Want to build pier in my farm pond

I don’t know about a farm pond but I built a floating T shaped pier on my pond. The end is 12’x8’ framed out with 2x6’s and the walkway is 6” Cee perlings. Plastic drums are between the 2x6’s at the end and the cee perlings down the walkway.

I can post pics tomorrow

BTW, I had maybe $500 in the whole thing. Bought the drums $10 ea on marketplace, two cee perlings from metal supply store around $100, and lumber was around $300

If you can't draw your own plans for something this simple, the job may be more difficult than you're capable of doing. It's just 3 joist run on top of a pair of subs strung between poles. At your desired width and pond environment 2x6 would work as subframing and if you keep the poles under 10' center to center, 2x8 joists would work... unless you wanted to use 5/4 or a composite like trex, then 4 joists would become a better idea.

If you're using the dock poles for hand railing, joists inside the poles... if you're running no poles above deck level the exterior joists go on the outside of the pole. If you want to add 4x hand railing later, double up your exterior joists, as 1.5 inches is pretty damn flimsy to support a falling person.

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And how are driving the piling?

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Jetting them with a pump and rod seems to be the popular method

I've built two docks, one was a platform on a pond and another was a 100' walkway to a platform on a lake. The piers were mostly already there on the lake, but I did have to drive a few more for additional support.

I'll just say that without proper equipment, it's insanely difficult to build a dock. On the lake dock, we were shuttling ladders around in the water, welding standing in the water (stupid and dangerous) moving heavy steel around in the water. The process was just stupid slow and way harder than it needed to be. It honestly made me want to build a barge and go into the business.

We ended up spending about $6,000 in materials to take the dock down to the piers and reconstruct it. The quote I got was around $45,000 for what we did.

Home Depot has some floating boat docks on their website.That’s what I’m planning to buy for our pond.

NASCAR fan used an old pallet for his pier, and had lumber left over

expensive af

I was thinking the same thing. Was heading in the direction of getting an old pontoon boat.
Then building a floating walkway.
Some 2 inch pipe at the corners and along the walk way to hold in place w brackets so the whole thing could slide up and down the pipe as needed.
Easy to drive and for a pond, I think would work well.

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Plastic drums are between the 2x6’s at the end and the cee perlings down the walkway.

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I've always wondered about plastic 55 gallon drums as dock flotation. Figure it would be wise to use a good sealant around the threads of the bungs.

It seems like a super cheap method of floating a dock/pier. I just wonder about longevity.