Marston Steel Mats

Marston mat was nothing more than perforated steel planks capable of being locked together at their edges.

Marston steel mats.

Greulich of the car negie illinois steel co. Our material handling section includes everything from military aircraft landing mats to 600 gallon aluminum tanks. Marston mat repurposed for storage of empty wine bottles on a farm in normandy in hooks and slots along long edges clearly visible pin boeing 737 throttle quadrant great for mock ups or simulator application. There is something for everyone in this unique military surplus category.

Surplus city is the largest military surplus store and museum on the west coast which spans over 15 acres of outdoors and 10 000 sq. Seabees could construct a runway 200 feet wide and 5000 feet long within 2 days by a small team of engineers using these mats. Used steel landing mats. A special type of hard steel and precision in dimensions is making the psp mats to a durable steel road or runway for multiple use.

Pierced steel planks the psp landing mats are cheap light absorbing big forces and made for multiple use. The edges of the holes were flanged which improved structural strength and helped hold the planks in place. When first tested at langley field va in the summer of 1940 the ribbed steel plank was solid sheet. Stained and lightly oiled or.

And to many contributions by the army corps of engineers. Low tech and still used today marston mats were among the most important inventions of world war ii. Storage trailers loading dock ramps and even military surplus forklifts are available. The perforations reduced the weight of the planks improved aircraft tire traction and permitted drainage.

May 30th 2017 by administrator. We carry a variety of products. No comments substance. Marston mat more properly called pierced or perforated steel planking psp is standardized perforated steel matting material developed by the united states at the waterways experiment station shortly before world war ii primarily for the rapid construction of temporary runways and landing strips also misspelled as marsden matting the nickname came from marston north carolina.

Pallet racking forklifts rail road ties ammo cans military trucks trailers generators mre s duffle bags backpacks pouches camping. The steel is made with a high manganese content to enable it to resist corrosion. The following is just some of the items we have in stock. Airfields in alaska s aleutian chain pictured is tanaga started getting steel mat runways in 1942.