Horse Mat.....

markie61 · Nov 15, 2004

This link has a picture of a piece of stall mat on a rear scraper blade. I did mine the same way. On the FEL bucket, I did the same think but had to provide my own strip of metal for form the "sandwich."
Mark

hudley · Nov 15, 2004

I'm coming in late on this discussion...

The have very competitive prices on stall mats at Cashman's in Delaware, OH.

Alan

Maxwell · Nov 15, 2004

Another place to find horse mats is at your local Agway dealer. They usually have them on sale this time of year for about $29 for a 4' x 6'. I used a carpet knife to cut mine. Good Luck!

toadhall · Nov 15, 2004

I cut mine with a carbide blade on a circular saw, using a 1x6 guide strip. Heck of a mess, dust and smoke! I got mine in one foot strips at our town dump. How does it work under the FEL for removal? I like that idea.

DocHeb · Nov 16, 2004

Bring a pair of ViseGrip pliers to grab onto it and wrestle it into your truck.

Bartley · Nov 17, 2004

I put about 50 of these in my horse barn. I saved money by getting them from dairy farmers that had gone from stall milking to parlor milking.

I paid about $5 a mat for the used dairy mats. Most of them were in good, or great, shape and saving $35 a mat adds up quick if you buy 50 of them. They seemed better made and heavyer than most of the "horse mats" I looked at in the AG and horse stores.

I had to cut several of them, I tired every thing, and by far the best was a chain saw. It half cut them and half melted them, at the same time.

I used a old dull chain and it worked great. It did leave some build up on the bar and chain saw, so I used a old chain saw I had. The build up came off the bar and saw with a little solvent , and it didn't seem to harm the saw in the long run.

Good luck.

Bartley

btolle · Nov 17, 2004

Stupid suggestion: Has anyone tried an electric knife to cut the horse mats? I learned that from an upholstery man when I needed to cut some foam rubber, it worked great.

Bill Tolle

DaGoatMan · Nov 18, 2004

Excuse my ignorance, but what is the purpose of putting a piece of horse mat or other rubber material on the cutting edge of your plow, rear blade or front end loaders?

markie61 · Nov 18, 2004

Squeegee!

When you are moving snow on your driveway, you won't tear up the blacktop so much (or at all). It acts like a big squeegee.

Wahoowa,
Mark
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