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Re: Draught Animals
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Steve Gray wrote:
nigelswift wrote:
Seeing is believing
http://www.sunnyfortuna.com/hi[...]ood/images/redwood-ox-team.jpg

What would a Redwood log weigh I wonder?
And how many blokes would that lot represent?


Brilliant, Nigel! So my speculation about independent pairs seems to be unnecessary in the light of that picture. Now, I wonder who it was who originally stated that "oxen are notoriously difficult to control in teams".



Excellent picture..

What is that - Eight pair of oxen pulling a log downhill on a skidded roadway?. As with Roman style Ox Teams, the link to the log would be a Chain. Iron or Steel. Not quite the same as Neolithic Rope. I would have thought. No 'stretch and tug'..

Tony


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19th November 2008ce
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