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As with every other do-it-yourself-er in the nation, we’ve been coveting lumber. We have endless building projects we want to accomplish here in our new home, and it all circles back to obtaining the lumber necessary to make it happen.

But as everyone knows, the price of lumber has skyrocketed. Here’s a graph charting the rising prices:

So when Don found a stack of 2x6s at a local hardware store apparently forgotten in a back lot he jumped at the chance to buy them. Altogether he found 78 boards!

These aren’t just any 2x6s, though. These babies are 18 feet long. As a friend put it, “I didn’t even think they made 18-foot lumber any more!”

Even better, these 2x6x18s were being sold at 2019 prices for No. 2-grade quality. Here it is 2021 and, as Don learned, they’re actually No. 1-grade quality. He got them for about $20 per board. Score!

To bring this lumber home,we pressed our 26-foot box truck (purchased as a “middle finger” to U-Haul) into service. The hardware store guys were able to load the lumber into the truck using forklifts, and we brought the boards home.

The wood was a bit damp,but nothing that wouldn’t dry out. We put three pallets on the ground and slid the lumber out of the truck piece by piece.

We used “stickers” (thin slats of wood) between each layer to let air circulate and dry the wood.

By the end,our gloves were saturated, but that’s okay. Every time he sees the lumber, Don gives a little hop of joy. Score!

Since the wood is stacked in the driveway, Don speculated it would become an item of envy among the local neighborhood men “construction porn,” as he called it.

Let the projects begin.


Source: http://www.rural-revolution.com/2021/03/construction-porn.html


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