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Re: Great platforms, but!

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Stewpar,
Having worked in wood all my life, I can assure you that the gaps will never close up from expansion, even if left for a hundred years.
They may expand by about 1/16th of an inch each.

Peachy,
I agree that they can be useful for bank sticks but are not absolutely required.
We always find a way to work it out.
Perhaps a couple of 3/4 inch holes drilled near the front edge would sort the bank stick problem out.

Colin T,
The only pressure is the fact that the wood wants to float.
For the same area of timber, it matters not if the platform has gaps or does not have gaps, the upward pressure remains the same.
As for silt being left behind.
Even with gaps the platforms always have silt left on top of the timber and is only removed when we clear it to fish.
Retreat Farm (both river and lakes) has no-gap platforms which have probably been there twenty years or more and in my opinion they could not be bettered.

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Posted on July 5, 2020 at 6:43 AM

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