Overheard a foreman say something at the lumber yard that made me wary

I was picking up cedar pickets near the framing lumber section and heard a foreman tell his apprentice to just 'send it' on some 2x6s with a visible split in the end grain. Tbh that kind of attitude is how you get callbacks for buckled decks and trash framing inspections, has anyone else seen shortcuts like that blow up on a job?

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janarivera7d ago

Did that split run the whole length or just the end?

faith_thomas8d agoMost Upvoted

Man, I had a buddy who built a deck with wood like that and it split clean in half six months later.

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faithcampbell8d ago

Damn, that's rough. What kind of wood was it, and did he seal it at all before building? I'm trying to figure out if it was just bad lumber or if he skipped some prep steps that would've kept it together longer. Hate when cheap cuts like that waste your time and cash like that.