Unusual Applications of Fieldguard Products

Fieldguard products were originally developed with the safety of horses in mind, but this is not to say that they can only be used in this environment. In fact many of our sales have been for some slightly unusual uses which are listed below:

Fencing

Elephant containment at an open zoo (not permitted in the EU).
Deterring predators from a small animal game reserve in South Africa.
Holding back rabbits from root crops. (very specialised installation)
Keeping pigeons off window ledges in London (Very specialised installation using a bi-polar tape which we do not market in the UK.)
Snail containment at an edible snail farm.
Bird scarer.
Keeping coy carp safe from herons.
Deterring humans from a wild herd of Ptzewalski horses.
Perimeter fence for an Oryx reserve in Oman.
Ostrich farm fencing in South Africa (not permitted in the EU).

M2 Bedding Mats

To help initial track purchase for military tanks stuck in deep, sticky mud in Borneo.
Sick bed for an injured rhino.
Light aircraft parking.

M3 & M4 Thermal Underbed Mats

Flooring in hot air balloon gondolas.

M516 Honeycomb Mat

Non slip surface on golf course wooden bridges (by order of local Elf n' safety Officers).
Suspension medium under a wooden dance floor.
Keeping mud off Vintage Cars displayed on Grass.

M522/M52L/M52LO Mats

BMX track surface.
Erosion protection around a pond.
An out door track for a film camera dolly.
Covering the slat flooring of indoor lamb pens.
A helicopter landing pad.
Walkways on fishing boat decks.
Flooring in fish buying sheds.

M6 Wall Mat

Soft flooring for a potato sorting machine.
Dog beds.
Sound deadening around air conditioning trunking.
Sheep sheering pads.

M7 Rubber Sheet

Securing down plastic membranes on silage pits.
Protecting mature trees from deer depredation.
Anti static floor for a large mainframe computer room.

M8 Slip Resistant Mats

Non slip flooring for dog training barns.
Greyhound racing stadium kennels bedding.
Hawk training corridor.
Base for bee hives.
To cut the excessive noise in an indoor swimming pool – stuck to walls back to front.

M10 Solid Rubber Slab

Police riot training area.
Soft floor for a large metal castings handling area.
Lorry maintenance machine shop floor.
Insulated flooring in an astronomy dome.
Non slip flooring in police dog vans.
 

M13 Thin Rubber Sheet

Protecting children from hurting themselves against wood pillars.

M14 Rubber Sheet

Soft desk top surfaces in offices.
Van floors.