Acre question

[Minelson]

If 10 acres were square, how many linear feet would that be? I'm trying to figure about how many feet I would need for perimeter fencing

[uncle Will in In.]

Each side of a square 10 acre field is 40 rods long. A rod is 16.5 feet.
Are you going to figure out the total feet or do you want me to do it? LOL <>UNK

[switchman62]

I come up with 2640 if my math is right.

10 acres = 435600 sq ft

which = 660x660

which = 660x4sides=2640

Dave

[Bearfootfarm]

660 ft per side

http://www.google.com/search?complete=1&hl=en&ie=ISO-8859-1&q=perimeter+10+acre+square&aq=f&oq=&aqi=

[YoYoDog]

OK here goes. There are 43560 square feet in an acre. Ten acres equal 435600 square feet. the square root of that is 660. That means each side would be 660 feet. Four equal sides would be 4 times 660 or 2640 linear ft.

Hope this helps

Dan

[Mistoftime]

Originally Posted by Minelson

If 10 acres were square, how many linear feet would that be? I'm trying to figure about how many feet I would need for perimeter fencing

you will need 8348.4 feet of fencing.

[Yvonne's hubby]

You will need 8 rolls of woven wire. It comes in 330 ft rolls. Or for a five strand barb wire yer lookin at 80 rod rolls, which translates to 1320 ft each. Since your perimeter is double that, and you want 5 strands then you need 10 rolls. If you go with 4" width pickets with a two inch gap it will take 5280 pickets plus 528 ten foot 2x4s to nail them to along with about 30,000 nails and 524 wood posts and a mess of whitewash.

[Yvonne's hubby]

Originally Posted by Mistoftime

you will need 8348.4 feet of fencing.

Gotta watch them decimal points, with that much fencing you can go around 100 acres.

[Minelson]

Originally Posted by Yvonne's hubby

If you go with 4" width pickets with a two inch gap it will take 5280 pickets plus 528 ten foot 2x4s to nail them to along with about 30,000 nails and 524 wood posts and a mess of whitewash.

Well that sounds like it would be very cute...I'll tell hubby to put up tomorrow!

[Yvonne's hubby]

Originally Posted by Minelson

Well that sounds like it would be very cute...I'll tell hubby to put up tomorrow!

Be sure he plants flowers all along the fence row while hes out there.

[Micheal]

Most everyone is more or less correct in their estimates - that is as long as the 10 acres are FLAT.
If not flat then you will most likely end up a millimeter, inch, foot, yard, meter, or more off.

[Yvonne's hubby]

Originally Posted by Micheal

Most everyone is more or less correct in their estimates - that is as long as the 10 acres are FLAT.
If not flat then you will most likely end up a millimeter, inch, foot, yard, meter, or more off.

That is quite true, but the average property that is square is usually relatively flat as well. Plus they sell wire stretchers for a reason.