Ransford surface - anyone with/used this?

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Generally, I have heard that woodchip is not fit for purpose - apparently it's slippery and holds water. I've been looking into Ransford's woodfibre surface and this wood type surface is meant to be fantastic. Has anyone here ridden on a Ransford surface?
Thanks.
 
Avoid any wood surface - go for a rubber /silica sand surface if your budget allows!

I had cushionride it was a nightmare and had to take it up after struggling for 4yrs with it.
 
I have it in my round pen, it has had reasonable use including lunging, riding and winter turnout for 6 years, and it only now looks as if it needs a top up. Doesn't seem especially slippery to me :)

Yes, horses have slipped on the odd occasion, but only if they were having a "moment" lol and I think they would have slipped on any surface. We have even done small jumps, and it has been fine.
 
Ransford is new wood so it's not meant to rot away like other woodchip. Although I know I will have to top up the surface after 2yrs. Thanks both. Anyone else? :p
 
I have Ransford's - and it IS good! My manege gets a pasting - it's used solidly 8 hours a day by 1 - 4 horses at a time, we don't look after it as well as we should (time runs out!) and we loose school and lunge on it a LOT! I topped up 3 years ago, and will have to do so again this year - but that's no real hardship.
 
I used it with sand and that did not work at all. There were pockets where the woodchip was deeper and extremely slippery. I had a horse nearly fall over from a nice, controlled canter and I gave up on it.

I have since used it as a topping over a blinding layer to cover paths and roads in the yard and it does a good job of that but it will rot in time. How fast it rots depends on the amount of mud and water that acumulate in the area.
 
I had one put down at work 2 years ago - I chose it for environmental reasons, i.e. no rubber to blow onto surrounding organic status farm. So far, it's great and I haven't had to top it up. I'm very happy with it.
 
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