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AWJ Services · #1 02-08-2009, 08:40 PM

Where is the best place to get mats or can I make them from wood?
It is for my Kubota 161-3.

Dirtman2007 · #2 02-08-2009, 09:04 PM

like mine?

AWJ Services · #3 02-08-2009, 10:06 PM

Those look fine for my use.

Dirtman2007 · #4 02-08-2009, 10:18 PM

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Those look fine for my use.

It was one mat 8'X12' long. I took the chainsaw and cut it in 3 sections making three 4'X8' long mats for the mini's. They work good. I'll get you some contact info tomorrow when I go by the office.

mrsops · #5 02-09-2009, 12:11 AM

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Where is the best place to get mats or can I make them from wood?
It is for my Kubota 161-3.

awj i bought those alturna mats about 2 years ago they been holding up real well a lot better then using plywood

ksss · #6 02-09-2009, 12:26 AM

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awj i bought those alturna mats about 2 years ago they been holding up real well a lot better then using plywood

I have been wanting to try those Alturna type mats. Probably wont be this year but I thought if they worked and you bought a couple a year, it would help. I think these excavator mats are for deep mud. The Alturna mats wouldn't be able to hold the machine up.

mrsops · #7 02-09-2009, 12:38 AM

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I have been wanting to try those Alturna type mats. Probably wont be this year but I thought if they worked and you bought a couple a year, it would help. I think these excavator mats are for deep mud. The Alturna mats wouldn't be able to hold the machine up.

Yeah i use them a lot for going over peoples lawns. They hold up real nice it looks more professional to going to a job with them. Plywood became a pain always breaking and moving around. The alturna mats come with hooks to that interlock into each other so they don't move around as much.

stuvecorp · #8 02-09-2009, 12:56 AM

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Yeah i use them a lot for going over peoples lawns. They hold up real nice it looks more professional to going to a job with them. Plywood became a pain always breaking and moving around. The alturna mats come with hooks to that interlock into each other so they don't move around as much.

Were they spendy?

mrsops · #9 02-09-2009, 12:58 AM

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Were they spendy?

I bought about 14 of them i think they were $200 each and the size was 8x3. I really like them you hardly make any ruts with them

stuvecorp · #10 02-09-2009, 01:19 AM

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I bought about 14 of them i think they were $200 each and the size was 8x3. I really like them you hardly make any ruts with them

We did a patio this fall and the client asked what we would do if the lawn was like a golf course and I didn't really have a good answer. We usually tear stuff up and either sod or hydroseed it, maybe this would prevent most of the damage. In a long term project, do you pick it up everyday and move it?