ALLSPAN classic woodchips
ALLSPAN is the official supplier for various major events throughout Europe and is since over 25 years known as the expert producer of high quality horse bedding.
The advantages of ALLSPAN classic shavings:
- 100% untreated softwood
- High volume per kilo
- Highly absorbent
- Technically dried
- For hygienic boxes
- Elastic box bed; cushions joins
- Highly de-dusted
- Recommended for horses with respiratory problems or allergies
- Ensures hoove health
- Controlled feeding
- Easy cleaning
- Less manure
Manufacture
Allspan wood shavings are produced only from carefully-selected raw materials consisting of 100%, guaranteed untreated softwood. ALLSPAN bedding is made using a unique production process, a modern self-contained production plant is used to dry, sieve and remove dust from the raw material. This results in a shaving of extreme purity, with the consistent high quality that has won it so much international acclaim. We do care for the environment! All ALLSPAN shavings are made as a by product of the wood processing industry. This way we do not wast the precious recourse wood but make use of the perfect quality used in the regional wood producing industry.
ALLSPAN Benefits:
Hoof diseases
such as spavin and cancer of the hoof are often caused by insufficient stable hygiene. Dung, urine and other irritants attack the hoof tissue.
Skin inflammations
such as mallenders usually occur at the back of the pastern joint.
ALLSPAN wood chips offer great advantages in the prevention of hoof diseases and skin inflammation:
- 100% natural product
- Highly absorbent
- Soaks up humidity
- Horses feel comfortable and dry
- Contains no foreign bodies or contaminants
- The stable is kept in a hygienic state
- The pH value is approximately 7.8
- Excrement and urine can be removed in isolation
- Prevents horses from contracting diseases
- Horses undergoing treatment can be better cared for
… and allergies can be caused by damp or dusty litter. Other common hazards include toxic fumes and ammonia. Even low concentrations can irritate the mucous membranes, respiratory tract and eyes. Inhalation of noxious fumes over a long period can damage a horse’s respiratory organs. Correct stable hygiene is thus an absolute must when it comes to the prevention of coughing and diseases of the larynx.
This is why ALLSPAN wood chips offer such advantages in the prevention of respiratory diseases:
- Tests carried out at the University of Hohenheim (Germany): Natural purity of wood chips
- Most dust removed
- Guaranteed untreated wood
- Contains no fungus spores or other vegetable matter
- Usage is 100% controllable
- Helps prevent respiratory conditions or allergies
- Better care for horses undergoing treatment
- A good stable climate promotes the horse’s sense of well-being
- Hygienic stables
- Targeted removal of droppings
Recommended use
How to make an ALLSPAN bed:
We recommend for box sized approx. 3.50 m x 3.50 m, the use of a base layer consisting of four to five bales (4 x 650l bales or 5 x 550l bales). This volume of shavings is sufficient to give the horse a soft and comfortable bed that is about 6-8 inches 15 to 20 cm deep
The easiest way to open a bale of ALLSPAN is to make two crosswise knife incisions into its shrink-wrapping. This way the packaging can be removed easily and the shavings can be spread using a 8 or 10 tine fork. The bed will initially be very loose, but quickly turns into a compacted, dry layer.
From the beginning we recommend to carefully remove droppings using a multi tine fork. Between five and seven days after spreading the base layer, use the fork to also remove any wet patches of material and refill will dry shavings. After about 10-14 days top up the existing layer with between a half and one bale of fresh shavings in order to keep the box fresh and tidy.
Type description:
| Raw material | Untreated softwood (spruce) |
| Dryness | > 88 % |
| Bulk density | less than 45 kg/cbm |
| Sieve analysis | > 0,5 mm more than 99 % |
Packaging and delivery:
| Weight | approx. 19 kg – 26 kg |
| Spread volume | approx. 450 – 650 Liter |
| Pressed volume | approx. 100 l, 130 l, 136 l |
| Packaging | Pressed into rectangular packs and shrink-wrapped in PE foil |
