A Hardwood Mat- What Is It Good For?

A hardwood mat is a tool, and just like other tools

, there are things that a hardwood mat is good for, and things that a hardwood mat is just not good for. So, today were going to explore a few of those things. Well start with a few of the more obvious. A hardwood mat, whether were talking about a crane mat a bridge mat or a swamp mat, is ideal for providing sturdier footing for heavy machinery. Where soil might be loose, or the ground underfoot soggy, the dispersion of the load creates for safer worksites and more productive work time. Now for a few things that hardwood mats arent particularly adept at. For starters, you wont find a whole lot of usefulness in a hardwood mat if youre looking for a floor mat, or a waffle iron, or a roller coaster. Unfortunately, hardwood mats arent really suited for these particular functions. Lets get back to what they are good at though. Hardwood mats are particularly useful when it comes to bridging muddy areas or places where stable footing is not to be found. Mats, of the hardwood variety of course, are terrible for backpacking, surfing, and water polo. They are excellent for ground stabilization and accessing hard to reach places. We could go on and on about what hardwood mats are good for and what they are terrible for, but if youre keen, youve probably already noticed that there are a lot of things where these mats have no business being used, and there only a few things hardwood mats are actually well suited for. But, herein lies the beauty of a hardwood mat and the simplicity and power of their existence. They may not be good for a lot of things, but what they are good for, they are great for! Also, there arent a lot of things that can do what a hardwood mat can do. There are a lot of things that can be used as floor mats, but there are only a few things that can function in the capacity that hardwood mats function. By stabilizing large swaths of land for machinery to safely travel over, hardwood mats fill a need that desperately needed to be filled. With the advent and increased popularity of hardwood mats came a great improvement in jobsite productivity and safety. By helping to secure a sturdier and more reliable foundation, the rest of the construction site (whether were talking pipeline construction or home construction) can run more smoothly.

If youve spent any time tracking along with us a we explore the vast world of hardwood mats, then youve probably heard a great deal about the ways that hardwood mats can help improve worksite safety, increase stability, protect soil, and provide surer footing to unstable areas, but you probably havent heard a lot about how hardwood mats are used offshore. Well, today we are going to do our best to remedy that shortcoming. Hardwood mats are used in all different kinds of applications. We can overstress their importance on land, but we have under-stressed their importance at sea. Hardwood mats are important in the shipping industry at sea in they way they are used to line the decks of ocean going vessels to help protect the ship itself from the load it is carrying. If a ship is transporting extremely heavy equipment, it could easily be damaged by the cargo if any shifting were to take place at sea. Hardwood mats essentially serve as a buffer for the ship to protect its deck and for the machinery itself as well. Where there is heavy equipment, there youll also find hardwood mats. The many different forms of hardwood mats are useful for a variety of different applications offshore as well. The mats can be used for cribbage, deck cover, and just about anything else you can think of when it comes to protecting large equipment or the vehicle or ship transporting it. Now, there is certainly a lot more to the uses of hardwood mats on ships than we are able to get into right now, so in the coming months, well hopefully unveil more about the uses and functions of hardwood mats as it pertains to ocean and water based transport and construction operations. So, until then, stay salty mates!

by: Jack Smith

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