Originally Posted By: BWHolmgren
Will short periods of frozen surface, say 1-2 weeks at a stretch, hurt floating docks? Would it be a good idea to leave one diffuser running under the dock? I live in West-Central MO, and we get a frozen surface from time to time, but normal no long snow accumulation on the ice. Thanks!


We have had 30"s of solid frozen ice and 3 feet of snow on our pond dock with out any problems. We leave her in year round in Canada eh.

Only docks that get removed are ones that spring ice flows will wipe them out. Our camp is on a lake that is 54 miles long and we are protected in a cove and the rare prolonged west wind so our lake dock stays in year round too. The camps straight east of us get the north flow of ice and they all have to take all their docks out or the ice will for them.

Cheers Don.

Last edited by DonoBBD; 12/18/15 08:08 AM.
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