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> >Am I crazy?

Only partially.

A motorized vehicle, of course, did not have draft animals in mind when its 
basic vehicular structure was designed.  Since the draft animals daily 
ability 
to draft is a finite commodity, you wouldn't want them to be working at a 
disadvantage.

So if you wanted to be a sort of Amish Jack Kerouac, it makes much more sense 
to pocure (build, rig, modify) a vehicle specifically for draft animals 
rather than drag around several tons of useless metal.  Most of those 
humongous 
RV's would take at least four big horses to pull it any distance.

Reproduction Conestoga wagons, gypsy wagons, moveable shepherd's hut, and 
such are much more feasible ..... and cheaper than an RV even if the RV isn't 
running.  Horses are best for short hauls, but if you intended on, say, 
crossing 
the US, oxen would be better.

James   </HTML>