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Moral to the story: be sure to put your rig in gear, AND use the brake.  You 
didn't say what happened to the horse when the rig took off on its own.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Alison Farrin" <Alison@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2005 8:12 PM
Subject: RE: [RC] Pulling weight


> Have to pass on a related bizarre experience I had last Sunday.
>
> Tied the horse with the loose screw in his brain to the trailer.  Trailer 
> is hooked to the truck.  Trailer truck and camper weigh about 16,000 lbs. 
> Emergency brake is on, but truck is out of gear.  The whole rig is sitting 
> on a flat surface
> Screw loose pulls back and doesn't stop pulling.  He pulls the whole rig 
> 10-15 feet until it hits the hill and takes off  on its own.
> 800 lb horse pulled 20X his weight.
>
> Who needs a stone boat.  Just hitch them to your rig!
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> Alison A. Farrin
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> If one wanted to do real weight training with horses you could train them 
> to
> pull a stone boat. The weight in the stone boat could then be adjusted so
> the horse did say 10 repetitions of 16.5 feet for the workout.
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