As much as we give these guys grief this one went together nice and was really select grade like they said. Course 2 1/4 is a PITA to install gluedown wise but in all fairness it looks pretty good and went together easy. Course I had to use Howards straps!

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Nice!! You sure have your share of hearths out there in the desert. I see some 7 footers in there and few shorter prices unless you culled them out?

Thanks Ken. Yes, plenty of 7 footers, one box was entirely 7 footers, surprise surprise! Howard told me to expect tons of shorts. There were some but way more 3 to 4 footers.