I planned exactly where I wanted to drive the posts for my dock. After eighteen months of Texas drought, I *knew* I still had some time. Then it rained 6" the night after I talked with a guy to dig the holes. The pond basically filled after that. Okay, full pond. What were my options?
Floating dock... Looked at EZ-Dock (http://www.ezdocktexas.com) and a custom builder (http://www.ellisonmarine.com).
Pipe Dock... The water depth was ~4-5 deep, which could work for us.
My wife and I decided that the dock would be our next project, so we made basic plans and bought the necessary galvanized hardware from Merco Marine (www.mercomarine.com) and Great Northern Docks (www.greatnortherndocks.com). We decided to build a pipe dock instead of floating dock, mainly because of the water depth.
It only took a few weekends to build/deploy it.
Here's the final product.