I have access to affordable high quality rubber mulch and I’m considering using it in my 10x24 run in shelter. Has anyone ever used it solely by itself for bedding? It would be on top of hard clay dirt. Thanks!
That sounds like a pee-pee-thrush-poop mess waiting to happen…
We have heavy rain here, and the rubber mulch floats and washes away.
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Agreed. Not sure how easily you pick manure out of the mulch and/or what happens to the urine? I suppose it depends, but even if affordable it might be too expensive to lose a little every time you pick it out.
My concern would be that it is non-biodegradable and when/if you need to remove it, where does it go?
Mix it into your riding ring! Would be dreamy!
Hope you don’t have a grey horse !
Hi. I would have to say that I would not recommend it. I have some and have used it in various applications. If used in your situation, the mulch will not stick together (it never does in any situation), but will get all over the place at the horse walks in and out, if the horse roles in it. The horse will break through the rubber mulch and hit the hard clay dirt at the bottom. It will be impossible to clean and you will be throwing a lot of rubber mulch into your manure pile. Horses can also injest it, which could lead to an obstruction.
Great feedback everyone, thank you. Guess it’ll just have to be mixed into the arena only. For more information, it’s ground up Kongs. The dog toy! So no worries of it staining a grey horse or it being nasty tire mulch.
Where does one get something like this? I would love to try adding some to my riding ring. Located in midwest, open to non-kong rubber too.
Glad you mentioned the Kong rubber - no opinion there…
But we had a run on cheap ground tires and people put it in their arenas as a good idea at the time. During hot weather I happened into one such barn and the rider in there was sweating - and had rivulets running through the black dust on her face. Can’t imagine what it would do to the lungs, etc. Nasty, and there is nowhere for it to go to dispose of it organically.
There is anecdotal evidence of a link between crumb rubber and cancer - all speculation right now, but its being investigated
http://www.sportsfieldmanagementmagazine.com/maintenance/artificial-turf/crumb-rubber-cancer/
