Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of
friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them.

Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel,
from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine
use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years.

Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help.
(902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions.

--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton at eastlink dot ca


wrote in message
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If you can find them locally, a couple of scrap trainwheels work well
too. ....and they have a handy hole in the middle to run your chain
through.

Matt

Terry K wrote:
How big a boat?

An engine from a T-bird might just do. All it needs is a trip through
the car wash to get the oil and crud out of it. No big deal.

I used a truck engine to moor my SC22 for years, and the local marina
guy dropped a concrete mooring he cast in his own yard into my
beachfront for 250 bucks, delivered. He told me it needed to cure on
land for a couple of weeks to satisfy the enviromaniacs.

Terry K

Ken Heaton wrote:
Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of
friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them.

Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel,
from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine
use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years.

Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help.
(902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions.


At the Halifax Boat Show in February, a local firm was selling concrete
anchors. Since I trailer sail I wasn't interested at the time.
I believe I still have the show program somewhere and could look if
anyone is interested.

Don White wrote:
Ken Heaton wrote:

Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple
of friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them.

Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese
steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other
friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had
them for years.

Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could
help. (902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions.


At the Halifax Boat Show in February, a local firm was selling concrete
anchors. Since I trailer sail I wasn't interested at the time.
I believe I still have the show program somewhere and could look if
anyone is interested.

I accept and thank you for the offer, especially since I'm in Nova Scotia.

Cordially,
Courtney

Courtney Thomas wrote:


I accept and thank you for the offer, especially since I'm in Nova Scotia.

Cordially,
Courtney


Wouldn't you know it...That program sat around since the middle of
February, and I must have thrown it out last week when I came across it.
I went to the show list of exhibitors (floor plan doesn't seem to be
available) see ** http://tinyurl.com/e6lfm **
and I'm pretty sure it's 'Good Mooring St. Margarets Bay Inc.'
re 411 program.........
Good Mooring
902-826-2628
St Margarets Bay, NS B3Z 1H3


Category: Docks & Dock Builders

Don White wrote:
Courtney Thomas wrote:


I accept and thank you for the offer, especially since I'm in Nova
Scotia.

Cordially,
Courtney



Wouldn't you know it...That program sat around since the middle of
February, and I must have thrown it out last week when I came across it.
I went to the show list of exhibitors (floor plan doesn't seem to be
available) see ** http://tinyurl.com/e6lfm **
and I'm pretty sure it's 'Good Mooring St. Margarets Bay Inc.'
re 411 program.........
Good Mooring
902-826-2628
St Margarets Bay, NS B3Z 1H3


Category: Docks & Dock Builders

Thank you for your trouble, Don.

Courtney

Ken Heaton wrote:
Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of
friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them.

Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese steel,
from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other friends of mine
use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them for years.

Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help.
(902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions.

Ken,

How are these people gettin' these things in the water :-)

Thanks again,

Courtney

I was around when one of the crusher cones went in. We rolled it out of a
pickup truck next to the water onto a floating dock section with a few small
logs in between as rollers. We then pulled the floating dock out to the
position desired (with mooring chain and float already attached) and pushed
it off the dock. It made a pretty splash. There were five or six guys
aroud for this as extra hands are handy. Watch your toes. These are in the
Bras d'Or Lakes, one in a very exposed location. They dig into the bottom
by themselves and DO NOT MOVE. Very nice.

I work with one of the guys who put a train wheel or two in at Baddeck
Harbour so I'll see him Monday and ask him how they got those in.
--
Ken Heaton & Anne Tobin
Cape Breton Island, Canada
kenheaton at eastlink dot ca

"Courtney Thomas" wrote in message
k.net...
Ken Heaton wrote:
Train wheels are good. One wheel with half the axle is what a couple of
friends in Baddeck are using. He won't tell me where he got them.

Another option are Crusher Cones, inner or outer, made of manganese
steel, from rock crushers. About 1000 lbs I believe. Some other
friends of mine use them. I'm not sire where he got them, he's had them
for years.

Perhaps Paul Hashem's Scrap Yard on Brookland St. in Sydney could help.
(902) 564-6346 They may have other suggestions.

Ken,

How are these people gettin' these things in the water :-)

Thanks again,

Courtney

Ken Heaton wrote:
I was around when one of the crusher cones went in. We rolled it out of a
pickup truck next to the water onto a floating dock section with a few small
logs in between as rollers. We then pulled the floating dock out to the
position desired (with mooring chain and float already attached) and pushed
it off the dock. It made a pretty splash. There were five or six guys
aroud for this as extra hands are handy. Watch your toes. These are in the
Bras d'Or Lakes, one in a very exposed location. They dig into the bottom
by themselves and DO NOT MOVE. Very nice.

I work with one of the guys who put a train wheel or two in at Baddeck
Harbour so I'll see him Monday and ask him how they got those in.

Ken,

Any chance of your finding out where to get the "crusher cones" and
their cost ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney

There are some concrete places that make mooring blocks out of high strength
concrete specifically for sal****er use. ( South Shore Concrete near Chester
NS for example). The last time I picked up a 1500lb block for a mooring it
was under $100.00 for the block. Concrete blocks are easy to transfer if
properly lashed to a trailer capable of holding the weight.
I used 1/2" galvanized chain for the mooring and a large buoy with spliced
poly rope for hawsers.
Some things to consider are the type of sea bed, mud versus rock bottom and
the size of your boat.
This particular mooring was a guest mooring for a friends cottage.

Some boats will use more than one block chained together if it is a large
boat. If you have a mud bottom the block will sink in the bottom and
increase holding resistance versus blocks located on a hard gravel or rocky
bottom.
I usually service(diving) between 80 -100 moorings a year and can assist
with any suggestions.

-bob
499-0824 cell
bobATfox.nstn.ca



"Courtney Thomas" wrote in message
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Ken Heaton wrote:
I was around when one of the crusher cones went in. We rolled it out of
a pickup truck next to the water onto a floating dock section with a few
small logs in between as rollers. We then pulled the floating dock out
to the position desired (with mooring chain and float already attached)
and pushed it off the dock. It made a pretty splash. There were five or
six guys aroud for this as extra hands are handy. Watch your toes.
These are in the Bras d'Or Lakes, one in a very exposed location. They
dig into the bottom by themselves and DO NOT MOVE. Very nice.

I work with one of the guys who put a train wheel or two in at Baddeck
Harbour so I'll see him Monday and ask him how they got those in.

Ken,

Any chance of your finding out where to get the "crusher cones" and their
cost ?

Appreciatively,
Courtney