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Default 2 x 4's the old ones

On 03/19/2017 09:43 AM, dpb wrote:
On 03/19/2017 9:39 AM, trader_4 wrote:
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IDK what they used back then, but 2x4s today are not pine, they are
Douglas Fir.


Only if you're in the western US or Canada (or Japan/China where most
Doug fir is exported to)...the kids in the lumber yards around here
don't even know what "Doug fur" is; some kind of pet, maybe???



I live in Wisconsin which still has a lumber industry, I guess it would
be easy enough to check