Charlie77
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Sorry cant remember the name of them! You know the rubber grids that you put in gate ways ect, who make them? & do they work? thought as its finally dried up I should think about getting some!
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Rubber, stop mud being so deep?
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louisevictoria
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Dressagebabe
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Hi, they are good for this reason but make sure you don't buy the cheap green ones as the horses slip all over them like an ice skating rink! the grass covers them in the summer months but dies back in the autumn/winter months leaving the rubber (or green plastic!) exposed which can potentially be very slippery. I have the black square blocks that you plug together to make a larger area - these are non slippy to a certain extent but my trainer has the green plastic type that you buy on a roll and it is leathal.
eriskaypony
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Hi, they are good for this reason but make sure you don't buy the cheap green ones as the horses slip all over them like an ice skating rink! the grass covers them in the summer months but dies back in the autumn/winter months leaving the rubber (or green plastic!) exposed which can potentially be very slippery. I have the black square blocks that you plug together to make a larger area - these are non slippy to a certain extent but my trainer has the green plastic type that you buy on a roll and it is leathal.
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Totally disagree.
Rubber mats in their own are useless in my experience; where we laid them they just sank into the mud. Laying the green plastic mesh followed by rubber mats worked wonders however to the extent that in our field shelter it was totally dry and we put down shavings.
For large areas we used just mesh. We did not have the experience quoted above and it worked really well.
I'd assume a lot depends on the soil type / conditions and what works well in one place may not in another.
We use these guys, very helpful.
http://www.horsemat.co.uk/default.htm
Hi, they are good for this reason but make sure you don't buy the cheap green ones as the horses slip all over them like an ice skating rink! the grass covers them in the summer months but dies back in the autumn/winter months leaving the rubber (or green plastic!) exposed which can potentially be very slippery. I have the black square blocks that you plug together to make a larger area - these are non slippy to a certain extent but my trainer has the green plastic type that you buy on a roll and it is leathal.
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Totally disagree.
Rubber mats in their own are useless in my experience; where we laid them they just sank into the mud. Laying the green plastic mesh followed by rubber mats worked wonders however to the extent that in our field shelter it was totally dry and we put down shavings.
For large areas we used just mesh. We did not have the experience quoted above and it worked really well.
I'd assume a lot depends on the soil type / conditions and what works well in one place may not in another.
We use these guys, very helpful.
http://www.horsemat.co.uk/default.htm
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Donkeymad
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I bought some from carpetpac on ebay and they proved such a save over winter. They did sink slightly, but never got covered over with mud.We did lay them once the mud was there though, not a good idea. If laid before mud develops, they should not really sink. A very worthwhile investment in my book (and although cheap never got slippery)
SpruceRI
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I've just bought some of the black rubbery stuff and have laid it over some geotech membrane which will hopefully stop the mats sinking and disappearing into the mud [which is over 1ft deep in winter].
Because of the position the shelter is in, under the trees, the grass doesn't grow at all, so I'm chucking wood chip over the top to try and stop the horses hoofing it up.
Because of the position the shelter is in, under the trees, the grass doesn't grow at all, so I'm chucking wood chip over the top to try and stop the horses hoofing it up.