171: The Legend of Bronco

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 10 August 2023

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In the wild world of trucking tales, today's star of the show is none other than Tim, the legendary Bronco-wrangling trucker! Tim's trucking journey began before he even had a proper driver's license. It's like he was maneuvering big rigs before he could properly maneuver a bicycle. He's the kind of guy who, when handed the keys to a truck for the first time, handled it like he was diffusing a bomb. Picture Tim, the Bronco Whisperer, gingerly creeping up a dirt road, clutching first gear for dear life. No one's sure if the truck was terrified of him or he was terrified of the truck, but that's how the legend of Tim began.

And let's not forget his city-driving days, which are basically like a demolition derby meets an action movie. Tim braved New York City like a champ, dodging trigger-happy cops and truck-hungry carjackers. There's even a rumor that Tim single-handedly gave traffic a lesson in patience and terror simultaneously. But it wasn't just mayhem; Tim's been through more terminals than a keyboard at a computer store, driving from one end of creation to another. Seriously, he's got road stories that make an epic novel look like a short story. Tim's been trucking since before it was cool, before truckers were VIPs of the road. He's the OG trucker, the man who's seen it all and still keeps rolling on. So, hats off to Tim, the living, breathing embodiment of trucking tales and the king of the Bronco-busting road!

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0:00.0	Merkel
0:02.3	Media
0:04.4	He put it in park through the driver's door.
0:16.2	Ran out the side of the car,
0:17.8	crossed the front of it,
0:18.7	and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:23.6	The only people really pulled over were truckers. He said, we're going hot and he didn't slow down. He went across the median
0:28.6	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.
0:39.2	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
0:43.2	You know, 30 seconds north could have hit us.
0:47.7	And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
0:52.4	and shot through my window just like a
0:55.0	spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck that's probably one of the stranger things i've seen
1:05.2	welcome to hammer lane legends i am brian Merkel. And I'm Brian Schipper.
1:11.9	If you have a crazy and wild story you would like to share with us from the road, or if you have stories you would like to share with us from the road. Stop playing with the freaking curtain there, ship. If there's things you'd like to talk, have a conversation with us. come on the show and have a conversation with us. We'd love to talk to you. In fact, today we have
1:10.9	somebody in studio. It's going to be an awesome conversation. But before we get to the conversation,
1:14.5	let's get through the business end of these things. If you want to get a hold of us, you can go to HLL Podcast at Protonmail.com. That's HLLL Podcast at Protonmail.com. And send us an email that way. or go to the hammerlane legends.com web page at the contact section and get a hold of us that way. Either way it works for us. Just get a hold of us. We'd love to have a conversation with you. You know, if you've listened in the past year, you understand what we talk about. We talk about you. We talk about the driver. We talk about the person who is the guest on the show. That's what the show is about. It talk about you we talk about the driver we talk about the person who is
2:01.0	the guest on the show that's what the show is about it's about you it's about you in the industry
2:05.3	and how the industry has affected you how you got into the industry i've been asked this question
2:10.2	on facebook and if you listen to the show once or twice you kind of get the idea we're just
2:15.2	going to be talking about you and your experiences.
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