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I know it may be hard to make out, but these are two galvanized 1" threaded rods bent at 90% on both ends. Does anyone know where I can get these? The threaded parts have about 12" of thread and a stop piece welded in to keep the rod from pulling through as you bolt it through the piling.

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Billy K.
 
Billy there is a guy in Oceanside that makes a lot of the dock hardware for the builders. not sure of the name but if you can find out they probably would have them.
 
Billy,
The marina I was at in Riverhead makes them out of galvanized pipe. Cant get simpler then that. My boat was on them in Irene last year. I twisted the piling . Never bent the slide. It's one long piece of pipe. a " T " at each end . Then nipples to the length u wantthe slide off the pole. Then they drilled tru the " T " with a bolt . and drilled tru the pole to TRU BOLT IT . Big washers were used as backing plates.

Just a thought and simple

Rob
 
I personally use 3 Tide Minders and one Tideslide, so I'm curious as to what you're trying to do?

Rob, what did your marina use for the nylon cleat that Tideslide includes with their products?

(note: I would go all Tide Minders except one of my pilings is attached to a fixed pier and I don't have enough clearance for high tide).
 
Rob: That is an amazing story. I always figured that the pipe would bend in the middle because of the forces involved.
 
The nylon cleat becomes a galvanized Ring .

Im sure I have a picture of the thing somewhere.

ROb
 
If you have the clearance around the piling tideminders are great.

I'm at a very rough unprotected marina in NYC and they helped keep my boat secure during Sandy.
 
Thanks Mike, Good to know, if you come up with a name, let me know.

Rob, What a great idea and you could put a slide on each side of the pile bolting through. Do you remember the size pipe they used?

Kurt, I'm a little afraid of the tide minders as the loop could go over the top of the pole in a storm surge and the tide slides are a little pricey as I remember. What I've got is 6 medium sized pilings (about 8" in diameter) and the stern to the dock. I have a 45' Chris Craft commander Motor yacht weighing about 45,000 lbs. There is normally about a 2' or less rise and fall of tide and I'm in a protected area from wind and waves. What I need to do is keep the boat in as much the same position as I can for boarding from the stern from the aft deck to a fixed dock. Sorry about the long windiness, but it's a little complicated.

Bruce, thinking about it you could always slide a bar inside the pipe to give it more strength.

Thanks guys,

Billy K.
 
Billy, I guess it depends on how long you can make your own slides and how far above the pilings then can go before they lose their strength. With my setup I can take a much higher surge with the Tide Minders than I can with the slide, about 4 feet. I also can't rely on the slide in the winter due to Chesapeake blow-out tides. The minders are fine but I have to untied from the slide and run a long line to another piling. Remember, no matter how tight you tide them the Minders are going to be closer to the water than your cleats. I used to keep them at the water line, but the first time they froze there I changed to keeping them about a foot above the water.
 
Now that I've got my pilings installed I'm going to use TideMinders to secure my JetDock to the pilings. Much less expensive and more "slide" than Tide Slides or the similar product that JetDock offers.
 
Mike: Cheaper yet to just use chains around the poles.
 
My marina does this and puts a bunch of pvc like rings over the chain to prevent chafing on the pole.
 
I think the rollers were called parrels and used to hold yards to masts.
 
Billy,
the pipe is 2 1/2 " galvanized aprox 6' long. I called one of my friends over there and he said his slip simply has the 6' pipe and they drilled try the pipe a few inches from the top and bottom with the bolts and again used a nipple for spacing off the pole.

Its check and works well.... The ring is a galvanized ring aprox 3" in diameter. I had 2 rings installed on each bar. ( one for the bow line and the other for my spring. I didn't want all that pulling on one ring. One failed a year or so ago.

Rob
 
Thanks Mike and Rob.

After thinking about it, I'm going to slide 1 1/2" pipe into 2" pipe to give it strength and tee off the 2". I will take pics and post when I'm done.

Thanks again all for your help and tips.

Billy K.
 
There's also Karols Bolts 43 Main St, East Rockaway 516_599-6638 which also carries a lot of dock hardware.
 
It took some time to get all the parts together, but I finally finished using Rob's suggestion. I started out getting 5" mooring rings and spliced 3/4" nylon rope on to thimbles after banging the thimbles on to the mooring rings.

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I used 1 1/2" galvanized pipe sleeved with 1 1/4" painted emt. I painted the emt by filling a 3" pvc pipe with paint and dipping the emt into the pvc to coat the inside also.

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Then as Rob suggested I put a 1 1/2" tee on either end with a nipple to get it away from the piling. Making sure the tee's matched up on each end I was ready to drill holes through the pilings. I fastened the slides to the pilings with 1 1/4 x 24" galvanized bolts.

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I'm very happy with the way they turned out. Thanks for the suggestions and a great idea from Rob.

Billy K.
 
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