Back It Up | 149: Firehouse to Fuel Island

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 29 August 2025

⏱️ 112 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, 149: Firehouse to Fuel Island; the guys are joined by Bob who spent 22 years as a fireman in Pennsylvania. Early on in his attempt to become a firefighter he was denied due to vision impairment issues, so he picked up a job working in auto repair. Though, it didn't take long for him to get his vision fixed and make his way into the firehouse. From the time Bob was a young boy, he wanted to be a fireman, which became the impetus for his venture into the field. After spending 22 years as a fireman, he stumbled upon a job as a fueler for Pitt Ohio. Now working alongside Brian and Shipper, Bob sees a whole new set of challenges as well as, some interesting situations. So sit back, relax, and enjoy the show!

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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 through the driver's door to the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,
0:42.7	crossed the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:46.2	The only people are really pulled over were truckers.
0:49.2	He said, we're going to hodge, and he didn't slow down.
0:52.6	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,
0:56.7	but where they can see him come and they just got out of the way.
1:01.5	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:04.2	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
1:08.1	You know, 30 seconds more he could have hit us.
1:12.7	And I went around that truck and a guy, stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood
1:17.4	and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab of my truck.
1:23.9	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:32.6	Yeah. That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen. Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
1:34.2	I am Brian Merkel.
1:35.5	And I'm Brian Shipper.
1:36.7	We are glad you're here with us for the ride.
1:39.4	If you have a crazy and wild story you would like to share with us from the road,
1:42.9	or if you've got a conversation you like to have with us, you're a truck driver or if you're an Uber driver or whatever kind of driver, if you spend time on the road, go ahead and contact us at HLLPodcast at Protonmail.com. That's HLLL Podcast at Protonmail.com. Or go to the website, hammerlane legends.com, hit the contact section,
2:02.8	get a hold of us that way. Either way it works for us. Just get a hold of us. Chip, talk about
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