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I worked in a lumber yard. They come stacked and straight. Not all perfect but most not bad.
Then the first ass-hole pouring a driveway comes along and has to go through about 150 of them looking for the best 6.
The 144 he tosses aside into a pile of spaghetti, left to warp.
I've only got so much time in a day to go behind them and re-stack everything for their minimal purchase. They were eventually told to not come back.

Keep your lumber stacked properly and in the shade and it will stay straight for years.



I don't understand. Once it comes off the pile it will warp? So I buy straight boards but end up with warped boards later?

Yes, depending on how you store them. Lay them flat in your garage, out of the sun, you are fine. Throw them willy nilly in the back of your pick-up where they are all criss-crossed like a pile of toothpicks, they will bend and twist. And even faster in the sun.

dsiets is right. I've thrown out otherwise good wood because I compromised even a little with his advice.




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