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Carrying it, how? Assume uneven terrain, either human or animals. The sacks are being banged around (and are probably pretty porous). They may not necessarily
by outworlder 6y ago
Carrying it, how? Assume uneven terrain, either human or animals. The sacks are being banged around (and are probably pretty porous).
They may not necessarily have chariots, wagons or other animal powered vehicles at all or in the necessary quantity.
> I did this plenty of times
How much did you carry? Was it for barbecue or are you a blacksmith? How did you transport it over 4km? Did you use any roads? Any modern containers?
Like the article says, iron smelting requires an enormous amount of charcoal.
- choeger 6y agoIt doesn't really matter how I carried it (using a car most of the time and occasionally a bicycle), but that the author claimed it would have been too brittle to do so. I understand the limitations of medieval logistics. What I do not understand is the difference in transporting charcoal compared to, e.g., lumber.
- setr 6y agoI would imagine a horse-led wagon on wooden wheels with no suspension mechanisms over under-paved dirt paths would be dramatically more bumpy than a car on presumably paved road/dirt.