[PnP] Animal Portage Table

[Alex Koponen]

Yeah, you're correct. Early harnesses had the drawback of choking the 
horse, thus limiting how much it could pull.  Oops.

       Alex

Burton Choinski wrote:
> I was just googling about and saw a page (sorry, no cite) that stated 
> that harness weights were limited until about 800AD due to the 
> design.  Around 800AD a new harness design allows for a five-fold 
> increase in draw weight.
>
> I guess it depends on how far back you say P&P tech is.
>
> On Mar 4, 2009, at 2:43 AM, Alex Koponen wrote:
>
>> In v2 the Animal Portage Table gives unreasonably low values for 
>> harnessed weights that can be pulled. With the greased axles of a 
>> century ago horses could generally pull about TEN times as much as 
>> they could carry. In the Perilous Lands the technology of wagon axles 
>> might be rougher, but horses should still be able to pull about 8 
>> times as much as they can carry.
>>
>>         Alex Koponen, son of a very skilled horse trainer and 
>> occasional user of wagons and carriages.
>>
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