21 MLX in 10 feet of water on Shore Station with extended legs

[bogeyboy12]

Anyone ever had a issue with the water too deep for the shore station?  I have purchased the leg extenders but the bottom of the lake has a foot of silt on it and shore station starts to do the splits and bends the extenders? I have even attempted to secure the legs with steel cabling to stop it from sliding. Seems like my only option is to buy a floating doc system?  

[Bluefishcay]

There are different legs for shore stations.  The longer ones should be a lot thicker and correspondingly more $$.  Some times people buy canopy extensions as legs as they are half the $$.  They are also thinner and can fail.  Had a windstorm take out a I/o in 7 ft of water this year.  
 

There are braces that can be installed and would help keep the legs from buckling.  They hose clamp to the leg and bolt to the frame.  
 

floe makes bigger lifts, 6500 lb, 8000 lb.  The legs are a lot bigger than the simple 5000 lb lift.  Then you can add a deep water kit and extensions.  Won’t be cheap, but it will do the job.  Btw just installed one this week and it’s a beast.  Imho floe makes one of the best lifts out there.  Couple that with a maxis tilting top and you can drive on/off with the tower up, then lift the boat up into the top.  

[The Hulk]

Some of the guys up here will pile drive steel pipes and then set the lift on those a lot stronger and deep water

[Bluefishcay]

With a soft bottom, the one thing not to do is use concrete blocks to set the lift on.  They sound like a good idea, but they don’t stay level and then the lift slides off easily.  Have had 2 lifts this summer slide off blocks and probably will again next year as the blocks are no longer level.  

[The Hulk]

Depending on the depth here some people you'll use big pallets Walmart style nice ones to get a wider footprint... Some of our dealers depending on where the install location is at if it's a Hewitt lift for example will use the screw Jack leveling legs.. another locations they have to drive steel pipes and then set the lifts on top of those with pins.. especially if you have to drive the pipe down like 20 ft or so to hit pan

[Cole2001]

That’s the one downside of the shore station style lifts, the overall design of them don’t do well in deep water. Most lifts with that cable style are mounted on steel or wooden pilling also. For a portable style lift you’re better off with a hydraulic cantilever such as sun stream or cross point.