Mrs. Jingle
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do you know if these are available in Ireland please kerelli?
Mud control mats - are they really worth it?
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do you know if these are available in Ireland please kerelli?
HappyHollyDays
Slave to a house cat, 4 yard cats and 2 ponies
A friend in Germany has a yard with over 30 horses and has been using Hubner Lee mud control mats for years and years. All her winter turnout paddocks are made from them and they have been down without issue for over 20 years so if Kerilli's are anything like hers they will be well worth every penny.
ester
Not slacking multitasking
actual Mud Control mats or something else?
LL I want to say they are German, definitely an import so may well be the same.
kerilli
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kerilli
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Yes, they are. They are the Horses Home INB slabs.
kerilli
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Those wouldn't have been genuine Mudcontrol INB slabs though.
KittenInTheTree
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What's the postage like for NI? I'd quite like to have a small area of hard standing in our winter paddock, but we often find that the cost for delivery of items from the mainland to here is extortionate.
kerilli
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Delivery is per pallet, and we have a Facebook group (MUDCONTROL group for Shared Pallet Deliveries) with hundreds of members, looking for local people to share a delivery, which slashes costs (divided between 2, 3 or 4 sharers). It's about £150 including VAT to deliver to you.
(We can get 140 slabs on a pallet if you can accept delivery from an 18 tonner, or 100 slabs on a pallet if you need delivery to be on a smaller lorry.)
jnb
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I think a few people are confusing MudControl mats (the proper ones!) with grass mats which is like mistaking a top of the range Range Rover with a clapped out old Skoda 4wd!
I have only managed to put down half of the 8m2 of MudControl mats down so far but they’re unbelievably good & my cob now chooses to walk into his shelter on them rather than the hoof deep mud caused by yesterdays deluge! Can’t recommend them enough & no I don’t work for them
I have only managed to put down half of the 8m2 of MudControl mats down so far but they’re unbelievably good & my cob now chooses to walk into his shelter on them rather than the hoof deep mud caused by yesterdays deluge! Can’t recommend them enough & no I don’t work for them
windand rain
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Will say the mud control mats I was referring to were slabs like those made of concrete I think with holes to fill will either gravel or soil and seed which gave a secure surface but they did sink and become uneven if not initially laid on a good surface
Tiddlypom
Carries on creakily
Oi, there’s nothing wrong with a Skoda 4x4
!! But I agree with you, there is much understandable confusion on this thread as to which product is being referred to.I still have some traditional grass mats which have been around for ages, and have limitations as many of us have found.
The OP is asking about a newish to the UK product which are ‘Mudcontrol INB slabs’. Eyewateringly expensive to cover a large area, but they look to do a very good job. I would have been interested in them a few years ago if they’d been available then, it would have saved me putting down a lot of the hardcore that I have.
maya2008
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I NEED these! Bored of losing my wellies already!
Nasicus
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How does one go about ordering like, 4 at a time? I'd like to try them in a few spots, but certainly can't afford a full pallets worth!
ester
Not slacking multitasking
they weren't mud control mats then, I do think it is a shame for the company that they get reviews posted for completely different products.
KittenInTheTree
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I think I'll aim to invest in these for next winter.
NLPM
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I'd look on the Shared Delivery Facebook page mentioned above - my understanding is you pay the same for delivery whether you order 1 or 100, so might be worth seeing whether anyone having a delivery locally would let you just collect four from them. I'll be ordering again at some point - whereabouts are you?
Fiona
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Three winters ago we did an area with stone and fieldguard field mats on top, and they still look good, and definitely keep our 12hh pony who lives out much cleaner etc.
FIona
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Nasicus
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That's an idea! And Devon, but I shall definitely check out the page!
windand rain
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maybe they should use a less confusing name
Auslander
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There are no other mats called Mud Control. The commonly used, and virtually useless ones, are called grass mats.
milliepops
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I'm a bit tickled by the suggestion that a company shouldn't name their product by the function they perform!
ester
Not slacking multitasking
In what way is the product name confusing?! Says what it is, isn't similar to any other names...
windand rain
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No it is the description matching the name that gives the mix ups there are lots of products claiming to be mud control
tda
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I bought quite a lot of Mud Control Mats over about a year ago 😑 I put two x three stable/shelters at right angles to make a yard area, because of the rush to get it done we didn't level it that well and part of it is on a slope.
It has held up well, the mud does come up thru the holes in some parts, but my land is very wet.
Pics from last autumn to follow when I resize them
It has held up well, the mud does come up thru the holes in some parts, but my land is very wet.
Pics from last autumn to follow when I resize them
Lintel
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I've just helped someone lay some and I'm sure they will be great she is on really boggy land and they are a nightmare to lay in a bog... But so would anything be!!
I just couldn't bare to park with 1k ++ and I'm luck enough to have a hard standing.
I just couldn't bare to park with 1k ++ and I'm luck enough to have a hard standing.
MrsMozart
Just passing through...
Am now contemplating budgeting for these for next winter (can't afford this one as too much other stuff going on).
Are people using them just in gateways or entrances to shelters? Can they, cost aside(!) be used for a full winter trash paddock and if yes, what does one do with the land come Spring - take all the mats up? Re-seed?
Spot the mud mat newbie...
Are people using them just in gateways or entrances to shelters? Can they, cost aside(!) be used for a full winter trash paddock and if yes, what does one do with the land come Spring - take all the mats up? Re-seed?
Spot the mud mat newbie...
twofatladies88
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Brilliant - I need these in my garden between my two stable blocks - looks like Santa is bringing them on his sleigh (a bit early though!)
BBP
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I think you could definitely use them as a winter turnout paddock, if you could afford them. I was looking at a 10x10m area and it was around £3k. So now I’m wondering if I could just do a 2m wide walkway around 2 sides of my field shelter (it’s an arc butted up against hard standing so this would mean they could walk through and around back to the hard standing without getting trapped or a creating a mud bog)Am now contemplating budgeting for these for next winter (can't afford this one as too much other stuff going on).
Are people using them just in gateways or entrances to shelters? Can they, cost aside(!) be used for a full winter trash paddock and if yes, what does one do with the land come Spring - take all the mats up? Re-seed?
Spot the mud mat newbie...
HappyHollyDays
Slave to a house cat, 4 yard cats and 2 ponies
Just to differentiate between grass mats and mud mats these are the Huebner Lee mud control mats similar to those being discussed. These paddocks have been down 20 years and never had to be relaid or mended.
MrsMozart
Just passing through...
That sounds like a good plan.
Thank you for the picture Lindylouanne - do the horses lie down on them okay? Probably a daft question, but we have a couple of retired, including one old lady, and they do like to have a laze