ORIGINAL: SouthDakotaHunter
ORIGINAL: timbercruiser
I don't understand why they don't use 1/10ths instead of the 1/8ths. It would be easier to add up and just makes sense.
Standard tape measurers increment in 1/8's, so it would be extremely difficult to measure a buck in 1/10ths unless you had a tape that measured in 1/10's...
Such as a metric tape measure? Just think, if scoring went metric a 200 mm buck would be common.
Why does the lumber industry still call a 1" board a 4/4? Why do gas pumps still have 9/10ths when it's physically impossible to calibrate the pump that way? It just sounds better, I guess.