Talk:Doubletree

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[edit] Tags

Ok yet another tag with no explaination behind it. I almost want to go through and simply remove all tags that are placed with absolutely no reason given... but that would be presumptious. explicate please. Syzergy 03:15, 23 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] I would like to request a disambiguation here

The original useage was as a part of a wagon or other horse or mule-drawn wagon (or plow or whatever) wherein the doubletree was the piece closest to the wagon (etc.) on the tongue, with singletrees attached to the doubletree, and then the animals attached by way of the traces of the harnesses to the singletrees. This setup not only made horse-powered travel possible for the opening of the American West (important enough for consideration I should think) but is still in use wherever teams of horses are used either for pleasure, exhibition, or commerce. Wikipedia has several photo references under "wagon" and "horse harness" and others. While it is a somewhat obsolete technology, it is hardly extinct, and it seems unfortunate to let someone enter it as merely an ad for a hotel chain. Suze Hammond, 21:21, Jan 2, 2008 —Preceding unsigned comment added by 63.24.20.206 (talk) 05:24, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

As of now, there are no mentions of the hitch so there is probably no need for a dab hatnote yet. In any case, this is likely to be a dictdef and on wictionary. Vegaswikian (talk) 07:35, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Copyvio

Most of the text from the "Brands" section is copied almost word for word from here. I've removed most of the info for now, but I believe that it could be worked back in while respecting the copyright. --Confiteordeo (talk) 08:20, 15 February 2008 (UTC)