Bucket Talk

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This week we have One Three Motorsports owner and former professional snowmobile rider, Lincoln Lemieux. Lincoln takes us through the life of a racing team owner, and also shares stories from his professional riding career. We talk about the evolution of motorsports and the impressive athletes that put their lives on the line to earn the gold.

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Amsoil snocross gold medalist and One Three Motorsports co-owner, Lincoln Lemieux, hops on the Bucket this week with Jeremy to talk high-octane sports. Lincoln is a former professional snowmobile racer, and a decorated veteran of the sport with multiple podium placements. After a highly successful career as a snocross athlete, he’s now coaching the next generation of young racers—including his own kids—with his years of experience leading the charge.

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Bucket Talk’s eighth season kicks off with host Jeremy Perkins sitting down with Shaquille “Shaq” Hinkson, owner and operator of Nick’s Professional Supplies, a car detailing supply company based in Long Island, NY. Tune-in to hear about Shaq’s exotic cars, his expansion into custom car modifications, his relentless work ethic, and his business partnership with his wife as they rise to the top of the industry.

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Shaquille “Shaq” Hinkson is a business owner, tireless networker, husband and exotics car enthusiast who got his start with a mobile car detailing business that taught him how hard work pays off. This venture lead Shaq to opening up his own shop, Nick’s Professional Supplies, where he is bringing expert detailing services to the NYC area with style. Shaq has now expanded into merchandise and supplies sales, along with a full customization shop, solidifying him as a true success in the car service industry. Thank you for coming on Shaq, links to social below.

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Season Finale ALERT! We have some familiar faces on the podcast this week for the last episode from this year. Special guest, Brennan Ruault from the TV Show "Gold Rush" joins us this week for a hell of a final episode. Along with Brennan, BRUNT Workwear CEO and former co-host of Bucket Talk, Eric Girouard grabs a bucket to join the conversation with the guys. Take a peak at this inside look at the TV show Gold Rush and what it takes to make it in forestry and mining.

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Most of you may know who Brennan Ruault is from his time as one of the main characters in the reality TV Show Gold Rush. Brennan Spends his days now up in the Yukon mining gold.

Brennan was obsessed with heavy machinery and hard work from day one learning from his dad and always wanting to be on a jobsite. After climbing through the ranks in forestry, Brennan made the jump to golf mining where the Gold Rush oppurtunity presented itself.

Brennan takes us through some hilarious stories from the set of the show, what it was like working a labor job on a television set, and just all the ins and outs of Gold Rush.

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Honest, humble, and wicked talented, Bryan Martin is one of country music’s biggest emerging artists with deep roots in the trades lifestyle. For 15 years he worked as a roughneck on an oil rig while teaching himself to play guitar and honing his singing chops in his spare time. It was by no means easy, but he now has over 6 million monthly streams on Spotify with sold-out shows across the world. Between Bryan’s insights on working in the oil fields and the stories he has as a full-time touring musician, this is an episode that you can’t skip.

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Hell of a guest with country music star Bryan Martin. He is a rising star in the country music scene and as far as he knows he is here to stay. Alongside being a great singer/songwriter, Bryan, was a roughneck working hard on an oil rig for a decade and a half.

Working on an oil rig seems like a hell of an experience that is tough work but pays the bills. Bryan brings us through some lighthearted and heavy hitting stories from his days on the rig.

If you are a fan of country music keep your eye out for Bryan because he's the real deal. Authentic country. Tune in this week for this seasons second to last episode!

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Billy Kunelius eats, sleeps, and breathes trees—he’s a fulltime forester, is a BRUNT sponsored timbersports athlete, and loves the woods more than pretty much anyone else we know. Like a lot of kids growing up, Billy spent his childhood exploring the outdoors, and enjoyed hunting and fishing with his dad. But he knew he was destined to be a true outdoorsman when he saved up his money at age 8 to purchase his first axe. In college he joined the timbersports team at the University of New Hampshire and he’s been competing in events across the country as a professional ever since graduating. Our Head of Community and Bucket Talk host, Jeremy Perkins, sat down with Billy to chat about what goes into maintaining a healthy forest and hear some of the wild stories of being a timbersports athlete.

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This weeks episode brings us to the world of professional timbersports and forestry. Our guest, Billy Kunelius, hails from New Hampshire and spends his days with an axe in hand. Billy takes us through bits of his childhood detailing how he became passionate about forestry.

Billy studied forestry in college which lead to him pushing himself to be one of the best in the world at using an axe and chainsaw.

We get to hear the crazy stories of being a timbersports athlete while getting to hear some funny forestry stories about common land alteration requests. Tune in for a great pod.

