User blog comment:D2r/Unanswered Questions of Redwall/@comment-1479469-20100716191114

@Neildown: If the rats designed it from the ground up, it's still a bit of a stretch to assume they'd make a cart designed to seat a human instead of some other form of conveyance. Heck; as hordebeasts you'd think they'd make some sort of APC thing instead of an oversized piece of farming equipment.