March 2024.... Will winter never end..π₯΄
Hey folks , hope you have all managed to stay dry these past few weeks π¦π¦π¦
This post is directed more towards our Equestrian friends and customers..... Now that the clocks have changed and the longer winter nights with cooler temperatures are here , it is still really important to keep up the maintenance regime on your Arena surfaces..... With this last spell of wet weather alot of the surfaces we are seeing are starting to go hard packed just with the amount of moisture that is locked into the sand layers and with the potential for over night frosts regularly now we would recommend dropping the grader tines in a bit further, if you have a 5" deep sand layer then we would suggest dropping the tines in to about 2-3" from the top of the surfaces to help get that locked in moisture down through the sand and away into the drainage below....
In really frosty conditions if you grade your Arena last thing in the day this will stir up the surface and should help slow down the freezing impact, then go over it again first thing in the morning and hopefully this will give you a usable surface perhaps not perfect but ridable...... But no amount of grading will stop a water logged surface freezing but if you follow these steps above then you will certainly help prevent the surface from freezing βοΈβοΈ
Please get in touch with ourselves if you need any assistance with Arena maintenance or if you are thinking about a new surface for 2024 then please give me a call for a no obligation chat...π
Evening folks , hope yer managing to bide dry π¦π§
So during the brief dry spell this morning we managed to get over and deliver and start off our first purpose built Arena Grader to Emily and Michael at ED Equestrian Development.
We had the pleasure of laying Emily and Mike's Sand/ Fibre surface earlier in the summer where they asked us if we could supply them with a Grader that wouldn't break the bank but would allow them to keep their surface in tip top shape..... We wish Emily and Michael all the best with their new grader and if this is something we can do for you then please get in touch with us.....ππ
A few pics from a busy summer..π€
A few pics from the last couple of months jobs....