Can anyone give me a ballpark figure on a truckload of lumber? Considering 2x6 10 foot boards, probably southern pine or so. How many pieces would I get?
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lumber by the truckload
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How big a truck?
Generally, one buys a given number of bd-ft.
A 40' semi 8'W by 6'H would be 72x8x40 ~ 23000 bd-ft
If'en you're talking framing dimensioned lumber, that would equate to roughly 72/1.5 x 8x2 x 40/10 ~ 3000 sticks
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While I suspect different mills may use different bundle sizes; I found one that ships all framing lumber tuba-4,6,8 in bundles of N-wide and 21 high w/ bundles of 294, 189, 147, respectively. This works out for bundles of roughly 49"W x 32"H.
I'd expect roughsawn to be roughly same size bundles w/, obviously, fewer pieces per each. Roughly standard bundle sizes expedite shipping so nobody is going to do something that is very far off the norm.
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