When 400 hp isn't enough.

[mjw357]

I understand the rat spooking the horses, but I'd love to see how the team was rigged to the truck. What part of that chariot was strong enough to hook to a chain with all that pulling going on? The way the chariot jumped around, I'm inclined to think it was floating on top of the rigging. When the horses pulled the rigging tight, it popped the chariot up. I'm also impressed with those horses the way they seemed to dig into the ice with their hooves and all pull together. That was a beautiful sight. I'd bet that milk truck driver couldn't say thank you enough.:thumbsup:

Probably hooked up with chain or tow strap. There would have to be a steel drawbar down the center of the chariot.

Keep in mind those horses weight near a ton each, so they don't need a lot of traction to get the truck moving, just have to shift their weight forward a bit. That's a lot of energy.

 

[kjung17]

But-but, how much torque is being applied??:laughing:

Dear Mr Engineer Man,
Precisely, how can a horse apply torque?:drool:

On a more serious note, I regularly, watch draft horses in competition. A 2 horse team can pull over 10,000 lbs on a sled with a roughly 32 sq/ft contact patch. That's a lot of friction to overcome. A rolling load should be a piece of cake, ice or not.:thumbsup:

 

[flyingcow]

It looked to me is all the truck needed was a little help. I'm always amazed/frustrated on how much snow i can wade and not get stuck. Than the next time I'm stuck on a turd.

 

[RadarTech]

I have to admit that this was good...
And the mouse was down right funny...
Wonder what the horses stepped on to scare it out of the snow bank?

 

[Reg]

No doubt, but it's all in how you hook up to the ground.

And they DO "hook up to the ground" (-:
My bet is that their shoes pretty much bite into ice.
I know they throw up great clods of dirt when pulling stone boats.

Anyone see why they do the little side hop somewhere around 18 seconds in ?
SO scared of the mouse that ran across the road.

I didn't see it, someone told me about it - then it took a couple more views to catch it.

 

[Scooby074]

That was a pretty good video.

Only way it could have been better was if it was a Budweiser truck. Could have been a new commercial.!:thumbsup:

 

[RadarTech]

That was a pretty good video.

Only way it could have been better was if it was a Budweiser truck. Could have been a new commercial.!:thumbsup:

If only you were an Ad rep-- you could sell that one!!!


J

 

[CompactTractorFan]

Now lets see a 4hp motor do that. :laughing::laughing:

Yeah...:confused2:

 

[SPYDERLK]

Now lets see a 4hp motor do that. :laughing::laughing:

Yeah...:confused2:

A 4HP engine could do that fine. Yould just need traction or a solid pull point. A bit more complicated than horses with ice shoes tho - esp since each can output well over 10HP momentarily. A motor driven by an engine would better a apply the grunt followed seamlessly by faster pull like a locomotive.
larry

 

[JDgreen227]

Now lets see a 4hp motor do that. :laughing::laughing:

If you had the 4 hp motor anchored securely with enough reduction gearing it could probably do the job if you had enough time.