Ground Protection Mats FAQ
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Our mats are 2440mm long by 1220mm wide and 12.7mm thick.
Yes its fairly easy for one person to grab onto two handles and drag the mats around.
We work on a clean out-clean in policy. If the mats come back and need to be cleaned then you'll be charged a cleaning fee of $5 + GST per mat.
Yes you can pick up yourself. We recommend that you check what the weight of your order is and ensure whatever you're using to pick them up can carry that weight.
Our mats are made from a high density polyethylene. It's basically a heavy duty hard plastic which has a bit of flex in it.
We've found that smaller machines (up to 10T) are ok, larger machines tend to damage the grip pattern on the mats (especially those with metal tracks).
We suggest always using a machine with rubber tracks rather than steel tracks.
The manufacturer states they can carry up to 80T on a solid sub-surface. We regularly hire them out to clients that use them on soft grass with fully loaded concrete trucks, HIAB's etc.
The heaviest we know of that have been used on our mats on soft grass is a 49T crane truck and a 60T crane truck. On both occasions the mats performed very well, spread the load very well and didn't break or get damaged.
Yes that's fine. We have a minimum one week charge in place, however we regularly hire them out to clients doing work for a single day and they are returned.