Back It Up| 117: Running Independent

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 28 May 2025

⏱️ 97 minutes

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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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0:33.8	Media. Media. Yeah. The He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,
1:12.7	crossed the front of it, and jumped right up the side of the bridge in front of you.
1:16.3	The only people really pulled over were truckers.
1:19.2	He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.
1:22.6	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,
1:26.8	but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.
1:30.3	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:33.3	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
1:37.3	You know, 30 seconds more, he could have hit us.
1:40.3	And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
1:47.4	and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.
1:53.9	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
2:04.0	Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
2:04.9	I am Brian Merkel.
2:06.4	And I'm Brian Shipper.
2:11.8	And we just want to say, I don't know, you know, I'm so terrible at doing this freaking intro stuff.
2:12.3	You know what I mean? It's like my brain just goes all over the place.
2:14.6	If you have a story you'd like to share with us here on the show,
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