[House Atreides]

What about inventing the wheel barrel? You don’t need draft animals for those?

[hanamizu]

What about inventing the wheel barrel? You don’t need draft animals for those?

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Good point! But I believe it was invented by the Chinese who just downscaled animal-powered carts to human size. And while the wheelbarrow is a great labor-saving device, the Chinese often had so many humans at hand that they didn’t spend a lot of effort on ‘labor saving’.

[Clutch Martin]

Travois worked well enough, low tech, and easily repaired or refreshed. Varied terrian didn’t hamper the travois too much. Dogs could even pull them. Man or beast could be rigged. I often why the Mormons used clumsy carts when a travois would have met their meager requirements.

[Clutch Martin]

Travois worked well enough, low tech, and easily repaired or refreshed. Varied terrian didn’t hamper the travois too much. Dogs could even pull them. Man or beast could be rigged. I often why the Mormons used clumsy carts when a travois would have met their meager requirements.