Dock repair

hook_em

Anyone know someone that can sink (replace) a few pilings for a dock at a reasonable price?  I'm in Apollo Beach.

Reel-Lucky

Did you move? Unfortunately I don't know anyone over there. I'd go to TA Mahoney's and pick some brains. 

hook_em

Reel-Lucky said:

Did you move? Unfortunately I don't know anyone over there. I'd go to TA Mahoney's and pick some brains. 

Yeah, I moved.  

I'm  actually going to try to sink this myself, without a barge 

Wish me luck.

CaptainBly

There is nothing that can go wrong with this plan

conchydong

hook_em said:

Reel-Lucky said:

Did you move? Unfortunately I don't know anyone over there. I'd go to TA Mahoney's and pick some brains. 

Yeah, I moved.  

I'm  actually going to try to sink this myself, without a barge 

Wish me luck.

Get enough help to make it safe and a decent trash pump and nozzle to jet it in properly. Two on land or existing dock to guide and plumb from different angles using 2x4s or similar and two in the water. One on the jet nozzle and another  guiding the piling in the water. 

hook_em

conchydong said:

hook_em said:

Reel-Lucky said:

Did you move? Unfortunately I don't know anyone over there. I'd go to TA Mahoney's and pick some brains. 

Yeah, I moved.  

I'm  actually going to try to sink this myself, without a barge 

Wish me luck.

Get enough help to make it safe and a decent trash pump and nozzle to jet it in properly. Two on land or existing dock to guide and plumb from different angles using 2x4s or similar and two in the water. One on the jet nozzle and another  guiding the piling in the water. 

Thanks.

Here is said piling.  My wife and I got it from our driveway to the back of the house.  It is quite heavy.

hook_em

If you look at the pic above at the farthest piling on the left....  The middle of that piling is really bad.  Boards have been bolted to it so many times the middle has rotted away.

So, my plan is to sister the new piling to it.  I'm going to chain them together at the water line while the new one is floating.  Then I'll tie a rope to the top and the bottom and try to pull it vertical.  Once it is vertical I'll bind them, then use a pump to sink the new one.

Like Paul says, what could possibly go wrong?

hook_em

Took two come-alongs, a chain hoist, two neighbors and over 6 hours but we got it and nobody got hurt.  Probably wouldn't try this again, though.

Reel-Lucky

Nice job brother.

Mackeral Snatcher

Good job

CaptainBly

And then....I will let Burch share the rest of the story.  Lets just say Burch has not had a good day.