Back It Up | 171: The Legend of Bronco

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 20 December 2024

⏱️ 78 minutes

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Summary

In the wild world of trucking tales, today's star of the show is none other than Tim, the legendary Bronco-wrangling trucker! Tim's trucking journey began before he even had a proper driver's license. It's like he was maneuvering big rigs before he could properly maneuver a bicycle. He's the kind of guy who, when handed the keys to a truck for the first time, handled it like he was diffusing a bomb. Picture Tim, the Bronco Whisperer, gingerly creeping up a dirt road, clutching first gear for dear life. No one's sure if the truck was terrified of him or he was terrified of the truck, but that's how the legend of Tim began.

And let's not forget his city-driving days, which are basically like a demolition derby meets an action movie. Tim braved New York City like a champ, dodging trigger-happy cops and truck-hungry carjackers. There's even a rumor that Tim single-handedly gave traffic a lesson in patience and terror simultaneously. But it wasn't just mayhem; Tim's been through more terminals than a keyboard at a computer store, driving from one end of creation to another. Seriously, he's got road stories that make an epic novel look like a short story. Tim's been trucking since before it was cool, before truckers were VIPs of the road. He's the OG trucker, the man who's seen it all and still keeps rolling on. So, hats off to Tim, the living, breathing embodiment of trucking tales and the king of the Bronco-busting road!

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0:00.0	Merkel
0:02.0	Media
0:04.0	Media
0:05.0	The The He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,
0:46.3	crossed the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:49.9	The only people really pulled over were truckers.
0:53.1	He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.
0:56.2	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,
1:00.3	but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.
1:05.1	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:07.8	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it sput around.
1:11.7	You know,
1:12.1	30 seconds more
1:13.2	he could have hit us.
1:16.3	I went around that truck
1:17.8	and a guy,
1:18.6	stepped out from behind
1:19.5	the truck
1:19.9	and threw a piece of wood
1:21.0	and shot through my window
1:22.6	just like a spear
1:24.1	and stuck in the back
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