Swim Platform Weight Limits

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This is a plastic barrel I cut the top out of, and I welded the steel frame in the barrel.

After the frame was made inside the barrel, I took it to a concrete pouring shop, and had then put about a 1/4 yard of concrete in it. I calculated the weight at around a thousand pounds.

After the concrete had set a day, I went and got up the barrel, with concrete, set in the back of a truck with their forklift.

I then drove the truck near where we wanted the anchor. The anchor was tied to a tree, and I drove the truck out from under the anchor. The anchor was then hooked up to our ski teams twin rig, and the boat drug the anchor into position.

How deep was the water where you dropped the barrel? Did you just let it sink to the bottom from where you dropped it out of the truck and drag it from there? My lake has a rocky bottom (old rock quarry) so I think I will need to drop it into place from the surface.