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rick_vandal

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Soil weights 1ton per cubic meter, and I think your remarks about ley235are out of order.
If you have a calculator, how long is an acre at 99" wide?
 

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rick_vandal

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By accident you are proving my point. In draught, the top-link is in compression which moves the virtual hitch point forwards toward the middle of the tractor. Back to topic, I changed from 12x32 to 8.3x44 rowcrop with a road speed hike but felt every bump! Lower links were uphill.
 

Howard150

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It is 99" x1760' long

Glad you're not working the wages out David .... or could it be your calculator needs new batteries?:scratchhead: 5280' in a mile - ask Bob :D

By accident you are proving my point. In draught, the top-link is in compression which moves the virtual hitch point forwards toward the middle of the tractor. Back to topic, I changed from 12x32 to 8.3x44 rowcrop with a road speed hike but felt every bump! Lower links were uphill.

It all seems to be uphill with your posts Rick. What a mile long strip of ground 8'3" wide has to do with draught is over my head. You'll be telling us the plough is pushing the tractor next:scratchhead: As far as the top link being in compression goes, it is only in compression on smaller ploughs. As the plough gets bigger, longer and heavier, it goes into equilibrium, then tension hence the use of chains instead of rigid top links on some of the larger reversibles.

One for you now Rick...how long is the hedge (including any gates or gaps where the bottery bushes choked the thorns) around a perfectly square 40 acre field, round it up if you so desire otherwise yards feet & inches will do. Furthermore what is the acreage of an 18yd headland around said field, rounded up, in sq yds or acres?
 
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Howard150

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it would be around the 40 acre field, 6 furlongs, + 300 yards, + 405 feet, + 60 inches in total or there abouts


and the headland area would be 6 Acre + 3 Roods and + 16 Perches in total or there abouts

Valiant and superb effort John. Nice try but you are 3048mm out on this one. There are 193600 sq yds in 40 acres. The square root of this, which is the length of one side, is 440. Times 4 gives you 1760 yds which just happens to be 1 English Country Mile - not 7 furlongs and 650' (feet)

With regard to the acreage, did you knock the corners off - 4 @ 18yds?

Here's one for you ploughman61. How long (round it up if you want) is the 7 mile Devon tunnel? :scratchhead::scratchhead::scratchhead: :D
 
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Pennine Ploughing

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hmmm thought it was right by my reckoning, but your right 3048 mm short, but did say there or there about, , this was measured at a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, there for the tape might of had a little stretch on it, 15 degrees Celsius is best

yes did knock off 2 corners, but just check it for me david to see if I was near
 
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Howard150

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hmmm thought it was right by my reckoning, but your right 3048 mm short, but did say there or there about, , this was measured at a temperature of 18 degrees Celsius, there for the tape might of had a little stretch on it, 15 degrees Celsius is best

yes did knock off 2 corners, but just check it for me david to see if I was near

Another valiant effort John but by my reckoning we are looking at 6acres, 1rood, 24sq perches and 22sq yds or in laymans terms simply 2.54 hectares. QED Always an issue when drilling the beet headlands (36 18" rows) around big fields as to whether or not you had enough seed left!

That would be approx. 11 kilometres 265 meters forty centimeters and 8 millimetres.
No birds were harmed perching on poles during this calculation.

In laymans terms it's simply 24,640 cubits. (10 cubits is equal to 15')(y);)
 

arcobob

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Another valiant effort John but by my reckoning we are looking at 6acres, 1rood, 24sq perches and 22sq yds or in laymans terms simply 2.54 hectares. QED Always an issue when drilling the beet headlands (36 18" rows) around big fields as to whether or not you had enough seed left!



In laymans terms it's simply 24,640 cubits. (10 cubits is equal to 15')(y);)
I know it has been a wet summer but have you been using these cubits to build that ark ? !8" from the elbow to the tips of your fingers unless you have got the viking's curse, then it`s a bit less.
 

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