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Location: Barnesville, Ga. | I thought other folks might enjoy this story I heard about today. A man from NH has built a RV/Wagon and is pulling it across the country with 3 Percheron mares. The link is http://www.wagonteamster.com/. He has done a website to log his trip and post pictures. He definately earns a A+ for creativity. I think I'll stick with my current LQ, but I bet his fuel bill is less than mine. |
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Location: Grapeland, Texas | That's pretty neat. I'll have to keep up with that and see how he does. |
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Location: East Tennessee, USA, Planet Earth | HA! Very cool. Thanks for the link. I'm going to share it with my RV group. |
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | Hope he's in no hurry.... That's alot of wagon for those three horses. The wagon is 7 1/2 feet wide and 16 feet long. For the main carrying beams I used 2” x 10” LVLs that are 16 feet long. For this application, they are stronger then steel and much lighter. The cross beams are steel 1 1/2” x 2”, 1/8” thick tube stock. The decking is 5/8” plywood. The storage boxes were constructed of 1 1/2” perforated angle with 1/2” plywood. This resulted in a very strong base structure that only weighs about 1300 pounds. Wonder what the completed rig weighs, with all the pots, pans, groceries, etc? |
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Location: Vermont | I hope he has a plan for being HIT IN THE REAR by an overtaking vehicle!!! There have been too many of these incidents in the recent past for my taste...
Edited by PaulChristenson 2008-07-26 3:18 PM
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Location: Rocky Mount N.C. | Bringing this back up top. He's been spotted in Ohio, yesterday.... http://www.redpowermagazine.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=43881 http://wagonteamster.com/ |
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Location: MI. | I think it's neat. It's sad to have to always worry about "things" that could happen. There are dangers but you can't always live your life being held back from fear and the "what ifs." He isn't going to come into Michigan is he? I'd drive down to see him and his drafts! Where is he headed?
Edited by Gone 2008-12-04 9:15 AM
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Location: Kansas | Good thing the founding fathers didn't sit home and worry about "what if" or who they could sue if they didn't have a totally safe world. That's my tirade for the day; I'll shut up now. |
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Location: Paulding Ohio | I wondered how he was doing, he posted on here months ago, when he was getting ready to leave, I had forgotten
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Location: md | I wonder who's financing the trip? |
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Location: Tucumcari NM | Originally written by terri s on 2008-12-04 9:37 AM
Good thing the founding fathers didn't sit home and worry about "what if" or who they could sue if they didn't have a totally safe world. That's my tirade for the day; I'll shut up now.
Exactly my sentiments!
Marla
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Location: MI. | I think he's heading south. He was just in Ohio a couple of days back. Thoroughly read his site. Pretty interesting story behind this man. I like his outlook.
Edited by Gone 2008-12-05 7:16 AM
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Location: Home of Wild Turkey Whiskey | If he keeps coming South, he should get pretty close to me in the next week or two, I'll have to keep up with him to see how close he gets. |
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Location: Corpus Christi, Texas | I followed up on your update link and read every one of his blogs... Quite a facinating read!...I think it is VERY cool.. I'm glad to see that there are still some nice people out there in this world... There are times when i wonder... |
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