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Volume of Material for Rodeo Arena <br />Black sand from Callahan 422 yd.' <br />Topsoil from CLH 650 yd.' <br />General Recommendations for Facility <br />Proper maintenance of equipment and footing in both the Bloom and <br />Rodeo arenas are essential to having good safe footing. Without proper <br />maintenance and knowledge no matter how good the footing your arena <br />will fail. <br />I would recommend that at least your head arena maintenance employee <br />be sent to a Footing Academy that the LAEC conducts. It is actually much <br />more beneficial to have a KA S trainer come to your facility and train all of <br />your maintenance crew on how to care for your arenas. The one on one at <br />your facility will give them much more confidence in the equipment and <br />training on the footing that they will be working instead of someone else's <br />arena. The best of both worlds would be to do both. <br />The right equipment and knowledge of how to use it can make all the <br />difference in the world on the way your footing performs. <br />First you need a way to water both arenas that is much more efficient and <br />accurate than what you have now. I would recommend a water trailer of at <br />least 1600 gallons that is pulled by a tractor with an electric shut off. It <br />should have a gas engine that drives a 2 inch pump putting out at least 100 <br />gallons per minute. It also has to have spring nozzles on the back. <br />You also are in desperate need of a better arena drag. This will be your <br />most important piece of equipment, and a lot of research should go into <br />this. I would recommend a 10' Kiser Dragmaster which is the most versatile <br />drag on the market and the easiest one to use after good instruction. There <br />is nothing on the market to compare with it, but if your budget does not <br />