Back in 2008 when the summer Olympics were in Beijing, China was buying all of the scrap iron they could find to build the infrastructure. Scrap in our area, which sometimes goes below $20/ton, rose as high as $600 in order to fulfill contracts. Needless to say, scrap scroungers came out of the woodwork. And, forklifts were invaluable in scrounging scrap. A buddy of mine was at a gas station when this pulled up in the next aisle.
No words to describe this. Not even "Redneck".
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