Horse Rescue up the Renshaw

[Powertool29]

well a sled weighs 200 + lbs... with a large platform
a horse weights 1200 lbs ?? with four hoves..

its a little more complicated than that...

[deaner]

Not on a properly packed trail. You get a couple sleds doing loops and the snow is going to get very compressed. Especially in this cold weather. I have rodeoed and owned horses all my life so I am familiar with them. We used to get around 4-5 feet of snow where I was raised and we would ride on skidoo trails all the time.

[Rucky]

Originally Posted by Powertool29

well a sled weighs 200 + lbs... with a large platform
a horse weights 1200 lbs ?? with four hoves..

its a little more complicated than that...

200 lbs? Holy crap!!! What have I missed this year?

[Powertool29]

sorry for the miss communication..
look at your sled.. Where is the majority of the weight, In the front.
with ski's at a 4' spread.. your track is packing the way with minimal weight excluding the rider...
just trying to show how much more a horse weighs than a sled...

[Powertool29]

if they are going to walk out the horses on the sled tracks...
they need to pack snow and we all know that you can't make a GOOD snowball with weather below 0 degrees. Therefore packing snow with the cold temps that we have had is virtually impossible.
We need to wish for warmer weather if that is going to happen..

[deaner]

The colder weather is going to keep the snow very light so its going to be easier to pack down to nothing. Ill give an example. A buddy and I rode the renshaw last friday and the snow was insanely deep. We got back into an area that we could get turned around in so we got stuck. The snow was fine enough that we were able to walk trails in front of our sleds well enough to get them pointed downhill (and I mean DOWNHILL haha.......through trees, hoping there was a way out the bottom) If it was warmer, the snow would have been too spungy to pack down as easily as it did. The cold weather is then going to freeze the hardpacked trail into concrete. Moose and Caribou walk on frozen sled tracks all the time. Their feet are a lot smaller than horses.

[Powertool29]

Sorry I don't agree..

[Mike270412]

Originally Posted by smash

after reading all of this no one has mentioned sedating the horses and skimming them out avoiding the $5000 helicopter bill.
has anyone talked to the local trappers to see if this is possible.

just an idea that I did not see mentioned.

I was thinking the same thing...knock them out,strap them on a really big toboggan,and tow them out....
Must not be a feasable option as no one commented on your post.

[imdoo'n]

Originally Posted by Powertool29

well a sled weighs 200 + lbs... with a large platform
a horse weights 1200 lbs ?? with four hoves..

its a little more complicated than that...

sorry tool , have never seen a 200 lb sled, back off the mean green, you need a break.
if you were to pack a trail with sleds, they may be able to walk out the next day as stated, although horse hoofs may still break through. how about sprinkling water on the trail?

[Powertool29]

If it were possible they would have looked at it before they started digging the KM + trench..
your sled is 500 + lbs... how much weight do you think it has on each ski and also on the track ??
you tell me genius..
the horse is going to walk in the middle of the "packed" trail...

[BELL MOUNTAIN MOTEL]

Hi, What about grooming machine can help theses horses to bring them to safe place.

[Powertool29]

The grooming machine would be way better to make a trail than snowmobiles..
But it still has a fairly wide track...