re: Deer stand build

that's how some places sell them. I've seen them at Lowe's like that for years.

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I get the length of them and why you would want them that way. What I don't get is painting the whole stick pink.

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Like someone stated. That’s how they are sold at Lowe’s. They’ve got a couple of bundles of studs on the floor next to a couple of bundles of 8’ 2x4s. The studs are $2.50 and 8’ are 3.50. Unless you need 8’ exactly, most people just pick up studs because they are that much cheaper.

Also, on a home build you would waste a lot of time measuring each board when framing if you didn’t have a easy way of differentiating. That’s just the way that lumber supplier does it.