What we build

Articulating docks

A dock you can crank out of the water. We set up the cables and straps so you can pull the outer section up yourself, when your shoreline allows it.

Bare aluminum articulating dock frame cranked up out of the lake at a steep angle, held by yellow lifting straps from a shore-mounted A-frame tower, with a Best Built Docks yard sign on the wooded shore
6 x 32 crank-out with cantilever device for easier pick up of the structure
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Crank it out yourself

The outer section pivots up out of the water on cables and straps, so pulling the dock in for the season doesn't need a forklift, a boat or a crew.

We set it up, you run it

We build and install the articulating frame, cables and straps. Once it's set, the seasonal crank is something you can do yourself.

Only where the site allows it

The section needs room at the shore to come up and somewhere to sit. We check that on the site visit and tell you straight if it won't work.

Priced separately, up front

The crank-out setup is an added cost on top of the dock. You'll see it as its own line in the quote, not buried in the total.

Standard options

  • Articulating arm and pivot frame
  • Cables, straps and winch sized to the dock
  • Composite or cedar decking
  • Aluminum or treated framing
  • Shore clearance checked before we build

Good fit where you'd rather not pay to have the dock pulled every fall, and where the shore has room for the section to come up and rest.

Can your shore crank out?

Tell us the water depth and how much room you have at the shore and we'll tell you whether a crank-out setup will work, and what it costs.