Recycled tire tee pads

[NoThingness]

Has anyone tried a tee pad surface made of recycled tire material or another rubber material. We are hoping to get something like this installed. we were looking at this material as a way to decrease the impact on our knees as well as putting in a surface that is not going to form potholes or cracks in it as the ground expands and contracts during the seasonal changes of Canada.

Does it get too soft in the summer heat? how is it when wet? also is it a good surface for winter play?

[Thumber]

No idea but I'll be interested to see what you come up with. What course in TO is this for? I'm in Ottawa

[blackandwhite]

downfall to this would be the same as woodchips, they are going to get scattered around and would need to be redone about once a season

[Thumber]

downfall to this would be the same as woodchips, they are going to get scattered around and would need to be redone about once a season

Not if they are bonded together

[cmcolomb]

This sounds very interesting and promising. I would assume mold the old tires into one cohesive unit and flatten.... similar to a rubber pad? Might be cheaper but who knows..

[blackandwhite]

so basically you are talking a about melting down rubber into a sheet, and using that as a teepad? so one of those flypads made out of tires is what you are looking for?

[Thumber]

I would think more like grind the tires up then bond the pieces together into a mat

[blackandwhite]

i think it might make for an uneven surface. the track at my hs was made of this but it was a completely flat surface obviously, curious as to how you could keep the 'tops' of all the pieces even without the little scraggly ones poking through

[Thumber]

i think it might make for an uneven surface. the track at my hs was made of this but it was a completely flat surface obviously, curious as to how you could keep the 'tops' of all the pieces even without the little scraggly ones poking through

As long as the pieces are ground fine enough I think a little unevenness would actually help with grip....especially when wet, which is the big issue with rubber

[NoThingness]

No idea but I'll be interested to see what you come up with. What course in TO is this for? I'm in Ottawa

We are looking at putting this in our proposal for the Town of Markham.


And yes its made of ground up tires which are then formed into a mixture that is then poured like concrete and forms as 1 sheet of rubber material. this is used in all new playgrounds in town here instead of sand.

[Thumber]

We are looking at putting this in our proposal for the Town of Markham.

Best of luck with the proposal.

[chrishysell]

they used to call them fly pads. Another solution is horse stall mats or conveyor belt material. I'm not sure where to get them but i'm pretty sure mr google knows.

[mashnut]

As long as the pieces are ground fine enough I think a little unevenness would actually help with grip....especially when wet, which is the big issue with rubber That was my thought when I read the OP, a grainier rubber than the flypad style could be a really nice tee surface as long as it's not too grippy on a warm dry day. There are some playground surfaces that are kind of like that, a bumpy rubber that's grippy and soft without being sticky.

[dahig]

we have been testing the conveyor belts with players for over a year now.
on 2 different holes, one out in the open with grass around pad and one under some trees with sparse grass and kinda muddy.

[mashnut]

we have been testing the conveyor belts with players for over a year now.
on 2 different holes, one out in the open with grass around pad and one under some trees with sparse grass and kinda muddy.

And?