Thanks JD. You need to come fish off of it.

Thank you!

I don’t think it is needed. Once you get this thing in the water, the barrels are locked in and will not move at all.

It was the heat ;)

Thank you sir!

I don’t see the need. I guess people must do that and I’m not aware. What’s the purpose?

Yeah, heard on other builds, with the weight of the deck and especially in your case where the docks not on a choppy lake, the chances of them popping out are slim to none. And for future dock builds, while on land, if you turned your dock another 45deg, it may slide down your slope a tad easier. Even place a 2x6 or 2x4 beneath each set of barrels so it’ll slide nice and easy. Good build, enjoyed watching, thanks.

@davidcobb4527 yeah I thought brute force would be easy enough to slide into the water but was wrong. The weight is so much that I definitely don’t think the barrels can/will ever come out. Only thing I would change and I did mention it in the build was cross support. I really wish I would have spent some time adding better support to keep the barrels from pushing the boards apart. So if you are building one, focus on improving that. Mine shows no signs of failing but those boards definitely pushed out more than I desired. Thanks for the support!

Not much of one at all. The boards were wet so I figured they would shrink while drying and create gaps. We let them bake in the sun for a month and then used deck stain on them. Luckily we didn’t really see any movement of the boards. Only thing I would change is spending more time to properly cross brace the floor joists that received the barrels to keep them from pushing out slightly.

@@woodworkingmcdanielstyle i support you

The weight of the lumber makes it impossible for them to go anywhere but up. Up in the direction of the decking boards I mean. You want to place the two floor joist boards to be closer together than the diameter of your barrels. That way they can’t get to your decking boards. Now your decking boards can help hold them down but that is probably not the best design. I didn’t take enough time bracing the two floor joists together sufficiently. So the barrels actually spread my boards apart slightly. I would take the time to put some all thread or other bracing to prevent those two boards from being able to spread apart. Do this before installing the barrels. Hope that helps.