Ground Mats

HDPE, composite and aluminum ground protection mats

The range steps up with the traffic it carries: walkway mats for foot traffic, light duty and narrow mats for crews and compact equipment, 4x8 HDPE mats for trucks and excavators, and composite, UHMWPE and aluminum mats for cranes, rigs and haul roads.

Heavy duty 4x8 HDPE mats

The 4x8 HDPE mat, also sold as a track mat or access mat, is the standard construction mat for temporary access roads, equipment staging and lawn crossings, light enough for two people to place by hand and rated up to 90 tons across the range. Safe Trak 4x8 mats and Blue Gator 90-ton mats sit at the top of that class. Blue Gator 50-ton mats and ContractorMat ground mats carry lighter equipment for less weight per mat, and Eurotrak heavy duty access mats come in full and half widths so a run can be sized to the route. Machinery access mats have a raised traction profile for wheeled and tracked machines on slick ground.

Light duty and narrow mats

Light duty ground mats are thinner and flex to follow uneven ground, which suits crew walkways, light vehicles and compact equipment on grass, gravel or sand. They have no fixed connector holes, so they can be laid loose in layouts that change from day to day. The 2x8 narrow access mats fit gates, side yards, building perimeters and other routes too tight for a 4x8.

Composite and UHMWPE mats for cranes and rigs

Ground mats for heavy equipment such as cranes, drilling rigs and loaded dump trucks on soft ground step up to the crane mats and rig mats in this class. Mega Track mats are large UHMWPE panels and the highest rated mats in the range, and their non-conductive polyethylene makes them the mat to choose for work near live equipment and overhead power lines. Dura-Base composite mats are single-piece HDPE rig mats, placed by machine, for access roads and work pads that carry heavy traffic every day, and the lighter Dura-Base 800 mats give the same compressive strength for less weight on each truckload. Projects that specify wood are covered by the timber mats range.

Aluminum trackway mats and rolls

Aluminum trackway is for long temporary haul roads under heavy trucks and machinery, with a safe working load of up to 300,000 lb. Aluminum trackway mats interlock into a continuous road and are placed with a telehandler or small loader, while aluminum trackway rolls lay a long stretch of roadway in a single length.

Walkway and pedestrian mats

Foot traffic needs grip and a flat surface free of trip edges more than a high load rating. Interlocking walkway mats lock together without tools into a continuous path for crews and hand carts, and temporary walkway mats lay loose to mark a crossing or a route past an open hazard. Terraguard event flooring is a small interlocking panel for crowd routes, tent floors and lawns that also takes forklifts and light utility vehicles. Rubber safety matting is an open-grid rubber surface that grips underfoot on paths and turf. At doorways and jobsite trailers, spaghetti entrance mats let water drain through and hold the mud. Roof walkway matting gives maintenance crews a marked route across flat roofs and gantries with no fixings through the membrane.

Grass grids, mesh and rubber grass mats

These products stay in the ground and let grass grow through. Grass grid pavers and X grid ground reinforcement are interlocking plastic cells, filled with soil and seed or with gravel, for overflow parking, driveways and fire lanes. Ground stabilization mesh is a roll that is cut to shape on site and pinned over turf, in grades from foot traffic up to occasional fire engine and garbage truck access. Rubber grass mats cover worn paths, tree root zones and play area surrounds, where they also soften falls.

What ground protection mats are used for

Construction access roads and staging areas

A mat road for dump trucks and delivery vehicles needs its mats connected into one platform, with extra mats at turning points where tires scrub and loose joints tend to open. A run laid from the gate to the street gives trucks a firm exit and keeps them out of the mud at the construction entrance. Where the route meets open excavation, composite road plates or steel road plates carry the traffic across. Trench covers take sidewalk-width crossings, and temporary bridges carry crews over wider gaps.

Utility, pipeline and well site work

Utility rights-of-way, pipeline spreads and well pads are often far from any road, so mats are trucked in, laid over wet or undisturbed ground and moved along as the work advances. Non-absorbent HDPE and composite mats wash down between sites, which matters on projects that restrict the movement of soil, contaminants and invasive species from one location to the next.

Landscaping, tree care and turf

On lawns, cemeteries, golf courses and parks, the measure of a turf protection mat is the grass left behind once the truck or lift has gone. Mats with a smooth reverse side are laid smooth face down to avoid scuffing the grass, and the white translucent version of the Blue Gator 90-ton mat lets light reach the turf beneath.

Events and venues

Event sites put crowds and service vehicles on the same ground, often a sports field or park that must be handed back in good order. Walkways need flat joints and ramped edges for wheelchairs and strollers, back-of-house routes need vehicle-rated mats for deliveries and production trucks, and tent floors need a level base for seating and staging.

Outrigger pads, pins and storage for ground mats

Outrigger pads

A crane, aerial lift or truck stabilizer puts its whole load through a small foot. That foot needs one of the outrigger pads under it to spread the load, whether it stands on bare ground or on a mat run, and high-visibility outrigger pads mark the feet in public and pedestrian areas.

U-pins, pegs and connectors

Loose mats creep under braking and turning, on slopes and on wet ground. Two-way and four-way metal connectors fitted through the hand holes join neighboring mats so the run moves as one, and cable ties do the same on lighter mats and rubber grass mats. Steel U-pins driven through hand holes or mesh hold the run to soft ground and slopes, and plastic mat pegs stop the edges of rubber grass mats and geotextiles from curling or lifting.

Mat storage racks

Steel mat storage racks hold up to 25 mats of the 4x8 size and are built for forklift handling and stacking in the yard.