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Schematic of a coach. Coaches may be useful in many temperate zones as they allow to transport several passengers, reduce the effort required by the animal used, and protect the passengers from the weather.The shown coach was based on the Amish buggy (see http://www.welcome-to-lancaster-county.com/images/amish-wagon-opt.jpg), itself a rather recent/advanced coach. Due to the construction/design, the use of metal, the coach sufficices with a single horse, whereas for example stagecoaches used 2 to upto 4 horses. Some Amish communities, and indeed the coach presented here as well, use leaf springs for improving passenger comfort. The leaf springs are placed along the wheel axles, and 2 leaf springs are placed on top of each other (see http://images.dpchallenge.com/images_challenge/0-999/920/800/Copyrighted_Image_Reuse_Prohibited_721271.jpg). Other specifics are the use of a halter rather than a bridle (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horse_tack) and the implementation of a tarp for the animal feces (allowing disposal on an agricultural field rather than on the road). Also notice that the front wheel axle can rotate, due to the use of 2 metal plates ontop of each other with ball bearings in between.
Then for the individual parts:
- red: horse collar (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Harness_(PSF).png)
- lightred: girth (near front legs), belly-band + back band (near back legs)
- ligh and dark pink: crupper and additional strap (beneath tail)
- darkblue: false martingale
- medium brown/grey: feces tarp
- darkblue part on coach: 4 supports, fixes the lefsprings to the cabin/rotatable part
- orange: rotatable part consisting of 2 metal plates ontop of each other with ball bearings in between.
- very dark blue: cabin
- lightbrown: reins: run to horse collar, and 1 smaller strap runs to the mouthgear
- darkbrown: wooden beams (called traces)
- yellow: axles on the wheels
- pink: 2 leaf springs on top of each other, top bend upwards, bottom downwards, the orange line indicates where the top leaf spring ends and the bottom one begins
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