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@PaulaRamos-kw3gd this should work well for you for that scenerio

@planetjupiter2551 you can yes but its harder on the truck amd the plow. Breaking trail or new road is more difficult but maintaining an expstimg road is easy with straight blade

@mikeringnell7913 hi there mike. Oak island in N.W.A. is just on stateside, yes? We are up to the north in clearwater bay area (and kenora). If you're on the south side of oak island then you'll have that big traverse basin to deal with which is fine for water but can be treacherous on pipedocks for the ice/thaw season. When we sled to the Angle we always pass massive ice ridges in that basin by the Angle. If that ice flows into your pipe (which are 4" schedule 40), itll shear them like butter. It all depends on the prevailing winds during the thaw. If you get pile ups of ice on your shore then a pioe dock may not survive. Its a significant investment to chance when facing the open basin ice. Your driller should be drilling 3 feet into bedrock. If i recall, that basin is 20 feet roughly and a mud bottom. If you have shallow (less than 4 feet) at shore, then youll also be contending with mud jacking every season. If you'd like to discuss further or have more questions, check out boleandbranch.ca (thats us) and drop me an email. We can chat about it further to at least point you in the right direction.

@bryanstaten5585 in hind sight yes, i should have held onto it. But it ended up going to a friend so its not gone forever lol. Its was convenient for household garbage amd small stuff.

We use schedule 40, 4 inch pipe (1/4" wall thickness). We drill down to bedrock and then at least 3 feet into the bedrock then we underpin the pipe if need be but we wedge the pipe into the hole similar to the way a concrete anchor works. We hire it out to specialists. But we handle everything from thw steelwork up. Most of the guys who run these drills are guys from mines who go on their own.

@@lakelifecraftsmanis this your personal boathouse or did you build it for a client? Are all of your i beams same height, or did you have larger ones in spots and need to cut those pipes lower? Did you x brace your pipes at all? Like from top of pipe to a lower on pipe? Do you think that pipe mushrooms much and locks in or do you think that it’s so thick it doesn’t mushroom much on bottom? If the pipe was 4.5” outside Diameter what size drill bit did they use in the rock?

@ronengesether1 lots of solid questions 👍. This job is for one of our clients. For the pipe size, they use a 5 inch bit. I personally dont know if it actually "mushrooms" at the bottom like they say it does, but the drift head sure makes a mess of the tops of pipe when hammering them in place. I think it does to a certain degree as we've yet to have any issues as this is an acceptable, engineered practice. As for cross bracing , yes. Depending on the height of the pipe from base to I-beams, we will X brace below water if required. This particular project was within 8 feet of bedrock on a lake that doesn't fluctuate in water height that much. So, there are no issues with ice or height. But we box frame the steel and X brace laterally above water, too. All the I-beams are 6"W15 (6x6x1/4"), and we span a maximum of 10 feet per beam. All the pipes are laser leveled and cut to the same heights. Pipes are also placed in key areas for point loads if the structure is to be aupported as well as the boat lifts inside. There's a lot o design that goes into it for structural integrity.

Im 6'-4 and have huge hands lol. Cap on the deck was a must for me. Theres a little tiny glory hole on the side where the filler is supposed to go but i cant fit my hand in to unscrew cap. "Creates problems for everything?". Not really at all. Its never in the way once. To each his own though right? Somw like to follow the rules. I do whatever i want because i can. 😉

Fair point. It's not that a half ton "can't" do it, its just hard on a half ton when you hang close to 1000 lbs past the front axle. With 1000 lb plow, 1000lb ballast and a driver, youre approaching the vehivles GVW pretty quick. Any pro pushing snow commercially will be in a 3/4 ton or higher IMO. The 3/4 tons are built for it. Higher cost of maintaining these larger trucks, too, though. My 3/4 ton goes through front wheel bearings faster than it should but that is also a dodge thing. Weaker front ends than the fords. GM s a whole other realm of getting the right front axle weight. I could find ant used GMs that would even handle a small plow.

@@lakelifecraftsman a lot of it is sizing the equipment right my v plow is designed for a 1/2 ton and wieghts almost 750 between plow and mount. The 3/4 and 1 ton version of the same plow is around 1200 pounds but to be fair my half ton isn't to common as I have close to the same towing and hauling specs as my dads 06 dodge 2500

@michaelbradley770 i used to plow with a 1996 dodge ram 1500 short box reg cab. Had a boss 7.6 straight on it. THAT thing would push quite a bit. I was impressed. A cheap 3/4 ton might do better because you can load it up more and parts are a bit heavier duty. A diesel may do better than a gas. It all depends what works for each individual. One fella responded that all he had was half tons in his fleet and they do great. Sure ok. For small driveways that may work. Doesnt work for me though.

