Very small detail that bothers me

First, I am a big fan of the film.

I am not normally one to nitpick small details but there is a "what are they thinking" moment in this one that makes me shake my head every time I watch it.

While in the stable OB and Mannix decide to run a line from Minnie's to the barn and another to the outhouse. As they show them running the line to the outhouse they both have an armload of stakes, drop them in a pile near the road and start running the stakes. Now, they each grab one stake, walk out towards the outhouse and pound them in the ground at which point they return to the original pile, grab one stake, walk it out...

All signs point to them repeating this process over the entire line which adds a ridiculous amount of time and three times the distance to the job. For perspective, with each guy laying a stake every ten paces, assuming each "pace" being roughly three feet which has both guys laying six stakes and guesstimating the distance to the outhouse was that of a football field from goalpost to goalpost, we get:

Option A: Carry all of your stakes with you, the entire job covers roughly 240 yards (120 out, 120 back).

Option B: Leave your pile at the "goalpost" and return to the pile after setting each stake.

Stake 1 (goalline): 10 yards out, 10 yards back, 20 yards total.
Stake 2 (own 20): 30 out, 30 back, 60 total.
Stake 3 (own 40): 50, 50, 100.
Stake 4 (opponents 40): 70, 70, 140.
Stake 5 (opponents 20): 90, 90, 180.
Stake 6 (opponents goalline): 110, 110, 220.
Option B has each guy covering roughly 720 yards.

It's freezing with high winds and blinding snow, I can't see them making that job so much more difficult than it had to be.