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  • From: Clansgian AT wmconnect.com
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Draft Animals
  • Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2008 07:47:46 EDT



> >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>




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