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FW: [RC] The horse can't out pull you (was: Hard Headed Horses) - Mike Sherrell

Well, it can out pull the trailer too -- I had one tear loose the trailer
tie welding, on an admittedly funky old trailer. Still, if you want to carry
the debate to the absurd, there are ropes that are used to tie ocean liners
to docks ...

Regards,

Mike Sherrell
Grizzly Analytical (USA)
www.grizzlyanalytical.com
707 887 2919; fax = 707 887 9834

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From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
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Sent: Monday, October 20, 2008 11:59 AM
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Subject: [RC] The horse can't out pull you (was: Hard Headed Horses)

Mike Sherrell said:


Because the ropes run up through a ring in front...and then back to 
you...the friction at the snub point gives you enough advantage that 
the horse can't outpull you.


Whether the horse can out pull you (a point I do not concede) doesn't change
the fact that the horse can out pull the rope (i.e. the horse can break the
rope, and the "weak" point will be where the friction against the "snub
point" has weakened the rope).  That mare I told you about broke six
"unbreakable" ropes when the professional haulers tried getting her in a
trailer using the method proposed by Mike in his previous post.

And if the horse can't out pull the rope, it can out pull itself (i.e.
if the horse pulls hard enough and the rope doesn't break, then the horse
will--horses most definitely can pull hard enough on ropes to injure
themselves in the process...even if the rope DOES break eventually).

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)



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