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They Have been Cheating on Us for Quite a Bit….
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The trees that supply the lumber have also gotten smaller, but the demand has grown.
Kinda like what happened to bag of chips
I’m saving this pile of 2x4s until 2032 so I can sell them separately
Kinda like Jack Daniels. Since the 80s it went frok 90 proof to 86 and now 80 proof. Might as well buy Evan Williams.
When I was but a wee lad my grandfather was a carpenter and he took me to the job site with him. Mostly new build, soup to nuts with a small contractor, custom homes. As such I was around job sites from probably age 4 onward. When I was a bit older, young teens, we did a large addition to our house and grandpa did most of the work. While demo'ing part of the old walls where the addition joined I was shocked to see those gigantic 2x4's, not at all what I was used to seeing in framing lumber for so many years. I asked him why they used specialty lumber in our house (originally built in the 1920's) and he just laughed at me. He grabbed a 2x4 off the ground, held it up next to one of the old 2x4s in the wall and explained to me that building codes and lumber dimensions just change over the years.
All that old framing ended up being rough cut 2x4, spruce (down in southern California). Great wood, I saved some of it and turned it into guitar tops later.
All that old framing ended up being rough cut 2x4, spruce (down in southern California). Great wood, I saved some of it and turned it into guitar tops later.
More support for the olde saying
They don't make 'em like they used to
They don't make 'em like they used to
Dude, I drink Evan Williams, bonded whiskey, 100 proof,
Look at the growth rings, too. I worked for a company out of Indiana years ago, that grew it's own forests for wood production. They were constantly looking for faster growth methods, which of course makes financial sense for their bottom line. Problem was, the faster the growth, the more unstable the product. That's why you can barely find a 2x4 at Home Depot that is straight, or stays straight.
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