Thread: Grey Nomads - things I've learnt in the last few days.

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Speedy Aulroians beware!!! if USA default payment chances are that Chucaro and other oldies will be on the Australian roads with a caravan like this

Bugger! I could only afford a Shetland Pony, slow lane for me, I guess, Bob

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Speedy Aulroians beware!!! if USA default payment chances are that Chucaro and other oldies will be on the Australian roads with a caravan like this

I think we could all do a lot worse than this Chucaro.

I wish my 110 had as much room

A 4xfoot with lockers .Hook up the fella behind as a pusher

Now that I re-read some of the earlier posts, it seems I missed quite a bit of "excitement" (that's what you get trying to read forums on a phone while riding a train to / from work)

Somewhere between the trolls and misinterpreting well intentioned humour, life on the internet is supposed to be fun.

When it isn't, turning the cursed thing off for a while is sometimes the best remedy.

Some relevant reading from another forum I frequent (shamelessly stolen from Forum Rules | seabreeze.com.au )

Tips to handle posts that upset you.

Beware of seeing what you want to see. A common mistake people make is to read a post with the emotion they are currently feeling, not the emotion of the writer.

Seek to understand before seeking to be understood.

Could there be a slightest weeniest smallest possibility that you may have made an error? Unbelievable as it may sound, some of us do make mistakes!

Basic Rule: Have the courage to step away. Go do something different before getting all fired up on the keyboard.

The Final Word

It's only a forum. Seriously - don't take it too seriously! :-)

Originally Posted by 87County

I think we could all do a lot worse than this Chucaro.

I wish my 110 had as much room

and as much power? there is at least 2 horse power in that photo

close to 3

Originally Posted by Chucaro

Speedy Aulroians beware!!! if USA default payment chances are that Chucaro and other oldies will be on the Australian roads with a caravan like this

Random Facts about the Durability of a Horse

Random Facts about the Durability of a Horse

DURABILITY OF A HORSE
A horse will travel 400 yards in 4-1/2 minutes at a walk
400 yards in 2 minutes at a trot, and 400 yards in minute at a gallop
The usual work of a horse is taken at 22,500 lbs. raised 1 foot per minute, for 8 hours per day
A horse will carry 250 lbs. 25 miles per day of 8 hours
An average draught-horse will draw 1600 lbs. 23 miles per day on a level road, weight of wagon included
The average weight of a horse is 1000 lbs.; his strength is equal to that of 5 men
In a horse mill moving at 3 feet per second, track 25 feet diameter, he exerts with the machine the power of 4-1/2 horses
The greatest amount a horse can pull in a horizontal line is 900 lbs.; but he can only do this momentarily, in continued exertion, probably half of this is the limit
He attains his growth in 5 years, will live 25, average 16 years
A horse will live 25 days on water, without solid food, 17 days without eating or drinking, but only 5 days on solid food, without drinking
A cart drawn by horses over an ordinary road will travel 1.1 miles per hour of trip
A 4-horse team will haul from 25 to 30 cubic feet of lime stone at each load
The time expended in loading, unloading, etc., including delavs, averages 35 minutes per trip. The work done by an animal is greatest when the velocity with which he moves is 1/8 of the greatest with which he can move when not impeded, and the force then exerted .45 of the utmost force the animal can exert at a dead pull.


Facts and Useful Information, written in 1889 by Barkham Burroughs

NO 3 amigos, reduced power output faults or clutch death rattles, either ...



jc

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