The engineering staff at RollingBarge.com was challenged to design a portable bridge for a gentleman with property in Alaska. Since we build Aluminum Gangways for our floating docks we basically used the same design with some enforcements to handle the load requirements The bridge had the following requirements: Free Span 32 feet at 8 feet [...]
Boat Shows are a boat load of fun! We haven’t gone to many in the last few years, just because it’s been practically impossible to keep up with the floating boat dock orders down in the shop. But we did the circuit a few years ago and it was a lot of fun. Just so [...]
Modular floating docks are sometimes used to create floating docks that can not only be quickly installed and removed from the water, but also be equipped with an attached barge that can be used for part of the dock and also be detached to be used as a boat to cruise around the lake. The [...]
Rolling Barge dock designs are very flexible, allowing you to add onto or configure your floating dock, swim platform or barge any way you want. Although most of our standard kit sizes and options fit most applications, we receive and welcome custom designs. Our engineering team is working on a new set of floating [...]
An engineering and construction firm needed a deck boat to perform an installation on the Willamette River here in Oregon. They came to Rolling Barge and asked us to convert one of our boat docks into a small work barge to perform the task. They also needed us to actually assist them with the installation [...]
floating trailer that is capable of carrying up to 5000 lbs right down the launch ramp and into the water opens up a lot possibilities. Shown here is one customer that mounted an 8.5′ slide-on camper onto a floating dock kit that was converted in a floating barge. This customer created for themselves a trailer-able [...]
If floating dock permits are costly where you live, you’ll be happy to know that all of our floating docks can be registered as a U.S. Coast Guard Approved boat and fully insurable as a vessel. If you are having trouble getting permits to install a dock, find out if you can legally park a [...]
Amphibious Trailer? When you here the words Amphibious Vehicle it’s hard not to immediately have the image of a James Bond movie pop into your head where 007 drives into the water in his Austin Martin and drives under the water. Although much less glamorous, Rolling Barge designs and builds amphibious trailers to tow large items [...]
“Floating dock barrels, how do you keep them from leaking?” Since Rolling Barge manufactures all of our floating docks with barrels, this question is one of the most common ones we get about the engineering viability or our products. After 5 years of using polyurethane drums as the floatation device for our floating docks, swim [...]
Rolling Barges meet the requirements of both the Department of Motor Vehicles and the U.S. Coast Guard. These floating trailers tow down the highway at 8.5′ wide and typically do not require special highway permits. They are structurally engineered by a certified Naval Architect and approved by both the National Association of Trailer Manufacturers (NATM) [...]
