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Competition - Poor Quality and Bad Designs

Here are a few examples of gangway and ramp failures, poor construction and cheap docks. These are items that you really want to be sure don’t happen on your new dock purchase.

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Poor welding and workmanship. Not a very nicely finished product.

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Poor welding and bad engineering. Do you think this dock builder is going to fix this for free?

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Aluminum all welded gangway failed due to poor welding. I bet this is not covered under warranty!

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This is a steel boat dock gangway that was not built well and failed due to a couple kids moving left to right.

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This all welded dock and gangway had a poor welding job and is not engineered.

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This steel gangway failed when kids were moving it left to right. Thank goodness no one was hurt.

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This is a poor anchoring job. The strength is in the frame and the cable should run to a pulley coming from the frame of the dock.

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This is a galvanized steel dock that has a cracked frame. This is a common repair due to a weak frame.

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#1 Repair on a galvanized steel dock. The frame is not thick enough to handle the rough water.

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Galvanized steel dock frame is to light to handle spud pole anchoring system.

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Galvanized steel dock. Spud pole broken off due to a weak frame.

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Galvanized steel dock frame that is ripping apart due to stress.

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Rusted out roof pans on a steel dock, this won't happen with aluminum.

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Tack welded roof supports? You get what you pay for and there is no quality in this work.

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This decking was not installed properly and unfortunatley when it buckled was not covered by warranty.

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Roof purlins simply tack welded, this should be on top of the beam for better strength and support.

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All welded aluminum dock with round stock welded to a flat beam? Your not going to get a strong weld like this.

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20 Year Warranty? This frame broke and the builder would not cover the damage to this dock. Some Warranty!

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Poor quailty and installation of decking. Builder has warranty on the dock but it doesn't cover this problem.

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With Wahoo aluminum decking on the upper deck, you won't have this problem. No wasps on a Wahoo.