Product Details
Bumper Float (BF-12) by Techstar®. Size: 48" x 24" x 21". Color: Black. TECHSTAR™ Bumper Floats are a unique combination of dock bumper and flotation. Designed to run the length of your dock on both sides, these floats will comfortably float a dock 8ft wide. For docks 10-12ft wide Techstar recommend one row of centre floats, and for docks 14-16ft Techstar recommend two rows of centre floats.
Notes
- Each of Techstar Bumper Float models is 4ft long so aim to build the length of your dock in 4ft increments (8ft, 12ft, 16ft, 20ft etc.).
Specifications
| Flotation (lbs): 430 lbs |
| Average Wall Thickness: 0.187 |
| Center Float Model: AP-12 |
| Weight (lbs): 43 lbs |
| Per Skid: 12 |
Features
- Dock Bumpers are built in as part of the float
- Foam filled with closed cell EPS (expanded polystyrene) for added security
- Your wood frame, hardware and decking stay out of the water
- Polyethylene is environmentally friendly, as well as gasoline and wildlife resistant
- Construction is simple. Build a frame with corner brackets and attach floats through molded bolt holes
- Deck boards can sit flush with the top of the floats for a clean finish
- Standard colour is black
- 430 lb. flotation each
- Use 2-dock floats for every 4 ft. of dock length
- Floats bolt directly through 2 in. x 8 in. dock framing members
- Molded from marine grade polyethylene filled with expanded polystyrene foam for added security
- BF-12 - 2" x 8" frame w/ 2" x 6" Decking (can use standard 5/4 decking, but the float will sit slightly higher creating a "lip")
- The average wall thickness is .187
- Molded bolt holes
- Use with model AP-12 for center float in floating dock construction
- Hardware Required - 1/2" x 3-1/2" to 4" galvanized carriage bolts c/w flat washers, lock washers, and nuts. / 5 holes per float.
The most advanced design in Dock Floats. The patented design uses a very unique combination of heavy-duty dock bumper and dock float. The BF-12 bumper float has the maximum freeboard and is the perfect choice for matching the deck height of pontoon boats. Designed to run the length of your dock and/or the platform section at the end of your dock. For use with 2 in. x 8 in. framing members on docks up to 8 ft. wide.
Techstar® is a proud Canadian manufacturer located in Port Perry Ontario. Here at Techstar, Techstar have been moulding a wide range of material handling products, storage bins, commercial recycling stations and dock floats since 1978. Techstar business began in Scarborough Ontario in a warehouse of just 3,000 sq. ft, and with Techstar budding success over the following 10 years, Techstar purchased a factory in Port Perry Ontario. Now, over 40 years later, Techstar company has grown exponentially, and with the expansion of Techstar product lines, Techstar occupy just over 60,000 sq. ft at Techstar manufacturing facility.