pier!! |
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Gary S
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 10:50pm |
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We sit and complain about Illinois but there does not seem to be many restrictions
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Gary S
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Posted: June-27-2014 at 11:41pm |
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I had some minor problems this year with my lift. When it was built 16
years ago it was primarily for the Shamrock. The cross pipes for the lifting cables needed to be 13 feet across so they took a 10 and welded 3 more feet on. I hang this new boat on and ended up snapping the bad weld which happened to be right in the cable lift area. I was changing the steering cable when it happened. No one was hurt except the boat.I then had to finish installing the cable so I could drive the boat to the ramp to get it out.In my haste because of approaching darkness I put the helm together wrong so it steered backwards! Had a hard time finding 21ft pipe so that I could cut it down instead of welding it but finally did. Then got to thinking I don't like the butt welds the same guy did on the bearing supports so I cut some angle and had a welder come out and redo those too. In the meantime I'm trying to get the guy who's repairing Quinners gel to just look at mine,he says fine bring it over but call first,I call twice and get his help who proceed to tell me their too busy. Decided to do it myself with Spectrum, they tell me they get the color right from the company who supplies Correct Craft so we will see how it turns out,I can always take it in.I'm in the process now of building a step so we can get in the boat easier when it's on the lift and I'll be done.    
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quinner
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Posted: July-18-2014 at 3:04pm |
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Better late then never, pics as promised:
Took a while to find decent stock at Menards  A little help from My Brother   The stack started to build   Once the boxes were complete moved on to mounting all the hardware. As Joel mentioned the D&H components were great and included everything, the only issue I had was the carriage bolts supplied were about 1" short on the end boards where I had 2x4 ledger board along the 2x6, worked fine everywhere else.  Then it was time to cut the leg posts, purchased (5) 21' sticks of 1.25" ID schedule 40 galvanized pipe from Fergusons (thanks Bret Hectus for the great pricing) and my plumber buddy helped me cut them all down with his 300 machine. Including cutting the threads off each end had about 30 cuts to make.  Then it was just a matter of putting them in, definitely a 2 man job to carry, heavy but not a backbreaker. Really happy how everything turned out, very sturdy and nice to walk on with the deck boards running along each section instead of across them. The only thing I would have considered doing different is tightening up the gap between the deck boards, 1/2" is ok but 1/8" or 1/4" may have been better. Added some budget solar lights at most posts, looks great at night but people have a tendency to grab them and of course the plastic fixtures break pretty easily.      
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IAughtNaut
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Posted: July-18-2014 at 3:18pm |
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Looks great Chris, and tell your brother I've always been a fan of his music. Man out of time is probably my favorite, but Alison is great too.
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Hollywood
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Posted: July-18-2014 at 3:49pm |
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Wondering if the sections will sag in the middle.
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PLBC
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Posted: July-20-2014 at 1:17am |
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Looks good, any feet on the posts?
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: July-20-2014 at 6:45am |
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Nice job Chris. It sure looks great.
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JoeinNY
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Posted: July-22-2014 at 11:08pm |
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Agreed - looks good kid! |
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