Is pulling a carriage hard work for the horse?
It is a pretty easy task for these big guys to give you a memorable carriage ride. Percherons were bred to work pulling everything from logs to plows to carriages. They were also used for riding by heavily armored men into battle. Percherons can pull things without wheels that are about 2 1/2 times their weight. They can pull even heavier things with wheels. Our vis–vis carriage only weighs about 850 pounds and the wagonette weighs about 600 pounds. The carriages are easily pulled, in fact we can pull them when they are empty. The carriages have rubber rimmed tires, and bearings on the axles. We do monitor the hills we pull. We will never ask our horses to pull very steep hills.
