BGK -- I'm just curious how much your pond level varies over a year's time. When we built our floating dock, we had to build it so that it could vary as much as 3-feet. Ours remains at or near full-pool most of the time. But, really heavy rains in the springtime, or from hurricanes in the fall, it can get at least 18 inches above full pool before it goes over the emergency spillway. Last year during the drought, it dropped about 18 inches by the end of August.
We used gate/barn door hardware, which seems to hold up pretty well for many years.
Also -- it looks great!
