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Van Ramp Cocoa Mats |
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| Color: Natural Tan. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sizes: 36"x10', 42"x10' and 48"x10' (other sizes on request) |
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Thickness: 1-3/4" |
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| More on safely loading and unloading horses using Horse Van Ramp Woven Cocoa Mats: People who use Horse Van Ramp Woven Cocoa Mats do so to provide their horses with enhanced traction and a more familiar feeling under their hooves when negotiating ramps, which can be somewhat unnerving for them. It is felt that the use of Horse Van Ramp Woven Cocoa Mats offers a feeling more akin to turf; more "alive" in a way. The way the mat receives a horse's hooves allows each hoof to settle and nest itself with each step rather than merely encountering a surface that is barren and austere, such as a rubber mat or tread, which apparently can translate poorly to a horse in terms of security or sure footedness. Some owners deploy Horse Van Ramp Woven Cocoa Mats on a 6' long ramp for example by having 2 feet of matting hyperextending the top of the ramp into the van itself and having another 2 feet of the matting hyperextending the foot of the ramp on tot he ground beneath, thus providing a continuous pathway of turf-like terrain for the animal to feel all the way up and into the vehicle. There are those who just allow the mat to lay on the ramp alone; i.e. without securing it in any way, which allows the weight of the horse to anchor the mat as the horse moves forward. There are others who have a helper stand on the mat at the top of the ramp or in the van to offer just enough resistance for the mat to hold is ground until the horse gets on its way up the ramp. Still, others have had The Mat King install two 2" diameter loops, one on each corner of one end of their mat through which they insert a pole that they then secure in some way to the van walls or floor, which offers a greater degree of solidity to the mat when deployed for their animals. The use of the material in the presence of wetness or snow, accoring to those familiar with this situation, is not felt to be a problem. The matting is extremely absorbent so moisture gets soaked up and, in a way, becomes part of the traction enhancement in the same way a damp towel is used by waiters on their trays to keep dishes and glasses from sliding. Hard spots of snow or ice that may get on the mat are said to tend to crack by being crushed into the mat before they can cause the animal to slip. That said, there is still the need for owners to be keenly aware of the overall danger of loading and unloading their animals into confined spaces over ramped pathways with little if any lateral protection against falling due to any number of things that can happen to upset or disturb their horses. It is imperative to evaluate the conditions each time the loading and unloading process is being performed and to use "common sense" to stop before a situation that appears potentially dangerous becomes a real problem and to perhaps reposition things to more appropriately deal with the conditions. We hope this is helpful and encourage you to share any information or techniques you may come across or develop with us so we may in turn share them with others.
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