Or a No. 2 can of Wenatchee apple sauce. It takes the more than a dozen workers here several hours to test, assess and begin dismantling a car. Motors and transmissions are pulled, along with sound systems, doors, bumpers, fenders, taillights . . . Refrigerant gases, coolants and the various auto fluids are recovered to minimize environmental hazards. Some cars are towed to local fire departments for rescue crews to practice on.
Some cars show the marks of rescue-crew saws and power jaws, evidence that people had to be cut out.
Some wrecked-car owners eventually trace their cars here to retrieve things they suspect they left in their cars. And you can bet some of them see what's left of the car and walk away from Ferrill's feeling lucky they can walk away.