I'd hate to have to watch you guys try to figure out miles per gallon!
Anybody who seriously concerns themselves with the adequacy of a Big 7mm for anything we hunt here short of brown bear, is a dufus. They are mostly making shidt up. Crunch! Nite-nite!
How many grapes does it take to make a grapefruit?
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Southern Idaho is laid out the same way in the populated areas. There are corrections every so many townships to allow for earth curvature, of course.
Yep. It's most everywhere. Everywhere the lay of the land allows it, anyway. It's evident in cities this mile by mile plan has been in place for a very long time. The major streets are at mile increments, 12 city blocks to a mile. It's the same as the number of inches in a foot. How many cities have you seen laid out this way? 12th street, 24th, 36th, 48th, 60th, etc. It gets altered every time there' a correction line of course, but other than that.... These were once the only roads in the area, just like out in the country. Now they're where the major intersections are, and the stop lights that you wait the longest at...
This is the way it's been for a long time and there's no turning back now...
I'm sure, in a sense, Heavywalker is right about the absolute perfection of it all. Those durned surveyors were off a few feet here and there, running around driving all their little stakes and sticking their pretty pink flags in the ground. But all in all they done pretty good considering what they had to work with when they first started. They've been at it, what, a couple hundred years, nearing 250? It is what it is. And it's pretty darn close. Surprisingly so if you stop and think about it.
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In normal sized land parcels, you could fit it on an 80. If you had a normal quarter section, it wouldn't be long enough, even if you went corner to corner.
If you want bare minimum of land, a strip 10 feet wide and exactly 800 yards long would be .55 acres of land if my math is right.
Now I see what you meant. Yeah, 12 acres like was said before.
That don't add up. If it'll fit on an 80 it'll fit on a quarter section. A quarter is two 80's side by side (160ac).
A quarter section is 1/2 mile by 1/2 mile. 4 of them = a full section of land. An 80 is half that, 1/4 mile by 1/2 mile or 440 yards by 880 yards.
And don't forget the road running past it. A mile section of land is minus whatever acreage gets eaten up by the road and ditch. You pay taxes to the center of the road.
With half a section of land you could safely build a 1000 yard range so long as there is a hill or something for backstop. 1760 yards by 880.
ETA. Or on two 80's end to end. 1760 yards by 440.
That works on my 160 acres. But I'm only setup for 600 yards.
Yep. It's most everywhere. Everywhere the lay of the land allows it, anyway. It's evident in cities this mile by mile plan has been in place for a very long time. The major streets are at mile increments, 12 city blocks to a mile. It's the same as the number of inches in a foot. How many cities have you seen laid out this way? 12th street, 24th, 36th, 48th, 60th, etc. It gets altered every time there' a correction line of course, but other than that.... These were once the only roads in the area, just like out in the country. Now they're where the major intersections are, and the stop lights that you wait the longest at...
This is the way it's been for a long time and there's no turning back now...
The town of Twin Falls, ID follows suit, except....inside the central section of town is the old part of the city. Back when it was platted, the IDIOT who laid it out came up with this 'ingenious' idea of giving every house more sunlight by turning all the streets 45 degrees from north-south. So, every street comes into the bordering section line streets at a 45 degree angle. Navigating in this town is a nightmare. If the designer was still alive, he'd be lynched daily.
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I'm sure, in a sense, Heavywalker is right about the absolute perfection of it all. Those durned surveyors were off a few feet here and there, running around driving all their little stakes and sticking their pretty pink flags in the ground.
I expect back in the early days those pretty pink flags were not to common. I do agree that the general idea was to have townships six miles square with thirty-six perfect sections but did you ever try to put something like that on the ground. I think if you actually measure those square mile sections that are talked about you will find them lacking a little here and there. I do think that with what they had to work with and the conditions that went along with it, they did a pretty good job, but not anywhere near perfect. miles
Topography is a big factor, for instance I have 200 acres but because of the lay of the land the longest I can get is just under 500 yards. No neighbors, roads, or fire fans to worry about.
Question on the lead thing; If I sell the property "as is" and carry the loan with no bank involved would I have a problem?
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