grenfell wrote:Not directly concerned with using horses as a bug out option but more concentrating on replacing motor transport this makes for an interesting read , apparently just to replace the farm tractors in the US would require 23million horses. http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/2008/04/ ... icult.html
My God that's an astonishing amount ..... Mind boggling
J
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Plan like its the last loaf on the shop shelves.
Plan like its the last beer in the fridge.
PreparedKent wrote:What about a pony and trap? No fuel required just grass to graze on and plenty of water
You've never had horses have you , its cheaper to start on 10 fags a day and light each one with a £10 note, however horses managed to survive this long without evolving into something less likely to injure themselves is a mystery.
As PoppiesDad said, its not as simple as it seems my niece has a pony which is the least flightly thing you could imagine but it literally wouldn't go anywhere near a little cart they borrowed for her to learn to drive.
If guns are outlawed then only the outlaws will have guns....
preparedsurrey wrote:
You've never had horses have you , its cheaper to start on 10 fags a day and light each one with a £10 note......
Not in my neighbouring borough, they recently spent £45,000 rounding up hundreds of roaming and tethered horses. These horse are next to worthless, changing hands for the cost of a packet of fags. and more often than not simply abandoned due to their worthlessness. And while they are worthless, they have a very good ability to pull a cart around for hours on end (it's what they've done most of their life).
No doubt their value will increase considerably should vehicle fuel become scarce. You may need a bugle to get it to move though
My prepping consists of bugging out by bicycle so any comments are likely to be based on that scenario.
preparedsurrey wrote: however horses managed to survive this long without evolving into something less likely to injure themselves is a mystery.
Thats because horses started out like this
And got turned into this
Absolutely hit the nail on the head FC. I love to see Heavy Horses plowing brings out the Yokel in me.
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ― Edward R. Murrow
"Remember Politicians are like babies diapers they both need changing often for the very same reason" - Mark Twain
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
I've got a few customers and friends who keep horses . I'm not sure if it's a prerequisite for keeping them but the majority do seem to be able to moan for long periods at a time , how much hard work horses are , how expensive they are with all the food and vets bills , how to deal with all the muck , how you just can't get decent stable hands who want to work for a pittance , how they keep pushing the fence over and kicking their buckets , and on and on.
unsure wrote:horse , not a bad idea , use it to get out , then when you get there ,, dinner . sounds cruel but is meat after all .
Not really cruel but your right , the old ones would be the first to go , then the geldings , we (me and wife), that in a food shortage , the horses are our protein .
J
Be Prepared.
Plan like its the last loaf on the shop shelves.
Plan like its the last beer in the fridge.
unsure wrote:horse , not a bad idea , use it to get out , then when you get there ,, dinner . sounds cruel but is meat after all .
Not really cruel but your right , the old ones would be the first to go , then the geldings , we (me and wife), that in a food shortage , the horses are our protein .
J
That reads as if you and your wife(which is impossible) are geldings!
“A nation of sheep will beget a government of wolves.” ― Edward R. Murrow
"Remember Politicians are like babies diapers they both need changing often for the very same reason" - Mark Twain
If voting changed anything, they'd make it illegal.
unsure wrote:horse , not a bad idea , use it to get out , then when you get there ,, dinner . sounds cruel but is meat after all .
Horse meat is delicious, given a choice I would eat it in preference to cow meat any day of the week. It's a total mystery to me why people are so precious about eating horses (geldings not included )
Back on topic, my BOV (during armageddon) would have to be shanks's pony......................
, its cheaper to start on 10 fags a day and light each one with a £10 note, however horses managed to survive this long without evolving into something less likely to injure themselves is a mystery.
