Im debating on adding hoof grid (etc) to my stalls and wondering how these are holding up long term for those that have installed them
I had Hoof Grid in my last place for 14 years without any problems at all. I moved here 5 years ago and installed it in the 75 foot runs attached to my stalls, and it’s been great as well. No mud. Be sure to prepare the ground according to their guidelines.
If I could chime in with an additional question - how does this hold up to horses who like to dig? I have one that in a former life was probably an excavator 
Thank you. What surface do you use for inside the stalls themselves?
I boarded at a barn that installed these in their stalls.
The cleaners revolted. Despite being installed & filled per directions, the edges of the grids caught forks like crazy. Stalls were awful to clean.
They pretty much immediately installed mats over them.
This was, gawd, maybe 20 years ago now. Maybe the install instructions are different now, or they’re not marketing them as a stall surface anymore? But it was an expensive issue for that barn and I’d not consider that type of product for a stall, unless there was something continuous over them (which sort of defeats the purpose?)
Great point to consider, thank you
Timely thread. I was looking at fixing a few areas of my pony’s dry lot and found these:
https://premierequestrian.com/product/premier-geo-grid-mats-ground-stabilization/
$155 for a pack of 12 and free shipping breaks down to about $13/square seems reasonable for a small project. All the others I found don’t feel cost effective for small projects due to minimums and freight costs.
My goal is to provide fix up his feeding station that is just not mucky. Only tool would be a rake if I ever needed to rake up hay/manure. What grids remains I will use to fill in a hole that has developed in his run in shed.
I’m still waffling on these…
I have them in stalls and they were installed over laser leveled, compacted base rock when my barn was but. If they weren’t level they’d definitely catch forks but mine don’t. Make sure you bed deep because the ones I have are hard plastic and will cut the crap out of hocks if there aren’t sufficient shavings.
These are what I ordered for an area that kept mixing the mud and limestone at a previous barn. They installed super easy, super durable.
I have hoof grid in the stalls but put mats over them from the start. I just wanted more cushion, and so there’s no issue with catching manure forks.
As for a horse that digs? Haven’t dealt with that, so can’t help on that front. All I know is they haven’t shifted and there aren’t any exposed edges in my runs. They were filled with 3/4 minus gravel, with a smaller aggregate on top…only about an inch, which makes picking the runs much easier.
