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Build Your Own: Floating Truss Dock Systems

$1,215.49 - $1,426.34

Build your own floating dock with the modular 4×8 ft Patriot Truss Floating Dock Sections—perfect for customizable layouts to suit your unique shoreline needs. These aluminum frames act as the building blocks for creating nearly any dock configuration, whether it’s a simple straight layout or a full marina system with boat slips, fingers, and platforms.

Sale price $1,215.49

SKU: D-52010

Description

Patriot Docks Truss Floating Dock Systems

Build your own floating dock with the modular 4×8 ft Patriot Truss Floating Dock Sections—perfect for customizable layouts to suit your unique shoreline needs. These aluminum frames act as the building blocks for creating nearly any dock configuration, whether it’s a simple straight layout or a full marina system with boat slips, fingers, and platforms.

Patriot’s floating systems are ideal for deep water, fluctuating water levels, or where permanent anchoring isn't practical. Extend a stationary dock, build a floating swim platform, or design a spacious dock patio. With engineered truss frames and modular design, the possibilities are endless.


How to Design Your Floating Dock System:

  • Use 4×8 ft truss dock sections as building blocks

  • Select your preferred decking option 

  • Add a Truss Hinge Kit approximately every 16 ft for articulation (not included)

  • Anchor with pilings, pipes, or cable/stiff-arm systems (not included)


What’s Included with Each Truss Floating Dock Section:

  • (1) 4×8 ft Patriot Truss Dock Frame with all frame hardware

  • (2) Drop-in Patriot Poly Decking Panels (Gray or Tan)

  • (2) 48″ × 24″ × 12″ Foam-Filled Dock Floats

  • Float Mounting Hardware


Key Features:

  • Lightweight, corrosion-resistant marine-grade aluminum frame

  • Truss design for strength and wave resistance

  • Foam-filled floats for reliable, long-lasting buoyancy

  • Modular system allows for easy reconfiguration or expansion

  • Compatible with Patriot Truss Hinge Kits and accessories


Need a complete system? Browse our Patriot Floating Dock Packages for bundled layouts and delivery.

Specifications

FRAME:

  • Weight per frame: 45 pounds
  • Frame Height: 13 inches
  • Frame Weight Capacity: 45 PSF when constructed as specified
  • Frame Material: Aluminum (Marine Grade 6061-T6)
  • Frame Style: Engineered Truss
  • Frame Build: Bolts Together
  • Hinge Span: Every 16 feet

FLOAT:

  • Float Material: High-Density Polypropylene
  • Foam-filled: Yes
  • Float Dimensions: 48x24x12
  • Float Capacity: 390 pounds

DECKING:

  • Decking Panel Measurements: 48x48x1 inches
  • Cedar Panel Weight: 33 pounds
  • Cedar Details: Unfinished Premium Western Red Cedar 48x6x1 inch Boards with Stringers
  • Poly Panel Weight: 30 pounds
  • Poly Details: Four 48x12x1 inch Polypropylene Panels with Aluminum Reinforcements and Stringers
  • Aluminum Panel Weight: 25 pounds
  • Aluminum Details: Premium 48x6x1 inch Extruded Aluminum Boards with Welded Stringers, Powder Coating, and Wood Grain Finish

HINGE:

  • Hinge Material: Aluminum
  • Hinge Dimensions: 48x1 inches
  • Hinge Articulation: 25 degrees

HARDWARE:

  • Hardware material: Grade 8 Zinc-plated
  • Hardware size: 3/8" or 1/2"

Features

DOCK FRAMES:
Lightweight (45lbs); Engineered Truss (13" tall); No-rust aluminum; Bolt-together sections; Modular (bolt or hinge one frame to the other); Nests decking (frames in drop-in decking panels)

FLOATS: Foam filled for leak protection; 780-pound buoyancy rating per platform; Large plastic drums (12" tall); Easy mounting to frame

DECKING: 4x4 Panels; Premium material options (Cedar, Poly, Aluminum); Drops into frame

DETAILS: Ships to most commercial and residential addresses; Complete kit including hardware

Components

  • (1) 4x8ft Truss frame with assembly hardware
  • (2) Decking panels with hardware
  • (2) Premium 48x24x12" floats with hardware
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