hey, somebody else from NorCal!
I vaguely remember scrap prices being really low in the early 2000's long before I was an actual scrapper. Not too long after high school I bought a ford explorer on eBay which ended up being a turd. Scrap yard in Chico only gave me $75 for it in 2004. Nowadays I get $450 or so for those turds. Hope metal prices don't go back to what they were or I'll be looking for new work.
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