Frequently Asked Questions

The Dock Designer is a free tool you can use to plan and design the dock of your dreams. After you complete your design you can save it, print it, or request a quote from EZ Dock. You can try out the online tool here: https://rebrand.ly/brqm6n7

EZ Dock Montana stocks dock sections and parts ready to be delivered. Most docks can be delivered and installed right away so you can begin enjoying them immediately.

EZ Dock Montana can deliver and install your EZ Dock for you. You can also install it yourself. Most EZ Docks can be installed in less than a day with just you and a helper.

An in-water coupler installation tool and a coupler nut tool are the only special tools required to assemble the EZ Dock sections. A hammer, ratchet, 15/16” wrench or socket, and a Phillips head screwdriver are also needed.

The light color of EZ Dock from EZ Dock Montana helps keep the dock surfaces cooler than just about any other dock surface available.

EZ Dock from EZ Dock Montana uses UV-16-stabilized raw materials in all of its products so they remain truly tough under the sun and have a longer useful lifetime. Products not using a UV stabilizer may crack and even disintegrate prematurely. UV stabilizers act in ways similar to how sunscreens protect our skin from the harmful rays of the sun. The UV-16 rating means that the product contains additives that will protect the dock material from serious UV degradation when exposed to approximately 8 years of brutal Florida sunlight when tested under ASTM methods. EZ Dock from EZ Dock Montana also produces an extremely thick product (3/8” average thickness with 1950 psi puncture strength).

EZ Dock from EZ Dock Montana will provide a long life of relatively maintenance-free enjoyment. Normally a good rain from Mother Nature is all that is required to keep the dock clean. A wash with soap and water or a pressure washer from time to time may be needed to keep the dock looking new.

EZ Dock Montana offers several anchoring options to keep your floating dock secure in any conditions. Pipes, deadweight anchors, piling brackets, and stiff arms are among the anchoring options available to you. EZ Dock Montana offers anchoring hardware to accommodate both freshwater and saltwater situations.

The EZ Dock surfaces have a non-skid texture molded into the dock sections. The docks also have grooves to channel the water away. These two features work together to provide slip-resistant footing, even when the surfaces are wet.

EZ Dock is manufactured from low-density polyethylene that will not damage the finish on any boat or PWC. Accessory features like bumpers and edging are also available.

EZ Dock Montana offers various gangway options including hardware kits that allow you to build your own wooden gangway with 2” x 12” boards (not included), and various length and width aluminum gangways.

EZ Dock sections are 15” high and relatively light weight so they only draft approximately 1 ½”- 2” of water resulting in a nice 13” – 13 ½” freeboard height.

EZ Dock from EZ Dock Montana is made to be an environmentally friendly product that you can put on the water. Our dock sections do not rust, splinter, dissolve, or have any paint or chemicals that can leach out and harm the environment. In addition, EZ Dock couplers are made of rubber from recycled tires!

EZ Dock from EZ Dock Montana is a very rugged and durable product that provides excellent long-term value compared to traditional docks because:

Durable & Low Maintenance – EZ Dock sections are made out of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene which provides excellent durability and low maintenance versus traditional floating docks. It is nearly maintenance-free so you never have to worry about boards splitting, splinters, nails, screws, staining, etc.

Stability – EZ Dock is designed to have a series of open pylons on the bottom that create a vacuum between the dock to the water. The vacuum is responsible for the stable feeling you get when you walk on EZ Dock. Traditional floating docks have floatation under approximately 50-60% of the walking surface thus it gives a barrel and roll effect every time a wave or wake passes under a float.

Modular – EZ Dock has various size dock sections that have uniformly spaced coupler pockets every ~20” around the perimeter. The sections can easily be assembled into various configurations using dog-boned shaped recycled rubber couplers. The modularity allows EZ Dock to be easily reconfigured or added on to in the future.

Coupler System – The recycled rubber couplers used to connect the EZ Dock Sections have 4000 lbs. shear strength and provide a stable yet flexible connection between the sections. When strong wave action is present, the couplers absorb the shock rather than the dock sections. If the wave action becomes too severe the couplers are designed to break before the plastic dock section so that the repair is replacing a coupler(s) rather than large dock sections. Traditional floating docks are assembled with floatation attached to a rigid frame and decking on top. The sections are typically assembled with bolts, nuts, screws, nails, etc. This design doesn’t allow for flexibility or shock absorption and can be severely damaged when exposed to strong wave action.

Support – EZ Dock Montana is committed to great customer support long after your dock system is installed. Our dock experts are ready to work with you to design and deliver the EZ Dock that meets your unique needs.