Timeline for Possible distance travelled by horse over 6 weeks?
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| Jul 31, 2022 at 18:28 | comment | added | John | whereas a pack horse can carry 300lbs and an ox can carry almost a ton. An ant can carry 10 times its body weight percentage is less important than total carriable weight. | |
| Jul 31, 2022 at 17:16 | comment | added | Sherwood Botsford | I'm 69. I recently did 120 km in 6 days over rugged mountain trail with a 45 lb pack. Few horses can carry 1/4 of their weight on a day in day out basis. When I was younger 60 lb pack, and longer days. Don't discount the human pack animal. It's just more of the weight is for their own comfort. | |
| Jul 29, 2022 at 16:58 | comment | added | John | This does depend on how much crap they have to carry, humans have amazing endurance but make awful pack animals. | |
| Oct 23, 2018 at 19:12 | history | answered | Sherwood Botsford | CC BY-SA 4.0 |