The Real Cost of “Free” Lumber
3 Doug-days of pulling nails
$14.50 saw blade sharpening after I cut a few nails that didn’t get pulled
$562 U-Haul truck rental charges
$232 truck gas (11 miles / gallon with a V-10 engine)
$24 highway tolls
3,200 mg Vitamin I (well over the recommended maximum daily dosage… and didn’t do a damn bit of good)
10½ interminable hours of driving (accidents and construction delays)
2 FULL glasses of wine at the end of the journey
Priceless: keeping all that pressure-treated lumber out of a landfill
