1Size it
Floating Dock Size and Layout: How to Plan Your Kit
Water depth first, then deck height, side floats, length and shape: how to pick the Patriot kit that fits your stock tank, pond or lake.
Patriot Docks kit guides
Patriot Dock Kit Guides
Three short guides for the Patriot Docks kits we sell, written for Texas ponds and lakes. Start with size and layout, then installation, then anchoring. Each one is checked against Patriot's 2026 assembly instructions.
2Install it
How to Install a Floating Dock Kit
From pallet to water: assembling a Patriot floating kit near the shore, launching it by hand, and getting it ready to anchor.
3Anchor it
How to Anchor a Floating Dock Kit
What a Patriot floating kit ships with, the two anchoring systems that suit Texas tanks, ponds and lakes, and where the pipes or chains go on your layout.
Patriot instructions and videos
Floating kits
- PDFFloating Dock Assembly InstructionsPatriot Docks, 2026
- VideoFloating Dock AssemblyPatriot Docks, YouTube
- VideoChoosing a Floating DockPatriot Docks, YouTube
- PDFLow-Profile Frame AssemblyPatriot Docks, 2026
- PDFRectangular Float MountingPatriot Docks, part 10862
- PDFHinge KitPatriot Docks, 2026
- PDFShore Ramp AssemblyPatriot Docks, 2026