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You’d be hard-pressed to find someone more determined than our friend Luke McFadden. A self-taught waterman and crab fisherman out of Maryland, Luke knew from as far back as he can remember that he wanted to be on the water fishing crabs. But the big problem was that he didn’t know anyone in an industry that’s traditionally a family business. Against all odds he learned the ropes to become a fulltime waterman as the captain of the F.V. Southern Girl, and runs his own YouTube channel with over 380,000 subscribers. Check out his whole story and learn what it takes to never give up on your dreams.

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Calling all fisherman and mechanics this week. Luke McFadden is the new up and coming expert crabber in Maryland and has made quite a name for himself. Luke details his journey of finding his passion in crabbing through a love of fishing and hunting as a kid.

Luke has documented his entire rise on his social media creating informative and fun content for everyone to enjoy ranging from crabbing to fixing up old vehicles. Luke does it all.

Luke takes us on the wild ride that was his start in the crabbing industry that required endless determination and hard work. Tune in for another heater of an episode!

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You might know him as The Muscle from Diesel Brothers, but Keaton Hoskins is much more than an automotive expert and builder—he’s got a bottomless well of insight and ingenuity that’s set him apart from traditional trades workers. For one of our most highly anticipated episodes yet, Keaton and Jeremy hit on what it takes to build a successful company and the keys Keaton has learned in his years of business. Buckle up and tune into a seriously inspiring episode with a legend of the game.

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We've been real excited to drop this pod, tune in this week and listen in on a great conversation between Jeremy and Keaton AKA The Muscle. Keaton is known for his work on the discovery channel with Diesel Brothers.

Since then Keaton has been transforming himself into being the best man and father he can be while motivating others to do the same. On this episode we get to listen to what motivated Keaton to get to where he is today and some things he lives by.

We get the whole story here today so take a listen and enjoy!

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You might love trucks, but our friend Chelsey Holdosi is on another level. When she’s not working full time as a project manager for an excavation company, she’s rebuilding an old Dodge from the ground up—it’s a fully custom build that’s insanely impressive. Over time, working on her truck has become much more than just a hobby, and now Chelsey tours to truck shows across the country while keeping her Instagram up to date with her truck’s progress. If you’ve ever thought about rebuilding an old car yourself or simply appreciate quality craftsmanship, this episode is a must listen for you.

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We are back this week with another great episode with the special guest Chelsey Holdosi. Chelsey is a full time project manager/estimator for an excavation company and when she isn't doing that she builds bad ass trucks from the ground up.

We get the full story on how Chelsey got to where she is today in her career and the hurdles she had to jump to get there. With the SEMA car show just passing us we get an inside look on what goes into preparing for SEMA.

We've got everything from excavation estimating to racing against the clock to get her new truck to the show in time! Tune in for another episode of Bucket Talk.

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Forklift operator by day, animal rescuer by night—Zach Martin is a seriously interesting guy with a wide range of passions and expertise. Right out of high school he was driving tractors and cleaning out chicken houses before diving into the forklift scene full time. Growing up, he always had a deep appreciation for native Alabama wildlife, and started rehabilitating animals at a very young age with his family. Today, he cares for everything from foxes to coyotes to skunks to truly any creature that needs a hand getting healthy and back into the wild. Hear all about his forklift operating career and his work with the local wildlife in this episode of Bucket Talk.

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Hilarious pod this week, we welcome the "Possum King" Zach Martin on board to talk everything from critters that most of us would never mess with to forklift operating and how to get into and succeed in that trade.

Zach gives us an inside look at how to become a forklift operator and the good and bad that comes along with it. We get to hear some hilarious work stories and we get to dive into Zach's incredibly unique hobby, saving critters.

Zach even gives us the hilarious story as to how he got the nickname "Possum King" and how that led him into a life of saving animals and releasing them back into the wild. Stay tuned for this one!

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If you want to see a master at work, go check out any of the projects Daniel Preston is working on. He’s an absolute magician in the hardscape space, with over 20 years of experience and a wealth of knowledge in both designing and building. Daniel also runs a mentorship program that guides young workers in their path hardscape journey, and the funny thing is, he more or less fell into hardscaping after dropping out of art school. It’s a story you’re going to want to hear first hand from Daniel, so tune in and enjoy this week’s episode.

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Dan Preston joins us this week for another great episode of Bucket Talk. Dan is an expert hardscaper and designer who has worked tooth and nail to get to where he is today with his business.

We walk through Dans story from dropping out to hone his craft to becoming the designer he is today and how he got to where he is. Dan walks us through the ups and downs of building a business and having faith in hard work.

Dan shares how to use social media as a backbone for growing a blue collar business making it easier for potential clients to catch wind of your work. Tune in for another great episode of Bucket Talk