02-04-2009, 05:53 PM
Tetters, having a wood dock the size you are planning means that half of your yard would be on this wood dock. Somehow I doubt that this arrangement is prototypical (but I may be wrong). If I was to build this dock, I would build a concrete dock and only have a wood float bridge leading to the car float (as you can see in these pics of the New York Cross Harbor Railroad <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/crossharbor_yard/Dscn0026.jpg">http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/cr ... cn0026.jpg</a><!-- m -->, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/crossharbor_yard/Dscn0027.jpg">http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/cr ... cn0027.jpg</a><!-- m -->, <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/crossharbor_yard/Dscn0028.jpg">http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/cr ... cn0028.jpg</a><!-- m -->) – seems to be more prototypical to me, but as I said before, I may be totally wrong.
This bird’s eye view shows the scene from the three pics of the New York Cross Harbor Railroad from above. You can even see the car float! <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qs7q438tyd1n&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=18443587&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1">http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&F ... &encType=1</a><!-- m -->
This bird’s eye view shows the scene from the three pics of the New York Cross Harbor Railroad from above. You can even see the car float! <!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&FORM=LMLTCP&cp=qs7q438tyd1n&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0&alt=-1000&scene=18443587&phx=0&phy=0&phscl=1&encType=1">http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&F ... &encType=1</a><!-- m -->
Kurt