Snow Damage
02-02-2011, 02:39 PM
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From my experience at Lake of the Ozarks. 1. most boats dont come with trailers. 2. A lot are to big to be towing in and out. 3. Most houses were vacation homes, so convience is a factor. 4. It is pretty rare but seeming to get more common. 5. I am pretty sure the guys with the expensive high performace boats are not leaving thier boats on lifts year around. Thats what I experienced at least and I am sure its the same at Grand Lake.
02-02-2011, 02:40 PM
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Is this that rare? I don't get why so many people leave there boats on lifts and in the water all winter? Why not just put it in the water if the day happens to be beautiful? I don't mean to be disrespectful I just don't understand leaving my boat anywhere with the chance that this could happen. Even in the fall and spring the boat sits next to the house and we just throw it in the water for the day if it is that nice out.
02-02-2011, 03:08 PM
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As Sea-Dated noted this is a very rare storm for this part of the country. I have lived in the same house for 46 years and this is the deepest snow I have ever shoveled. At some point I suspect that the insurance companies will require the docks to be built to some type of a standard, but I would doubt it would require a 20" snow load in this area.
02-02-2011, 04:07 PM
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IBC code for metal buildings in Oklahoma is 20#psf snow load, none of these docks have been built to that. The closest would prpbably be the Mecco docks. Most have been built with the design done on a piece of scrap paper, and that works a lot of the time, not with 20" snows.
02-02-2011, 05:45 PM
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If it was my rig under that make shift shelter I would hire the kid next door to jump up there and shovel the snow off before it got that heavy.
global warming my a$$
global warming my a$$
02-02-2011, 06:10 PM
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Gees I shouldnt be whining, All I have had to do is listen the the better half give orders about cleaning out the driveway all day... My back hurts, but better then the back pocket of all the others pictured...
02-02-2011, 07:04 PM
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Grand Lake News Online is reporting damage at Arrow Head. Can anyone verify?
Story here:
http://grandlakenewsonline.com/the-b...k-p500-136.htm
Story here:
http://grandlakenewsonline.com/the-b...k-p500-136.htm
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