If you get ice in your pond, you again may desire a floating dock that can be removed in the winter. Mine is currently being ripped up off the bottom and bent because the ice formed when the pond was low, and now a thaw is causing the ice to raise with the water influx. The ice is near 18 inches thick this year, and it has trapped the braces that are normally far under the ice. No way to free it up in time to create a big project for me this year.