Land Line Now, June 25, 2025
Jun 25, 2025•50 min
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Episode description
Nearly six decades ago, a trucker set world records by ballooning into the stratosphere. Also, Truckstop.com says that market pressure, rates, load availability and truck availability are all down. Then, low bridges can cause problems for truckers. But a pair of bridges in Iowa have developed a special reputation. And when a truck driver found himself in a jam, a local deputy and a group of inmates in Kentucky came to his aid.
0:00 – Rates are down in Week 24 of 2025
10:12 – Trucker sets world records during a ‘Magnificent Failure’
24:48 – The Truck-Eating Bridge of Davenport, Iowa
39:16 – Officer, inmates step up to help a trucker in need
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