TURTLE wrote:

"HeyBub" wrote in message
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I still remember the toughest job I ever did. In 1970 I tore down a one-car
garage built in the '30s. The goddamn wood just would not let go of a nail! I
had to knock 2x4s apart with a 12-pound sledge!

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You sure you was not getting Oak boards off the garage for they will be hell to
take down. It will take a 3 foot crawl bar to pull a 10 penny nail out.

Not necessarily...SYP after it fully cures is about as difficult. Many
others have similar characteristics. Really only the soft pines aren't
prone to it. Even Doug Fir gets pretty doggone hard w/ time...