Shock absorbing floor matts
 

I am looking for a couple of good looking but functional matts for the cockpit to take the shock out of hard landings.
Any suggestions on who to contact?
Thanks in advance,
Bob

Bob:

I've got two that were designed and built for military application. The company repackaged them for fishermen going offshore.

You are welcome to them.

Tom C.

ppi makes them any size any shape..

Free wins out but if it doesnt work out the guys at PPI are great

Shock-absorbing floor mats? Never heard of such a thing. Who knew? Very cool.

At Powerboat, a shock-absorbing floor mat is me lying on the cockpit sole with either Bob Teague or John Tomlinson standing on my back.

I hear that works really well.

A shop supply company would have something similar as they are used as anti-fatigue mats for machine operators, etc. Probably only black thru them tho.

Ok, Matt, your a funny guy. If you want to go to the Caribbean with me and be my "shock absorbing floor Matt", your welcome to come along. LOL
Or you could send Kevin along again. :)
Bob

Thanks, Tom. Can you e mail me size please and we will see if they will work.
Bob

I just talked with Jim at PPI today. He is going to redo my interior on the Gladiator. He mentioned that they have these mats available also

did he say how much a sq ft or sq in, I heard they can put it in your seat too.

Seas Systems Group is the supplier for PPI. The MitiGaotor is name of the product, REAL COOL Stuff. Check it out. There is a link to PPi, and Seas on my web site.

http://www.ppi-fl.com/mitigator.htm# This a link to all of the information you need to know on the'' MITIGATOR'' it will explain everything and show pics of the material.This is the real stuff, right from the military applications ,it can be inserted into your existing seat cushions or on a stand up application such as a mat with a non skid cover. It's great because it is portable - you can take it with you. It's not even close to a anti fatique mat - that lets you bounce up - that's when the damage or impact in your spine occurs. Imagine on impact your vertebra starting out at your neck impacting inline going down -- then a split second later your bouncing back up , the impact going up meets the impact going down and they crash in your lwr back -- alll daay loonng, you feel tired and fatiqued and sometimes a little sore. This material in laymens terms is like a dead blow hammer , you don't rebound off the downward force, the MITIGATOR absorbs the impact and disperses in an outward direction, so the bounce back is lessened by about 70 % therefore no crash in your lwr back, therefore:boat::boat::boat: less tired , less fatiqued , and not nearly as sore. check it out , or for more info call Jim at 941-752-6271

Thanks, Tom. i will check them out when I see you next week. Hopefully it is the MitiGator product as that seems to be the ticket. If I had done this years ago my knees would not be in such bad shape, I'm sure.
Thanks to all for the suggestions. :)
Bob

Can you get a big piece that would go under the entire cockpit carpet?

i am sure that is possible. all of the mats inner lock.

Call Delo to get new knees!


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pacific creations hydro turf.

Her are a couple flyers by PPI, Sea Systems, and it can also be installed in the flooring of your boat, and can be interlocked togeather. Real COOL stuff.