How wide should a grass runway be ?

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107ch

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Sep 10, 2013

Looking for an opinion or two here. I live on a farm in central Wisconsin.I have enough space to make a runway of about 1800ft. The aproaches are both clear with no trees on either end. I was thinking 40 feet wide ? I am working on a Pitts right now and will start on a Super Cub or Bearhawk patrol after that. I don't want to go too crazy with the width, as I am using tillable land to make it. What are your thoughts, is 40 ft enough ?
Thanks,
Dennis