Holy Moly Catscratch! It took a minute for me to realize your dock had not become dislodged and floated out to the middle of your lake. Now, that is what I'm talking about. So, you have no poles, just a hinged gangway/catwalk (anchored to the shore or the bottom of your lake at high pool) hinged to a platform. Your dock gives me a lot of hope that it can be done without poles!
The reasons I don't like the pole to the bottom concept is that my dam has a lot of rock in it, it's too late to set the poles as the pond is full, I did not know for sure that the pond will live at full pool ( I still don't), AND I would like to try and design it such that the platform can be unhooked and motored around the pond.
Setterguy, It looks like your dock manages the water level changes very well.
dlowrance, I can imagine your binding issues assuming that your ramp is not anchored to the shore and you have poles to keep it from floating off.
Thanks for the great responses, I really enjoy the conversations!