@@lakelifecraftsman trust me a 3/4 or 1 ton will be the next vehicle I own but I am also planning on it have a 12 to 14 foot sno power or arctic so I will need all the extra wieght I can get

Which wiring specifically are you referring to? Theres truck side tail lights (easy to trace and figure out with test light). The deck side lights wiring (i found ground and went through each wire with power and labeled so i could match with truck side lights). The trailer controller plug i had to find a schematic online which turned out to be wrong from manufacturer so i went through the deck wiring with ground and power and made sure it all worked in the plugs of my 3 trailers. My trailers were all factory wired the same....the flat deck i had to change a couple wires for it to all work correctly

@@1990smitch where did you get it and how much did you pay if you don’t mind me asking

Thanks! Good luck with yours 👍

Hey thanks for the comment. Yessir, it was. A fraction of movement at controls is exponential at the load. As long as it was smooth it wasn't bad. A couple of close calls though lol. Nobody got hurt 👍 Good luck with your build

I should also mention that the leverage that is transferred to the machine is substantial with a load on it. 62 ft trusses shouldn't be an issue for weight, but you'll need full extension, i believe. 8080 is 9 ton machine? Don't know the reach, but you'll have quite a bit more power than my little 'bota, so i think you should be fine.

yea i'm going to use a spreader bar and my boom that i built was 22 ft with a 22 ft spreader and it took my 873 bobcat everything it had but those trusses were 62 ft 7/12 pitch and these are 4/12 at 560lb a piece@@lakelifecraftsman

@pattyotool9548 nice. Sounds like a fun project.

No worries at all. Quad can do it but with 2 in and 2 out, they quad won't keep up with the 2 week out snow. Too much work for it but its not impossible. I used to keep a 2 km road open with a quad. But i had to be on it all the time.

It does?!? I didn't know this. I love the cutoff wheel on a grinder as well. Quick work.

@@lakelifecraftsman it’s my best friend

​​@@lakelifecraftsmanbecause it heats up the cut area and melts the paint. It rusts there faster. Im reading when its cut with a shear it somehow seals the cut better.

​@@Ketchupbelongsonsteakdoesn't fuck with the finish of it so less rust chance

Thank you! Good idea. Ill consider that as we move along here. I have something in form of new videos coming soon on a build possibly. Should be fun. Looking for donor vehicle right now - (this truck getting chopped up )

Yes. Any timber work and this thing shines!!

Dude....i might have to swallow my pride and go for a Ford, lol. I'm shopping around right now. The old 2001 ram is falling apart around the motor. Looking at 6.7 powerstrokes. Will see what happens! Over 500k on the odometer on this 2001 ram....she owes me nothing 👍

Hmm 6.7 good motor. I love my 02 7.3 though f350. 400000mils on him goin strong

If i could find a 7.3 without rust, i would definately be ok with that. Been told 2015 and above for 6.7 powerstroke are great. 6.7 under 2015 are ok. 6.0 - no way jose, 6.4 - i dont think so. Lol

You're welcome!

Hi! Good question. These particular docks are installed with 4 inch schedule 40 pipe (1/4" wall thickness) and they are pilot drilled 3 feet into the bedrock, pipe installed into the 3 foot pocket, then it is smashed/hammered into place with the idea that the base of the pipe hopefully mushrooms in the hole creating an anchor. After that, its left freestanding (no mortar or concrete fill) but capped with W15 x 6 inch "I" Beam. 10 foot span max between each pipe. (Edited - correcting the auto-correct lol)

Yessir lol

7.5 western will be sweet on your 150. 👍 that'll move a lot of snow for you!

I guess, depending on what body of water. We are on the north end of Lake of the woods. Slow start this season but we ended up with decent enough ice to work off of.

@@lakelifecraftsman I was in Southern MN mankato. Could only keep my wheelhouse on for a week

@Planet Jupiter oh man. Only a week? Brutal. Yeah you're not all that far from us either. We had little more cold though. Amd a late thaw. We actually crept out another 2 weeks on ice roads for this time of year. We just stopped doing ice road with quads last week. Too many open spots big enough for ATV to go through along with the heavy snow storm a couple weeks ago. Was just too much to navigate safely. Slush is always sketchy

@Lake Life Craftsman It was slushie and guys frames where sinking and freezing INTO the ice. We put wood blocks on mine so I never had issues. I was thinking about getting a 7 foot plow for my offroad 2001 F150 for next year. What plows do you recommend for half tons?

If you don't mind beating up your truck a boss hxt isnt bad. Its rated for 1/2 tons. But ive put full 8 foot heavy duty boss on 1/2 tons too. But towards the end of the trucks life to squeeze that little bit of life outta the truck before it dies.