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moonlight
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 Posted - 06 Sep 2010 : 11:07:31 AM
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Does anyone have experience of using these for keeping field gateways mud free in wet weather? Or any other suggestions/advice welcome!
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marionpack
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England
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Posted - 06 Sep 2010 : 11:10:36 AM
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| We've got them in our gate way and they are brilliant, but if the ground lies low then it will still get muddy |
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Kazzy
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England
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Posted - 06 Sep 2010 : 11:33:30 AM
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Were I used to be they had road plannings in the gateways and to be honest it kept it dry for a while then it went back to normal.
Best use hardcore and dig it into the ground I think thats the best but still it can get a bit muddy if we have a significant rainfall over winter.
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Jingo
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 06 Sep 2010 : 11:42:45 AM
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I agree with Janet - you have to dig out the area first and lay a foundation of hardcore, then put the planings on top. Remember if they take mud from the field onto the planings its best to keep it clear and tidy - otherwise its worthless.
We have a large area by out field shelter which has the ring feeder on it - we make sure it is kept clear of poos, dropped haylage etc and it seems to work fine. |
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Freya and Ceece
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England
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Posted - 07 Sep 2010 : 6:31:06 PM
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| They work well with a drainage ditch underneath, as suggested above. I have found some of the barefoot horses get tentative walking over them though. If yours are barefoot and get 'touchy' on stones then I would avoid them and use some of the heavier duty rubber netting mat type things. We have them around our trough (which sometimes leaks) and it does a great job. You may have to lead them over it before laying it though, then they don't mind it at all. |
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle. ~Winston Churchill
  
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Suelin
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England
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Posted - 07 Sep 2010 : 6:43:48 PM
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| We dug our gateway out and had limestone chippings laid. It works very well and apparently the limestone chippings were cheaper than the road planings so it might be worth checking that out. |
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alistair leslie
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England
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Posted - 07 Sep 2010 : 7:06:23 PM
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We have all gateways dug out and filled with planings
I put a terram base down then a thin layer of stone then about 8 inchs of planings
Worked well all winter . |
    
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moonlight
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Posted - 07 Sep 2010 : 10:15:38 PM
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| Thank you very much everyone, much appreciated! |
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barbara.gregory
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 08 Sep 2010 : 09:25:12 AM
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My gateway between two fields was about 3 feet deep mud all winter. I couldn't even go through in wellies as it would have been well over the top of them. Luckily I didn't have to! I had it dug out and put hardcore in about seven years ago. I have never touched it since and it is still fine; there is a layer of earth over the top now but it is only a couple of inches thick.
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gossy
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England
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Posted - 08 Sep 2010 : 09:30:28 AM
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| we have road planings from the edge of stable yard to the fields and have had no problems at all, it keepps dry and is very good in the winter. |
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road planings for gateways?
