Back It Up | 210: Hauling Numbers

Hammer Lane Legends

Merkel Media

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

4.7 • 611 Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

In this week's episode, Brian and Brian are joined by Mikki a former truck driver turned accountant. Mikki shares harrowing near-misses and eerie encounters to the humbling challenges of life behind the wheel, each story unveils the raw and often humorous realities of the trucking lifestyle. She tells us about the adrenaline of dodging reckless drivers, the oddity of hitting an owl, and the grit required to train newcomers. Mikki adds her own anecdotes of rude encounters, driving through blizzards, and bizarre run-ins with rats. This episode is a blend of laughter, danger, and wisdom, offering a unique glimpse into the transformative journey of truck drivers. So sit back, relax and enjoy the ride!

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0:00.0	Merkel
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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,
0:43.4	crossed the front of it, and jumped right up the side of the bridge in front of you.
0:47.0	The only people really pulled over were truckers.
0:50.2	He said, we're going hot, and he didn't slow down.
0:53.3	He went across the median onto the oncoming traffic,
0:57.4	but where they could see him come and they just got out of the way.
1:02.2	I noticed his plane was really low.
1:04.9	He went right in front of us, hit the fence, and it spun around.
1:08.8	You know, 30 seconds more more he could have hit us.
1:13.6	And I went around that truck and a guy stepped out from behind the truck and threw a piece of wood and shot through my window just like a spear and stuck in the back of the cab at my truck.
1:24.6	That's probably one of the stranger things I've seen.
1:34.5	Welcome to Hammer Lane Legends.
1:35.5	I'm Brian Merkel.
1:36.5	And I'm Brian Shipper.
1:38.1	If you have a crazy and wild story,
1:39.6	you would like to share with us from the road,
1:41.4	or if you'd like to have a conversation with us about your experiences on the road,
1:43.4	go ahead and contact us at HLLPodcastonMail.com. That's HLLPodcast at ProtonMail.com. Or go to the HammerlaneLegents.com webpage. Hit the contact section. Get a hold of us that way. Either way it works for us, just get a hold of us. Hey, Shipper, you want to tell me about the voicemail line uh voicemail line
2:01.6	short story let me slide that over there uh short story of anything crazy wild wacky
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