System, method and apparatus for fabricating, hauling, and deploying an industrial crane mat constructed from recycled windmill turbine spars

A system for recycling wind turbine blades into a crane mat, the system comprising:

• a trimmer that removes outer covering from a wind turbine blade;
• a cutter that cuts the wind turbine blade into a plurality of uniform boards;
• a plurality of rings the connect a plurality of the plurality of uniform boards side by side into two rows of the plurality of uniform boards, wherein the two rows each have a first end and a second end, and wherein the plurality of rings connects a first end of the first row to a second end of the second row together to form a crane mat;
• a loader that bifolds the crane mat onto itself in half along a latitudinal axis of the crane mat;
• a trailer for loading the bifolded crane mat;
• a line attached to the bifolded crane mat to pull the bifolded crane mat onto the trailer;
• and
• a winch that pulls the bifolded crane mat onto the trailer.

A method for recycling a wind turbine blade into a crane mat, the method comprising:

• removing outer covering from a wind turbine blade with a trimmer;
• cutting the wind turbine blade into a plurality of uniform boards using a cutter;
• connecting the plurality of the plurality of uniform boards side by side into two rows of the plurality of uniform boards, using a plurality of rings, wherein the two rows each have a first end and a second end, and wherein the plurality of rings connects a first end of the first row to a second end of the second row together to form a crane mat;
• bifolding the crane mat onto itself in half along a latitudinal axis of the crane mat using a loader;
• loading the bifolded crane mat onto a trailer using a line attached to the bifolded crane mat to pull the bifolded crane mat onto the trailer;
• and
• pulling the bifolded crane mat onto the trailer using a winch.