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Hammer Lane Legends

215: The Heart Of Trucking

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7611 Ratings

🗓️ 19 June 2024

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

In this week's show, Brian and Shipper welcome back Olivia, Karen, and Cheryl for an engaging dive into their compelling stories of Olivia and Cheryl's father, Steve, a dedicated trucker since the 70s who persevered despite battling kidney disease. Karen opens up about her adventures driving alongside her husband and the hurdles of truck ownership.

This episode captures the sacrifices, challenges, and unique memories of truckers and their families. They dive into the impact of autonomous trucks to the beloved tradition of driving stick shift vehicles. Karen also then has a nostalgic recount of a two-week truck journey to Florida, the joy of music on the road, and the quirks of a trucker's life. Tune in for a heartfelt, intriguing glimpse into life behind the wheel.

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He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car, across the front of it, and jumped right up the side of the bridge in front of you.

1:20.6

The only people are really pulled over were truckers.

1:23.6

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

1:26.6

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

1:36.2

I noticed his plane was really low. He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around. You know, know 30 seconds more he could have hit us

1:45.0

that I went around that truck and a guy stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood and shot through my window just like a spear

1:55.0

and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck that's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.

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Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.

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I'm Brian Merkel.

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I'm Brian.

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You have a crazy and wild story you'd like to share with us from the road,

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