I have it in my mind to build a modest floating dock.

I have found my retirement Valhallah, "Cherry Mountain Beach." We
close as soon as title search comes clean. 4.5 acres of secluded
mountainside, with trails, 500 feet of sandy river beach, no
poison ivy, 2br, 2lr mini home, greenhouse by the shore, cows
for nearest niegbours but for about 1/2 a mile away, great hotel
resteraunt a mile away, etc, etc. We can't afford it, but who
wants to die a millionaire, eh? Anybody want to rent a week on
the beach? I'll live on the boat and give sailing lessons!
OOOEEE! I'm going to plant 100 cherry trees, to start. The
birds'll get so sick of cherries, maybe we'll get some.

I wonder if anyone has tried old pallets and pop bottles? If you
have ever tried to salvage boards from an old pallet, you might
think this the best possible free material, made with proudly
Canadian junk hemlock lumber, free for the asking.

I would need to bring it in in the fall, as winter ice has
already mangled a 100+ year old 20 by 50 foot stone wharf ruin on
my waterfront. I will float the new dock just down river from the
antique stonepile, where it's all silted in out to where it drops
off to 30 feet deep, and bring one pallet at a time ashore for
hockey season. The sections will be tied together with Canada
Tire polypropelene 3/8" profinish double braid 'cause it's sooooo
cheap, or hinges, and will include a narrow walkway to a couple
of 1/2" x 4' x 8' plywood deck sections, tied with rope through
holes drilled in pallets and decking, to start. A chain would
restrain the head of the outermost part to the stone pile. We
have a pretty constant 3kt current (approx), offshore. The cold
salty tide comes in under deep, warm fresh water, thanks to the
reversing falls at St. John, NB.

Anyone tried something like this?

Any chance it could hold together? I have a 6" tide, and
occasional (twice a year?) ocean traffic, tugs and barges, etc.

Ask me if I like the place. We'll be there for the coloured leaf
season. Any holiday travellers looking for an air mattress crash
pad, autumn tenting, B'n B, whatever? Bring furniture!

Next year, y'all come!

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