Doing precisely what the client wants can produce results verging on insanity
If you’ve been doing boundary work very long at all, you have met the client who doesn’t understand reality.
Today provided additional proof of the existence of such people lacking common sense. Was looking at a recently completed survey chopping the west half of a section into three tracts. One tract having about 30 sides including a broken chicken neck, caught my eye. There was a large area totaling maybe 100 acres that was connected to another area of maybe 30-40 acres by the broken chicken neck. An east to west portion of the broken chicken neck was no wider than ten feet for a stretch of a couple hundred feet before turning an approximate right angle to the south such that the strangled chicken neck was only about five feet wide for about 50 feet before opening into the second large area. This is rough pasture country with plenty of rock outcroppings, scrub brush and trees having thorns. The chicken neck is the only access to get to the back large area. Nothing larger than a four-wheeler could make that turn assuming there was no vegetation overhanging the boundary lines (which will happen). This virtually assures that back area will not be utilized for anything worthwhile to stimulate the local economy.
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