Getting a new lift

davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭✭
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I busted my old elevator lift last summer.  Started the process, got the permits approved, picked a lift and a vendor with the hopes they would be able to get to me in the Spring.  Then i get a phone call saying "hey looks like we can swing over next week."  Then mother nature decides to hit the twenties and blow all the water out of the bay.

This is a video of the guys breaking ice to get to me.  They get to about 24 ft away and get grounded.  That night the water froze.  Is it spring yet?  


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  • Dream_InnDream_Inn Member, Moderator Posts: 7,683 mod
    Wow!  well, it is supposed to be in the low 40s by Monday :smile: .  Definitely a tough time of year for that, as yes, the water is usually lower in the winter and then the wind also changes things.  Oh, and that ice, you just never know.  It'll be great though when you have that lift!

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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭✭
    Is it spring yet?
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  • Rich_Rich_ Member Posts: 192 ✭✭✭
    Looks nice. Dock work in the winter could get miserable. Depending how thick the ice gets there, I would put an ice eater or bubble system on any new pilings
    Rinker sold but still have other boats        Eastern LI, NY
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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭✭
    @Rich_ thanks. I have been keeping my eye out for a few bubblers for if it gets bad. The dock has been in place for 50 yrs so I am not as concerned about it. To be honest I was happy that the pilings are in as good of shape as they are. Old wood and creosote. New stuff is beefy. 12in pilings. After they put in the new finger Pier I had to call back and get a quote for how much it was going to be to replace the rest of it. It was the same situation like when you paint a bathroom and then the hallway starts to look bad. We had a really bad freeze back in 1977 where you could almost walk across the Chesapeake Bay. That year tore up more docs than you can imagine.
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  • Rich_Rich_ Member Posts: 192 ✭✭✭
    edited January 22
    It takes time for the new piles that were jetted in to settle so they are prone to heaving from ice a lot quicker than the old ones. It looks like there are decent ties between the piles so you are better off than if it were just single piles
    Rinker sold but still have other boats        Eastern LI, NY
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  • davidbrooksdavidbrooks Member Posts: 1,404 ✭✭✭✭
    I was wondering about that.  They didn't jet them in though.  They pulled in a 30 ft barge with an excavator and vibratory head on it.  The head was pretty cool.  It grabbed these 30 ft poles on the end, lined them up, another guy made sure they were plumb and then just vibrated them in.  I had them pull out 6 old pilings.  I had pulled out 3 over the summer myself using a jet pump and it took me almost 4 hrs per pole.  They were almost 11ft down. That was a nasty job.  The last one we took out we were rushing as there was a thunderstorm rolling in.  Being in the water, holding onto a 10ft galvanized pipe as the jet (AKA lighting rod) wasn't the best place to be.
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