Ok I build all kinds of things because a love to build. If I was to build my dock again I would have filled my barrels 1/3 full of water minimum. This will take the biggest wobble out of the floating dock. I stabilized it with a ballast system but water ballast in each barrel would have been perfect.

This is 16X16 with 12 barrels. The joist are 2X6 with 2X12 rim joist with true 2X6 decking. The gangway is 4 feet by 16 feet long.

Hands down the next one I build for my buddys pond will have the barrels 1/3rd full of water.

Cheers Don.

P.S. heres the tree house I built for the kids three years ago.

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7/8th of an acre, Perch only pond, Ontario, Canada.