Arena woes

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Sand and rubber arena riding a bit 'loose' so wondering if fibre will help and if so which one?

Also, is it possible to have too much rubber which could be destablilizing the surface?

Any info would be fantastic as starting to feel demented about it all:eek:
 
Sorry, have no idea, but bumping it so that those who know about such things actually get to see the post before it disappears :)
 
There is a sand and rubber arena at our yard that was really deep, they added martin collins 'kloph' (I think thats how is spelt!) it has made the surface more stable. It might be worth giving them a call, I think they would come out and take a look at it.
 
Clopf has made a huge difference to our free draining, sand and rubber arena.
Last autumn it became unusable after 3 wks of dry weather - hate to think what it would be like now! You do need to be able to power harrow the fibres in and use quite a bit of water to get it to 'bind' - ours sits on the top a bit at the mo, but is a world better than what we had!
 
Are you sure it is not the type of sand? Only really a couple of places the right sand comes from that will let rubber sit on top.If it is mixing in it is prob the wrong one.

We had this and put fibres in but unless we watered it in summer/dry they kept coming back to the top.In my view unless waxed any surfaces with fibre have to be watered.

We ended up taking ours off and having resurfaced as it gets lot of use. If you do go the fibre route get someone to rotovate them in at about 3-4 inches rather than harrow as they mix in better. I know someone in this situation who added flexiride and that worked ok but i have'nt ridden on it.
 
OH builds menages for a living, if you want to ask any questions pm me.

I think you def need fibre from the sound of it, but fibre needs to be mixed in with the sand, then rubber ontop. What rubber do you have?
 
We have sand and rubber and it tends to 'part' over the months which can leave some areas deep and others light of rubber. We get it harrowed in every year by a little tractor thingy that digs down into it a few inches and mixes it all back together again, and levels it. Then it's fab to ride on for the rest of the year.

Our main issue is people over enthusiastically raking it and whizzing round spreading all the rubber to the edges and making banks! gggrrrrr
 
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