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[RC] The horse can't out pull you (was: Hard Headed Horses) - k s swigart

Mike Sherrell said:


Because the ropes run up through a ring in front...and then
back to you...the friction at the snub point gives you enough
advantage that the horse can't outpull you.


Whether the horse can out pull you (a point I do not concede) doesn't
change the fact that the horse can out pull the rope (i.e. the horse can
break the rope, and the "weak" point will be where the friction against
the "snub point" has weakened the rope).  That mare I told you about
broke six "unbreakable" ropes when the professional haulers tried
getting her in a trailer using the method proposed by Mike in his
previous post.

And if the horse can't out pull the rope, it can out pull itself (i.e.
if the horse pulls hard enough and the rope doesn't break, then the
horse will--horses most definitely can pull hard enough on ropes to
injure themselves in the process...even if the rope DOES break
eventually).

kat
Orange County, Calif.
:)



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