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Riding arena planner: Riding arena maintenance for all riding surfaces

Riding arena levellers are devices that loosen, level and consolidate the riding surface. Our riding arena levellers from Alfako are the ideal solution for high-quality maintenance of any riding surface. The riding arena levellers are suitable for mounting on small tractors, wheel loaders and quads and are available for various surfaces.

We sell various models of riding arena levellers in our online shop, which have different features and ensure a well-maintained riding surface. Grounds maintenance with a riding arena leveller is important to protect the health of the horses and ensure the longevity of the riding surface. 

The riding arena planner must always be adapted to the surface of the riding arena, the conditions in the riding hall or riding arena and the size of the riding area. Riding arena levellers are available in different types and sizes and for different surfaces and applications to ensure optimum riding arena preparation.

Why is a riding arena planner needed?

A riding arena leveller is needed to regularly prepare the riding arena surface. A riding arena leveller ensures effective riding arena maintenance to prevent injuries to horses due to uneven ground. The riding arena leveller is used to level out holes and loosen trampled ground.

A riding arena leveller saves time when maintaining the surface and is more accurate, as it distributes the surface evenly across the arena and at the same time ensures that the surface is loosened and levelled. The use of a riding arena leveller is crucial for creating an optimum surface for riding, minimising tripping hazards and increasing the safety of rider and horse.

For which surfaces is a riding arena planner suitable?

A riding arena leveller is suitable for soils such as sandy soils, screened soils, sand-fleece soils, geotextile soils, fleece-chopped soils, sawdust soils and sawdust soils. It is important to choose the riding arena planner to suit your specific type of surface, as different types of equestrian sports require different types of surface.

Only purchase the riding arena leveller that is suitable for the floor of your riding arena or riding arena. Using the wrong riding arena leveller will lead to undesirable results and damage the riding surface in the long term. Before buying, find out which riding surface you use in your stable and which riding arena leveller is best suited to it.

What are the advantages of riding arena planners?

The advantages of riding arena levellers are that they enable even ground maintenance, can be used anywhere and save time. Riding arena levellers increase the quality of the riding arena, are durable and ensure greater safety for horse and rider. Riding arena levellers are characterised by their ease of use.

The following list shows all the advantages of riding arena planners in detail.

• Uniform floor care: Riding arena levellers offer uniform ground maintenance, as the leveller loosens, smoothes and consolidates the ground uniformly. The constant work results of the riding arena leveller ensure a consistent footing thickness. 
• Can be used anywhere: Riding arena planners can be used anywhere and are used in the outdoor arena, in the indoor arena, on horse walkers and in the lunging circle. Riding arena planners are used for private use in the stable and for professional use at competitions.
• Save time: Riding arena levellers save time, because compared to manual maintenance of the riding surface with a rake or shovel, a modern riding arena leveller is much more efficient. Particularly large areas can be loosened and levelled in just a few minutes with a riding arena leveller.
• Improves the quality of the riding arena: The use of a riding arena leveller increases the quality of the riding arena, as uniform ground conditions improve the suspension and precision of the riding arena. A riding arena leveller increases the daily training quality.
• Durable: Riding arena planners are durable, which is why investing in a planner is worthwhile. Riding arena levellers are robustly built and will last for many years with regular maintenance. A riding arena leveller is durable and at the same time increases the longevity of the riding arena in the long term.
• Greater security: The use of a riding arena leveller ensures greater safety, as an evenly maintained surface reduces the risk of horses stumbling, slipping and injuring their tendons. The even structure thanks to the riding arena leveller gives the horse greater surefootedness.
• Easy to handle: Riding arena planners are easy to use, as many models have simple settings and are easy to operate even for non-experts. With very large riding arena planners, it may take longer for the rider to familiarise themselves with the system than with smaller riding arena planners.
• High manoeuvrability: Riding arena levellers offer high manoeuvrability and allow the ground to be worked even between obstacles. Compact, lightweight levellers in particular are very manoeuvrable and are ideal for riding arenas, corners and tight turns.
• Gentle on the floor: Riding arena levellers are gentle on the ground, as the even cultivation maintains the ground without destroying the soil structure. A riding arena leveller loosens the ground evenly, which maintains the elasticity and air permeability of the riding surface.
• Powerful: Riding arena levellers are powerful and can also work effectively on harder or heavily used soils. The tines, rollers or levelling blades on the riding arena leveller ensure powerful, efficient soil cultivation, especially on large areas. 

What types of riding arena levellers are there?

There are different types of riding arena levellers, such as riding arena levellers with different rollers (grid rollers, crumbler rollers or rubber rollers) as well as manual riding arena levellers with trailer coupling, water tank, laser or hoof scraper.

The following list presents the 5 different types of riding arena levellers in detail.

