TTE^® horse walker

Ergonomic for your horses thanks to excellent elasticity

Daily exercise for several hours is fundamental to a horse’s physical and mental health. A flight animal intuitively always prefers the shortest path and therefore primarily moves along the innermost circle in a horse walker. The extremely high frequency of use and the point loads of the horse’s hooves result in a high degree of wear on the surface, even on paved surfaces with a deep gravel layer. Rubber stones are an often-used but nevertheless fatal mistake in horse walkers. The well-intentioned goal of shock absorption by these rubber coverings inhibits the rotation of the horse’s joints too greatly, which means that joint inflammation could soon be the order of the day.

Shock absorbers in car chassis and shock-absorbing shoe soles for humans are more or less a normal and trivial part of our everyday lives.

So why not on exercise surfaces for horses?

The TTE^® horse walker concept utilises an elastic wood layer to provide a surface that is elastic and gentle on the horse’s joints, while also being durable enough to withstand the high stresses experienced in a horse walker. This creates a long-lived surface which ensures sure footing, while also offering an ergonomic and healthy exercise area for horses that provides shock absorption over a wide area.

TTE® Paddocks without substructure and with springy properties

1. Remove turf – create a level surface
Evenness of horse walker surface – topsoil, NO substructure – improves seepage characteristics

2. Apply and level an approx. 5 cm fine gravel layer
Drainage layer – creates even surface – separates the wood chip layer from soil life

3. Apply and level an approx. 10 cm elastic wood chip layer
Easy on horses’ joints – elasticity protects underlying layer – decomposition of manure

4. Lay fine mesh
Laying aid – faster sliding of plates – no wedged-in material

5. Lay TTE^® plates
TOTAL – TRAFFIC – EXOPAVE

6. Fill with TTE^® Paving Stone
GRIP Anti-slip – reinforces TTE® plates – water-permeable

7. Approx. 3 cm surface course
Anti-slip – reduces wear on underlying layer and hooves – optional

TTE® Multidrain^PLUS 2000
A solid solution

TTE® grid plates are linked horizontally and vertically with the aid of solid pins. It is NOT possible to break off individual elements. In addition, the 2:1 format and total weight of 27 kg/m² in combination with the intelligent connection system create a "snowshoe effect" with a high load capacity. This enables load distribution over a wide area, allowing horse walkers to be built easily and made level without a substructure.