Back It Up | 203: Straight From The Pitt | Greg Szilli

Hammer Lane Legends

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4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 7 March 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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In this week's episode, Brian and Brian are joined by their longtime colleague Greg Szilli. Greg, quickly dives into anecdotes and updates from his life. He then takes a more serious turn as Greg shares a deeply personal health struggle stemming from diabetes that led to the loss of his eye. Despite the gravity, the guys remain hopeful and spirited, highlighting Greg's resilience and positive outlook. He also touches upon changes in the trucking industry, reminisces about past experiences, and ponders the future of technology in their field. There was no shortage of laughter, candid reflections, and insightful discussions throughout this week's show!

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0:05.0	The He put it in park through over the driver's door, ran out the side of the car,
0:43.3	across the front of it, and jumped right off the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:47.3	The only people are really pulled over were truckers.
0:50.3	He said, we're going to Hodge, and he didn't slow down.
0:53.3	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic, but where they could see him come
0:59.3	and they just got out of the way.
1:02.7	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:05.4	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
1:09.3	You know, 30 seconds more more he could have hit us
1:11.6	that I went around that truck
1:15.4	and a guy stepped out from behind
1:17.0	the truck and threw a piece of wood
1:18.6	and shot through my window
1:20.2	just like a spear
1:21.7	and stuck in the back of the cab
1:23.6	at my truck
1:24.4	that's probably one of the stranger things I've seen
1:27.4	that's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:35.1	Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
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