1. Riding arena planner with different rollers: Riding arena levellers are available with different rollers, such as the grid roller, crumbler roller and rubber roller. Grid rollers on riding arena levellers are made of steel grids, crumbler rollers are made of closely spaced steel bars and rubber rollers are made of solid rubber. The type of roller is decisive for the riding arena leveller because it influences the structure, appearance and compaction of the riding surface.
2. Manual riding arena leveller with trailer coupling: Manual riding arena levellers with trailer coupling are suitable for quads, tractors, lawnmower tractors, yard loaders and wheel loaders. The riding arena levellers with trailer coupling can be used for all types of riding surfaces, with or without aggregates. The riding arena leveller has harrow tines, a grid roller and an auger conveyor. 
3. Riding arena planner with water tank: The riding arena planner with water tank is an irrigation system for riding centres that combines soil cultivation and irrigation. With the riding arena leveller with water tank, riding arenas and riding arenas are tilled and watered simultaneously in a single operation. A PTO pump in the riding arena planner directs the water through rows of nozzles into the ground to minimise dust on the riding surface.
4. Riding arena planner with laser: The riding arena leveller with laser is equipped with a laser-controlled levelling blade that is automatically adjusted to the correct height using a laser system. Automatic height adjustment of the riding arena leveller enables precise adjustment of the levelling blade to the surface of the riding arena to compensate for unevenness and changes in the ground.
5. Riding arena planner with hoof scraper: A riding arena leveller with integrated hoof scraper ensures that accumulated flooring in the centre or at the edge of the riding arena is transported back to the hoof circle. An integrated hoof scraper on the riding arena leveller saves riders from having to manually level the hoof boxes after every riding lesson.

Simple models of riding arena levellers are easily towed by a quad bike, but larger devices require a powerful towing vehicle with a corresponding dead weight or additional front weight. Different types of riding arena levellers are used depending on the nature of the ground and the riding discipline.

How big are riding arena planners?

Riding arena levellers are 1.30 m to 2.50 m wide and 1.20 m to 1.30 m deep. The working width you choose for the riding arena leveller depends on the riding surface that is to be loosened and levelled. The larger the riding arena leveller, the more powerful the towing vehicle needs to be.

If you often have to make tight turns on the riding arena, such as between obstacles in the show jumping arena, a narrow riding arena planner is the better choice. If you mainly ride straight routes on the riding surface with the planner, a wide riding arena planner is recommended to save time.

How does a riding arena planner work?

A riding arena leveller works by being attached to a towing vehicle (e.g. tractor, quad bike, farm loader), which pulls it efficiently over the ground and ensures even cultivation. Accumulated material on the riding surface is levelled out with a riding arena leveller.

In most cases, a riding arena leveller consists of a stable frame construction to which various elements such as tines, rollers and levelling plates are attached. The tines on the riding arena leveller are used to loosen the ground and remove unevenness, whereupon the rollers, blades and levelling plates smooth and compact the riding surface.

The riding arena leveller should only be used to loosen the top layer of the riding surface to ensure a soft footing but a hard surface. When in use, the riding arena leveller is pulled in a spiral and offset in a circle from the hoof beat inwards so that the riding surface is evenly levelled. To achieve optimum results, do not drive the riding arena leveller over the ground faster than 10 km/h and set the leveller so that it is about 3 cm deep in the ground.

Riding arena planner from Alfako

We offer 4 different versions of Alfako riding arena planners in our online shop. We sell the Premium riding arena planner, the Prestige riding arena planner, the sand riding arena planner and the fleece chaff riding arena planner. 

Below we present our riding arena planners in detail.

Premium riding arena planner

The "Premium" riding arena leveller is suitable for surfaces made of sand or fleece chippings and can be used both indoors and outdoors. The leveller has two rows of springs that penetrate the ground and loosen it up. The crumbler roller on the "Premium" riding arena leveller ensures that the ground is aerated and the net roller smoothes the ground material at the end. The integrated levelling roller on the riding arena leveller offers the option of varying the depth of the springs. The "Premium" riding arena leveller has a working width of 2.25 m and a depth of 1.30 m.

Riding arena planner Prestige

The "Prestige" riding arena leveller was manufactured for riding surfaces made of chopped fleece and is suitable for indoor and outdoor use. With the "Prestige" riding arena leveller, the springs loosen the ground and the crumbler roller aerates the ground. The rubber roller on the riding arena leveller levels and hardens the riding surface. The working width of the "Prestige" riding arena leveller is 2.50 m and the depth is 1.30 m.

Sand riding arena planner

The "Sand" riding arena planner is designed for surfaces made of sand, clay, sawdust or sawdust. The "Sand" riding arena leveller can be used in the riding hall and in the riding arena. With the riding arena leveller, the sand is smoothed and hardened with a levelling blade and tines. The working width of the "Sand" riding arena leveller is 2.50 m and has a depth of 1.20 m.

Riding arena planner fleece chaff

The riding arena leveller "fleece chaff" is ideal for surfaces with fleece chaff and can be used both indoors and outdoors. With the riding arena leveller "fleece chaff", the ground is loosened using the springs and aerated with the trailing roller. Finally, the levelling blade of the riding arena leveller levels and consolidates the ground. The width of the riding arena leveller "Vlieshäcksel" is 2.50 m and the depth is 1.20 m. 

If you have any questions about our products or one of our riding arena planners, simply fill out our contact form on our website with your enquiry and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Alternatively, you can call us on 01522 / 287 33 46 or send us an e-mail to info@alfako.de. We will be happy to help you!