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55 Gallon Drum Boat/Dock - StuckInTheSwamp - 02-25-2010 Hey guys. I've been drawing up a design for a boat/dock type thing to fish of off. I'm curious if anyone has tried this, and the easy of moving lol. Each barrel has a volume of .208175 meters cubed, and I was planning on having four, so It would have a buoyant force of 832.7kg or 1835lbs. I'm talking slots for poles for a tarp roof, cutout in the deck for a cooler and everything guys! I'm just worried about ease of paddling. Sorry for the spelling. Not sure if it is correct. Any ideas/suggestions? Thanks -Cody -StuckInTheSwamp, Louisiana [signature] Re: [StuckInTheSwamp] 55 Gallon Drum Boat/Dock - bigpikeguy - 02-25-2010 I dont really think it would be very easy to paddle at all. It would probably to track well at all. Even if you were to but an electric trolling motor on it i think you would have a hard time trying to keep it straight. If you could think of something a little better than barrels to use as a float, something without ribs. take a look at a pontoon boat and let your imagination run wild. [signature] Re: [StuckInTheSwamp] 55 Gallon Drum Boat/Dock - B1gF1sh5 - 02-26-2010 StuckInTheSwamp, I was fishing about a year ago on the Brazos river in waco and saw one of these raft/dock things floating down the river and it was awesome. Best of luck with the build and from what I saw the person had a trolling motor on the back and seemed to slowly drift down the river. Hope things work out for ya....... [signature] Re: [StuckInTheSwamp] 55 Gallon Drum Boat/Dock - Dave_Barnett - 02-27-2010 Check this our for some ideas! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RaFApVP0zU [signature] Re: [StuckInTheSwamp] 55 Gallon Drum Boat/Dock - Omaha - 03-18-2010 Check this out - http://www.instructables.com/id/Floating-Dock-with-Barrels/ [signature]