Floor/bedding mobile field shelter

[Xmasha]

Weve finally had a lovely new mobile field shelter put up, so now just wondering what flooring / bedding does everyone use ?

Thanks !

 

[meleeka]

I have rubber mats in mine, bedded with straw/waste hay in the winter.

 

[sjdress]

I have rubber mats with shavings on top. Works very well with no issues.

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

We have mud control mats over hardcore/sand with shavings as 'bedding'

 

[rabatsa]

Mine is mud conrol slabs straight onto the ground with sand on top. They are not bedded but I would use the same as in the stables if I did bed them.

 

[honetpot]

https://www.mudcontrol.co.uk/ As good as concrete, but has drainage, but you can move them, so they are temporary,

 

[MotherOfChickens]

I used to quite like easibed on a dry earth floor-doesn’t blow about/treat in an out as much as shavings/straw.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

Weve finally had a lovely new mobile field shelter put up, so now just wondering what flooring / bedding does everyone use ?

Thanks !

I got two new shelters coming. I am not putting any surface in mine just the dirt that is there.

 

[Tiddlypom]

Will you need to move the field shelter regularly?

 

[Xmasha]

Will you need to move the field shelter regularly?

im hoping not , but it’s on skids so I can if anyone complains/planning etc

 

[Xmasha]

https://www.mudcontrol.co.uk/ As good as concrete, but has drainage, but you can move them, so they are temporary,

Ooh . I like the look of them . Thank you

 

[honetpot]

Ooh . I like the look of them . Thank you

I have them in my shed under cows and ponies. Not cheap, but compared to laying a concrete floor, cheaper and quicker, and I would have spent months persuading my husband to spend the money, and not try to do it himself. For the larger pallet load I used 2 builders bags of sand, but they haven't moved, and they are all my own work, laid on an earth floor.

 

[EventingMum]

I am intending to put mudcontrol mats in mine with rubber mats on top as soon as it is built!

 

[Prancerpoos]

I had a 20cm deep layer of type 1 with rubber mats on top. I used to put shavings in as well, so I put a 30cm high (very substantial) plank across the front to keep the shavings in.

 

[cauda equina]

I put rubber mats in mine just on the earth and they've been fine

 

[mavandkaz]

My main one has nothing, just the earth floor. Ponies rarely do anything in there and will only pee in there if we have prolonged heavy rain - it dries out within a day.
The other one has some ballast/shingle in there, more because we had some left over. It is at the bottom of the hill, so a bit wetter and the shingle helps.
I once turned the shelter into a stable when one was on box rest, and bedded down with shavings straight on the floor. It was horrible and got so wet, despite mucking out daily the floor did not get a chance to dry out, and turned to pee soaked mud.