174: Life on the Open Road

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2023

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Summary

Join us for an engaging and sometimes hilarious journey into the world of trucking with Mark. In this episode, Mark shares his recent experiences from the road, navigating through challenges, unexpected situations, and the quirks of the trucking industry. From hilarious mishaps to frustrating encounters with deliveries and paperwork, Mark gives us an inside look at life on the open road. Tune in for an entertaining and informative ride through the ups and downs of a trucker's life.

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0:00.0	Merkel
0:02.0	Medias
0:05.0	He put it in park through over the driver's door,
0:16.0	ran out the side of the car,
0:18.0	crossed the front of it, and jumped right up the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:21.6	The only people who pulled over were truckers.
0:24.6	He said, we're going to Hodge, 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.
0:39.3	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
0:43.3	You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.
0:48.3	And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
0:52.3	and shot through my window,
0:54.7	just like a spear, and stuck in the back of the cab of my truck.
0:59.4	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:08.1	Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
1:09.6	I am Brian Merkel.
2:00.8	And I'm the other, Brian. Brian Schipper. That is fantastic. If you have a crazy and wild story you would like to share with us from the road, if you'd like to have a conversation with us about your experiences on the road, or you'd just like to shoot the breeze with us for a while. You know, we'd love to hear from you. You can get a hold of us at HLL podcast at Protonmail.com. That's HLLPodcast at Protonmail.com. And, you know, leave us a message there, and Jack will get a hold of you. Or you can go to the Hammerlane Legends web page at hammerlainlegens.com. Hit the contact section and get a hold of us that way. We don't care which way you get a hold of us. Just get a hold of us because we'd like to have a conversation with you. Chip, tell them about the voicemail line. The voicemail line, crazy, wacky story, short story, whatever you see or encountered or had to partake in. You leave a voicemail. There you go.
2:02.4	515-58-M-E-R-C-A-C-L.
2:05.0	It's 610.
2:07.5	That's 515-585-6-3-75 or M-E-R-K.
2:14.2	Fantastic. Thanks, Ship.
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