Seasonal aluminum boat dock

[DickR]

Originally Posted by Dave M

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Also when I got my aluminum dock the installer said not to drill holes in the frame for whips, etc. I can't put whips on my decking since its is not attached. My only choice is to put them on the galv posts.

Dave M

Center Harbor did my 6x30. I had whips on the old wood frame dock, ten feet apart, which I wanted to continue using. So I had them weld in a pair of aluminum plate brackets a bit larger than the whip base footprint, and set a bit down from the top of the frame to accommodate the wood strips to which the deck planks are screwed. The whip bases bolt through the deck and the aluminum plate. I have to remove the bases to take off the deck sections for the winter.