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Hammer Lane Legends

117: Running Independent

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

Comedy Interviews, Society & Culture, Places & Travel, Comedy, Automotive, Leisure

4.7611 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 95 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 117: Running Independent, Brian and Shipper talk to Shipper's old friend, Eric. During Eric's time as a trucker, he's had a plethora of experiences that he shares with the guys, and also explains what it's like to be an independent trucker. Eric worked for a few companies, including Pitt Ohio, before settling on being an independent trucker, so buckle up and get ready to run independent with him!

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He put it and parked through the driver's door

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ran out the side of the car,

0:18.0

crossed the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.

0:21.6

The only people really pulled over were truckers.

0:24.6

He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.

0:27.6

He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic, but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.

0:35.6

I noticed his plane was really low.

0:39.9

He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it's spot around.

0:43.9

You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.

0:48.4

I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece

0:52.8

of wood and shot through my window

0:54.7

just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.

0:59.7

That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.

1:08.3

Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends. I am Brian Merkel.

1:11.2

And I'm Brian Shipper.

1:12.6

And we just want to say, I don't know, you know, I'm so terrible at doing this freaking intro stuff.

1:17.6

You know what I mean? It's like my brain just goes all over the place.

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