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On Mon, 15 Aug 2005 05:11:59 -0400, Neon John wrote:

Horse drawn transportation is much more expensive than gasoline. Many
trees died to publish all the research on this topic the LAST time
gasoline got relatively expensive. Feeding and maintaining a work
horse is vastly different than the pleasure horse(s) you apparently
have now. I suggest doing some research before you go off making
plans.

You dont need a "work horse" to pull a small buggy or carraige. The
Amish use Standardbred horses almost exclusively, and they are the
same sizr as the average pleasure horse (like a Quarter horse). I
presrently drive a shetland pony on a small cart and he does fine,
excrpt I would not go no 10 miles with him, and being small, would not
drive him where there is traffic.

Mark
Mark,
Check out Rural Heritage has all kinds of draft info. As for wagons and
such We built a wagon on a Pioneer pony wagon frame last New Years weekend
and use it regularly with a team of Haflingers @ about 950 lbs each. We
drive to the closest local store just for fun every two or three weeks for
breakfast on Saturday mornings It is about 6 miles and takes about an hour
and a half. If this store had this store had more of the grocery, hardware
, feed we neede I wouldn,t heitate to drive the team there to do our
shopping.

Tim
Union SC