Remove The Panels

If your deck panels are held in place with panel clips, remove the panel clips first. Then, simply lift them up off the frame and walk them to your storage area.

Undo The Hooks

Unhook the swivel hook from the previous frame. No other feature of Pier of d’Nort docks offers more convenience to our customers than our connecting hooks… except maybe our folding legs… and perhaps our height adjustment cam mechanism…and our dual-dovetail mounting grooves… and our gripper technology… and our deep-water bracing… and our easy removing panel locks… and if you can still read this. . . wow!

Nudge Forward Slightly

The frames are designed so that as you push the two frames apart, you will be able to lift up BEFORE the frame will drop down. It takes less than 3/4″ to lift up, but you would have to push more than twice that far to drop the frame down, which makes for a touch more convenience.

Pull onto the Pier

Pull the section all the way up onto the pier. Then step to the balance point and pick it up.It won’t matter whether you’re facing the footpad end or the hook end.

Lift & Rotate

After rotating the section 90 degrees so it’s perpendicular to the pier, you can rock the frame back and forth to swish the bottom stuff off the footpads so it doesn’t fall on the frame when you turn it over. Next, simply set one side of the frame down on the pier and step out of the middle while lifting the other side. The video below shows how simple and easy this really is.

Turn Upside Down

Your next operation is going to be to fold the legs, so when positioning the frame to turn it over, you’ll want to be mindful that you need to be able to reach the legs. Of course it’s very easy to reposition the frame after it’s upside down.

Fold The Legs

No tools are needed to fold up the legs. Facing the legs you simply pull upward and inward on the scissor brace to get it past it’s locking indent. Then just push the leg down (see video below). Everything just folds up into a neat little package and you haven’t disturbed next year’s height adjustment of the leg. The only thing left to do is march it off to shore and stack it.