Carpet Gallop

I will check with the scretary tomorrow if the company have said anything. The latest batch is still sitting in its bales. Half a bale went down to patch over an area that had run thin and from that half bale 5 bits of metal were retrieved - 2 from horses feet ... you can see the metal sticking out of the other bales so it makes you wonder how much is still on the inside of the bales that we can't see!

The first batch we got back at the start of summer was absolutely fine, no problems with it. Its just this latest batch that was delivered in October thats the issue.
 
We also have it on the gallops at work and I really don't like it.
It's horrendously dusty when it's dry, we keep having to top it up in places, and we've picked all sorts of random crap out of it, including wire, bits of hard plastic, carpet grip strips and even a 3 pin plug!
Some of the bits of carpet are not shredded as finely as others, and we get some big clumps of stringy bits that make the horses trip up.
I also agree with EKW, it rides jarring. It wouldn't be my first choice for a surface.
 
My carpet fibre was form the now liquidated Equi Elite, its very similar to carpet gallop Gtech and Xride.......it rids beautifully in all weathers and is springy not jarring.

i have 4 inches of silica sand and 3 inches of carpet fibre.
 
Busterboo said:
Believe they are the same company? Dont you think it's too bouncy ?
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they are not the same company, flexiride, Xride and carpet gallop are all different companies.

no its not too bouncy at all, its like good old turf, gives but supports.......but i paid for good drains and good sand. if you just whack a thick layer on crap sand it wont ride well.
 
That is not a professional response from Carpet Gallop o_O. The magnet may pick up some of the metal fragments, but you could never be certain that some weren’t left behind. It would only take one piece of metal lodged in the wrong place to finish a horse off.

And if that is their response to a high profile professional customer, just imagine how they would deal with a private amateur arena owner.
 
My equi elite had NO metal in bar one coke can ring pull.

i did find 2 x latex gloves, 1 full car mat (which i cut up myself and added back in!) and a few bits of paper and small plastic bags. nothing dangerous.

when i need a top up i will be getting Xride as ive never heard of metal in Xride or flexiride.
 
From the Carpet Gallop website

https://www.carpetgallop.co.uk/

They have three different products.

‘Standalone fibre is ideal for gallops, ménages and arenas. This product has been developed by racehorse owners and breeders to a specification that is consistent with what they would use for
their own horses.
Standalone fibre is made from all recycled fibres which are metal and wire free.’

‘Gtech Fibre is our most popular equestrian surface.
The engineering behind Gtech Fibre has taken many years to perfect. In order to provide not only the performance, but to make such a substantial product that can accommodate all weather situations from frozen conditions and heavy rain to the dry extreme summer temperatures. Gtech Fibre is a versatile product that is manufactured from German automotive strengthened synthetic and polymer materials, these are metal and wire free for the safety of the horse and rider.’

Plus Gtech Combo which is a combination of Gtech fibre and Standalone fibre. This doesn’t mention whether it is metal and wire free in the blurb, but being a mix of the two above products, you’d assume that it was.
 
Hallo2012 said:
My equi elite had NO metal in bar one coke can ring pull.

i did find 2 x latex gloves, 1 full car mat (which i cut up myself and added back in!) and a few bits of paper and small plastic bags. nothing dangerous.

when i need a top up i will be getting Xride as ive never heard of metal in Xride or flexiride.
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My Flexiride has numerous fluorescent green foam earplugs, some bits of plastic bag, some chocolate wrappers and, last week, I found a plastic doll’s arm! It’s been down three years now and odd stuff is still coming to the surface. No metal or anything dangerous though! It’s oddly entertaining.
 
Fiona36 said:
My Flexiride has numerous fluorescent green foam earplugs, some bits of plastic bag, some chocolate wrappers and, last week, I found a plastic doll’s arm! It’s been down three years now and odd stuff is still coming to the surface. No metal or anything dangerous though! It’s oddly entertaining.
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ok your dolls arm wins!!! in a curious way i find it quite nice, its an indication of the life it led before all the little wrappers and notes :)
 
Fiona36 said:
My Flexiride has numerous fluorescent green foam earplugs, some bits of plastic bag, some chocolate wrappers and, last week, I found a plastic doll’s arm! It’s been down three years now and odd stuff is still coming to the surface. No metal or anything dangerous though! It’s oddly entertaining.
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We have yellow earplugs, but that is the only odd thing I have found. Our school is surrounded by old oak trees and the surface is very much liked by acorns, I could go into business selling oak saplings.
 
We have had carpet gallop standalone surface down for 2 years now and love it! Not had any metal found in ours! I've heard other companies supplying carpet with metal contamination though
 
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