BACK IT UP | 143: The Cable Man

Hammer Lane Legends

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4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 117 minutes

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In episode 143: The Cable Man; Brian and Shipper are joined by Shipper's neighbor, Matt, a Union Lineman. Matt got his start with PPL, a local electric company, and after work became tight, he took his talents to the union. He is now a foreman and typically doesn't have to get up in the bucket anymore, yet has experienced some truly unbelievable events through his time out in the field. Matt has traveled all over the United States, for his job, as well as traveling to Puerto Rico to help restore electricity after a hurricane. He explains what it's like going to a new place after a natural disaster, and the difficulty of the job through the chaos. This was an interesting conversation that took us on a wild journey, ultimately full of laughs along the way. We hope you enjoy this one, and thanks for joining us for the ride!

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0:00.0	Merkel
0:02.0	Media
0:04.0	Media
0:05.0	The He put it in Park
0:27.6	He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,
0:45.2	crossed the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:48.8	The only people really pulled over were truckers.
0:52.0	He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.
0:55.1	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic, but where they could see him come
1:00.6	and they just got out of the way.
1:04.0	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:06.7	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
1:10.7	You know, 30 seconds north he could have hit us.
1:15.2	I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
1:19.9	and shot through my window, just like a spear, and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.
1:26.5	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:34.8	You said 10 seconds.
1:36.6	Well, now you just blew it.
1:37.9	Keep going.
1:38.7	Start.
1:40.8	Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
1:42.2	I'm Brian Merkel.
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