Timeline for How many horses would be required to pull a modern Caravan
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| Nov 11, 2018 at 18:01 | comment | added | jamesqf | @o.m.: Actually, as far as friction/ease of pulling is concerned, steel-rimmed wheels would be better than rubber tires. (Look at railroads.) The rubber is for rider comfort, traction, &c, all of which are pretty negligible at horse-drawn speed. | |
| Nov 11, 2018 at 5:23 | comment | added | Kilisi | dirt roads get rutted very quickly, unsure who would be doing maintenance on those after an apocalypse, very big difference, even normal rainfall on a dirt road erodes and that's just if it's being used. An unused dirt road gets overgrown very quickly. | |
| Nov 11, 2018 at 5:21 | comment | added | o.m. | @Kilisi, most caravans would be designed to move on flat-but-unpaved grounds e.g. in a trailer park. That should meet the old tarmac or dirt road specification of the OP. | |
| Nov 10, 2018 at 23:18 | comment | added | Kilisi | suspension designed for smooth roads does not work well on anything else. | |
| Nov 10, 2018 at 21:09 | vote | accept | TheLifeweaver | ||
| Nov 10, 2018 at 21:09 | vote | accept | TheLifeweaver | ||
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| Nov 10, 2018 at 18:22 | comment | added | o.m. | @L.Dutch, on the other hand modern tires and suspensions should beat iron-rimmed wood -- until they wear out and need to be replaced, of course. | |
| Nov 10, 2018 at 17:50 | comment | added | chasly - supports Monica | L. Dutch - Draft horses were used for ploughing fields. They were pulling a blade through solid earth. Some of those ploughs didn't even have wheels attached. They would easily pull a modern caravan especially with its excellent bearings that weren't available in a wooden wagon. | |
| Nov 10, 2018 at 17:25 | comment | added | L.Dutch♦ | I am not so sure how the wheels come into the figure. The smaller wheels of a caravan, as compared to a Conestoga, on a non perfectly even surface would make pulling a difficult task. | |
| Nov 10, 2018 at 17:07 | history | answered | o.m. | CC BY-SA 4.0 |