Frank Nicol

When working horses in an arena, the surface material can quickly get kicked up by the action of the horse’s hooves. It gets built up around the perimeter boards, and the route used by the horse in its exercises becomes rutted and uneve! The Logic Surface Grader is used on menages and arenas to ensure quick and efficient levelling of any surface material, whether it be simply sand or one of the more sophisticated, softer compositions such as rubber chip.

It can be towed behind any suitable vehicle for the arena composition (if available, a quad is ideal for this sort of application because of its low ground pressure). The Grader is light to tow, but it really works extremely well and can offer ‘one pass’ levelling to ensure the arena is quickly back to its smooth, neat and level best, ready for the next session. What’s more Logic’s unique design ensures that this grader really does provide the best level surface possible, with none of the skipping or bevelling that can occur with less well-designed units.

All Estate applications

A menage represents a considerable investment on behalf of the estate, and therefore maintenance of the surface is vital to ensure it continues to perform as expected. Levelling an arena by hand can take a huge amount of time and is a back-breaking task. The Logic PG250T deals with the build-up of material around the side boards and the tines on the unit redistribute the subsurface material evenly resulting in the predictable ‘step response’ being maintained which is the reason for investing in such a surface in the first place. The speed and ease of the operation has to be seen to be believed, quickly restoring any scuffed-up super-surface to its pristine best.

Product features

The grader blade has a ‘perimeter plough’ section which opens to allow material built up around the edge of the menage to be pulled away from the boards before levelling. A rubber skid on the outer edge of this section prevents damage to side boards. The optional tines penetrate into the surface, effectively redistributing the material to the chosen depth. The wheel track levelling skids provide an absolutely level track for the wheels to run on, so preventing any skipping of the blade that can happen if the wheels jump over a particularly big bump. The depth adjustment is easily set, and the unit can be raised and lowered for transport or to allow the unit to be reversed into difficult corners.