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The grease-stained banner outside "Big Al’s Industrial" flapped in the wind, promising Reliable Iron for Pennies. For Elias, who was three weeks into opening his own small-scale lumber yard, "pennies" was about all he had left.

"I’ll take it," Elias said, "if you throw in a full propane tank and a set of new forks."

"She’s a 2012 Hyster," Big Al said, slapping the yellow flank of a machine that looked like it had survived a demolition derby. "Propane. Mast is straight. Tires have plenty of meat left. Just a bit of character on the paint."