The ideal piling mat specification may vary depending on the project at hand, the weight of your equipment, the ground quality underneath and so on. However, we generally find that our 150 mm and 200 mm thickness timber mats are sufficient to create a piling rig working platform or a safe access route across soft or unstable ground. With the right piling mats, you can even make it safe to work on sites that are impassable for heavy piling equipment without a temporary roadway in place. Our individual piling mats are produced to cover significant surface area each, ensuring that the pressure of heavy piling rigs is spread over a large area and making it safer to operate on unstable ground. In many cases your piling rig will naturally span several timber mats at any given time, helping to dissipate the peak forces even further and reducing the risk of ground subsidence due to the weight of the machinery.