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Cartersville Scrapyard Grades Metals to Set Customer Payments

Tom Gallagher · 2026-09-19T12:20:09.317Z

It's good they grade everything on site so folks actually get paid based on the real value instead of a flat rate.

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Cartersville Scrapyard Grades Metals to Set Customer Payments

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