This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Chain to Rod and in a reverse direction. To convert from Chain to Rod, enter the amount of Chain into the first input and to convert from Rod to Chain, enter the amount of Rod into the second input.
2000 Chain = 8000.0000000001 Rod
Chain to Meter | Chain to Foot | Chain to Centimeter | Chain to Inch | Chain to Kilometer | Chain to Mile | Chain to Millimeter | Chain to Yard | Chain to Micrometer |2000 Chain equal 8000.0000000001 Rod.
Every 1 Chain = 4 Rod and so, 2000 Chain = 2000 multiplied by 4 = 8000.0000000001 Rod.
What is the chain?
The chain is a unit of length. It equals 66 feet. The chain was first introduced between 1579 and 1607.
Several countries have used chain for several centuries especially in England. Note that there are 80 chains in one mile.
The main use of the chain is in laying out US townships. Official governments must use US survey chain to do surveys according to the federal law passed in 1785.
What is rod?
The rod is a unit used to measure distance. It is an old English unit. Rod is the same length as a perch (pole). perch is measured using cordage or wood.
One rod equals to 16.5 feet (5.029 metres). The idiom "rod" is derived from the old English rodd.
Since 1965, rod has been legalized as a unit of measurement in the united kingdom.
Nowadays, the use of rod is not common but Some fields are still using it such as:
| 1990 Chain = 7960.0000000001 Rod |
| 1991 Chain = 7964.0000000001 Rod |
| 1992 Chain = 7968.0000000001 Rod |
| 1993 Chain = 7972.0000000001 Rod |
| 1994 Chain = 7976.0000000001 Rod |
| 1995 Chain = 7980.0000000001 Rod |
| 1996 Chain = 7984.0000000001 Rod |
| 1997 Chain = 7988.0000000001 Rod |
| 1998 Chain = 7992.0000000001 Rod |
| 1999 Chain = 7996.0000000001 Rod |
| 2000 Chain = 8000.0000000001 Rod |
| 2001 Chain = 8004.0000000001 Rod |
| 2002 Chain = 8008.0000000001 Rod |
| 2003 Chain = 8012.0000000001 Rod |
| 2004 Chain = 8016.0000000001 Rod |
| 2005 Chain = 8020.0000000001 Rod |
| 2006 Chain = 8024.0000000001 Rod |
| 2007 Chain = 8028.0000000001 Rod |
| 2008 Chain = 8032.0000000001 Rod |
| 2009 Chain = 8036.0000000001 Rod |
| 2010 Chain = 8040.0000000001 Rod |