I just got this from my Europe RV websiteIt is titled the Worlds First Caravan (trailer )do a Cut & paste if you are interested.Aloha Leonhttp://www.danishcampsites.dk/Camping+experiences/Camping+News/this-is-the-worlds-first-caravan.htm?utm_source=Danish+Campsites&utm_campaign=bd7cf4e7f8-Nyhedsbrev_EN_marts_20153_26_2015&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_bb996c12ee-bd7cf4e7f8-235506381

To bad they didn't have any pictures of it after it was fixed up.

What about ot covered wagons of the old West?

CavemanCharlie wrote:To bad they didn't have any pictures of it after it was fixed up.Let us be thankful they had pictures.

Correction... That was the first RV.This is the FIRST CAMPER :B

Worlds Fist Camper ? | Good Sam Community

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DutchmenSport
Explorer
Apr 02, 2015
miltvill wrote:
You can get Ox in dually or single. They are 3/4 or 1 ton beast. Horses are only 1/2 ton animals. Yes, horses are a better daily ride.

Donkey's then must the the equivalent of a Chevy S10!
miltvill
Explorer II
Apr 02, 2015
You can get Ox in dually or single. They are 3/4 or 1 ton beast. Horses are only 1/2 ton animals. Yes, horses are a better daily ride.
holstein13
Explorer
Mar 30, 2015
The Ox would have way more torque than the horses. I don't care if everyone says horses are what gets you up the mountains, it's torque that makes the difference. Sure Ox are harder to maintain but horses are much louder and you have to place them at the front of the coach.
Pineapple_Kid
Explorer
Mar 28, 2015
You must remember this article came from a European source!

So anything we Barbaric Americans had ( covered wagons ) of course would not count.

I am about to embark on a 3 month trip to Europe in my new ( new to me ) Mercedes Sprinter motorhome.

I have arranged a 3 month RV trip in the USA as soon as I return to get the bad taste out of my mouth.

( everything said above was said with tongue in cheek )

Aloha Leon
oh_boy
Explorer
Mar 28, 2015
LOL let the discussions begin. I wonder if that is a ladder/step at the back or a JT strongarm or maybe a tailhook.
Water-Bug
Explorer II
Mar 28, 2015
You obviously haven't heard about the eco-mule and turbo-horse (often refered to as a quarter horse). :)
bmet2000
Explorer
Mar 28, 2015
Yes but the cost of feeding the oxen was much less before the government put the Ox feed tax in place. Now it is much cheaper to feed the mules, although they don't have near the same pulling power.
valhalla360
Navigator
Mar 28, 2015
jplante4 wrote:
Ya think the horse vs. mule pusher argument was raging back then?

Real men use oxen. They don't go very fast but the pulling power is unbelievable.
tatest
Explorer II
Mar 28, 2015
1885? Asian migrant workers had horse-drawn wagons for living at least a thousand years before that, probably before domesticated horses reached Europe.

Or is what makes it special is that it was for leisure use by the wealthy, rather than a permanent home for someone on the move?
DutchmenSport
Explorer
Mar 28, 2015
My argument too, "inspired by gypsies" and what about the covered wagons of the old American West? Long before this one was created.