The driver looked forward, over the backs of the six-horse team, then he nodded.
The major shortcoming of these heavy field guns was mobility, as they required eight-horse teams as opposed to the six-horse teams of the lighter guns.
Each gun in a battery used two six-horse teams: one team pulled a limber that towed the gun, the other pulled a limber that towed a caisson.
And, and, how can that old cow in the field over there walk faster than a six-horse team?
Bader sold newspapers, after leaving school, then worked for his father's new contracting business where he drove a six-horse team.
"I'd rather manage a six-horse team of bronk mules," Casey admitted.
A six-horse team was being readied to move the lead wagon, while those that followed had but four.
They've got a big heavy wagon, and it takes a six-horse team, and there are three other wagons with it.
The General Highway Act of 1767, for example, restricted wagons with six-inch wheels to a six-horse team but allowed those with nine-inch wheels to add a further horse.
"Takes a six-horse team."