248: Wilderness Mechanic

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 5 February 2025

⏱️ 102 minutes

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In this episode of Hammer Lane Legends, hosts Brian, Shipper, and Mike chat with Vishal, a field mechanic for Cummins and a dedicated fan of the show. Vishal shares his journey into trucking and the challenges of working on heavy machinery in quarries and on the road. The discussion explores the scale of trucking operations, the intricacies of DOT inspections, and the evolution of industry technology. With humorous anecdotes, insights into trucking education, and reflections on professionalism and safety, this episode offers an engaging look at the unsung heroes behind the wheel and under the hood.
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0:10.0	He put it and parked through over the driver's door
0:16.0	ran out the side of the car,
0:19.0	crossed the front of it, and jumped right up the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:22.4	The only people really pulled over were truckers.
0:25.3	He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.
0:28.7	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,
0:32.9	but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.
0:37.6	I noticed his plane was really low.
0:40.3	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it sput around.
0:44.2	You know, 30 seconds north, he could have hit us.
0:48.8	I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece
0:53.1	of wood and shot through my window
0:55.1	just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck. That's probably one of the strangers things. Welcome to Amir Lane Legends. I'm Brian Merkel. I'm Brian Shipper and I'm Mike Drake. If you have a crazy and wild story, you would like to share with us from the road or if you'd like to have a conversation with us from the road. It would be great to have a conversation with you. We'd love to hear it from you.
0:54.5	Yeah, we like hearing we do even though shippers he's people person he is just that kind of guy he's a people person he wants to hear from you so please contact the show at hammer lane legends at gmail dot com that's hammer lane legends at gmail.com yes that's a change in our
1:28.8	email address welcome the new year welcome to the new year that's right new year new look and it is
1:34.3	crazy it is a new year it's like it's kind of it's crazy that the old year is gone you know last
1:38.8	year's gone but it happens every year so yeah right about this time you know it's really kind of
1:43.2	the same old thing.
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