Just to clear something up. One barrel wide means the pier would be 36" wide, the barrels would be perpendicular to the length of the pier. With that said, I guess 3 feet wide would still be pretty unstable. How about five feet wide by 10 feet long like my new attachment shows? It might want another pair of barrels in the middle too?
2O2S, I like the idea of the screw in anchors, however, the area around my pond is VERY rocky. The pontoon idea has some good merit, I'll see what pops up for sale around here. I would what to keep the size down to keep from overwhelming the small pond, but at that point anchoring it to the shore could still be challenging.
