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Steady At The Wheel episodes
- Episode 9: Wind, Wind, and more Wind
Jaxon and Luke talk about some complications wind has added to the mix of their activities. Jaxon provides some tips and advice on trucking in heavy wind
1 hr 7 min - Episode 8: Not what we promised...
Due to some unforseen delays, Jaxon and Luke couldn't get schedules to match up with Roost to talk exotics. Instead more Luke: twins, Bob Dylan, and some paparazzo.
1 hr 10 min - Episode 7: Luke gets a bit more comfortable talking about himself.
Not a lot of trucking talk in this episode. Jaxon and Luke dig a bit deeper into Luke's backstory.
1 hr 8 min - Episode 6: Ramsay MT, Student Loans, and a bit of Luke's story.
Love's truck stop in Ramsay MT and Student Loans start out this episode. Jaxon pushes a reluctant Luke to start talking about his past. Upcoming episodes will get Luke to open up a bit more.
1 hr 7 min - Episode 5: Motors, End Dumps, and Adventures in Head and Neck Anatomy
Luke learns about truck motors and shares a couple stories about tipped over end dumps and head and neck anatomy. Jaxon touches on speed limiters and why he thinks it may not be such a great idea.
1 hr 2 min - Episode 4: Rooster, Crazy Cows, and Mt. St. Helens
Episode 4
Rooster, Jaxon and Luke's Dad, joins the podcast to share a few insights and talk a bit about his start in trucking
1 hr 17 min - Benefit Auction, Hutterites, and Livestock Hauling
Welcome to another episode of Steady at the Wheel, in this episode, we discuss Jaxon’s recent experience as an auctioneer at a benefit for a school where the cast of Yellowstone offered some incredible experiences. We talk about the Hutterite culture in Montana – customs, farming techniques, and the value of their community lifestyle, and then we get into livestock hauling in our industry. There are about as many ways to handle livestock as there are producers, but if you want to get into livestock hauling as a trucking career, you better first get a job somewhere that handles livestock, or you’re going to have a horrible time. We end with stories of gratitude and how thanking the people you interact with as a trucker goes so far as to make life much easier in your travels.
The Steady at the Wheel podcast is hosted by brothers Jaxon and Luke Allen. They grew up in the 80s, driving truck with their dad, Russ "Rooster" Allen, in his old cabover freightliner - hauling hogs from Fairfield MT back east to South Dakota. Trucking was a family business and the brothers worked and rode alongside Rooster during every season of the year from age 2 through high school and beyond. From scabbed knuckles that wouldn’t heal to dangerous near-misses with boars and hogs, to breathing soybean and straw dust, what may seem harsh to some was just the way it was back then and the boys are who they are today because of it. Tune in to future episodes of Steady at the Wheel to hear great old-school stories, entertainment, news, education, and mentorship aimed at a trucking industry audience.
Discussion points:
- Jaxon was an auctioneer at benefit for a school in Darby MT
- Some of Yellowstone cast offered an enormous package at the auction with time on set and lunch!
- Issues with the show Yellowstone and its MT representation
- Award given to female truck driver 4 million miles incident-free – her tips
- Hutterites, Amish, and Mennonites
- Hutterite customs, farming, lifestyle
- The Fall Run, cattle breeding, time frames and the market
- How can someone get into the business?
- A dental patient asks Luke to arrange for him to donate his body to science
- Livestock handling as a trucker - cattle, sheep, goats, etc.
- Small kindnesses to truckers and expressing gratitude
- If you are interested in hauling livestock, you must work with them somewhere, handling first
- Get in touch with us on our socials, we want to hear from you!
Resources:
Steady At The Wheel Podcast Instagram
Jaxon Allen Instagram
Jaxon Allen Website
Wild Wild West Youtube
Email Jaxon and Luke
1 hr 16 min - How Jaxon Got Started in Trucking
In this second episode, Jaxon and Luke discuss their teen years working with dad Rooster, the first time Jaxon had to take over driving (in 8th grade) when his dad had vision problems, some harrowing truck breakdown stories, auctioneer school for Jaxon and dental school for Luke, and the impetus behind Jaxon becoming a full-time trucker. You’ll hear about how to caffeinate correctly, how Jaxon blew up his dad’s truck engine, the lack of mentorship available in trucking today, get a teaser for upcoming episodes on Luke’s history playing in a band in LA, and learn about the early days of farm work the boys took on as high-schoolers, irrigating crops for 16 hours a day.
The Steady at the Wheel podcast is hosted by brothers Jaxon Allen and Luke Allen. They grew up in the 80s, driving trucks with their dad, Russ "Rooster" Allen, in his old cabover freightliner - hauling hogs from Fairfield MT back east to South Dakota. Trucking was a family business and the brothers worked and rode alongside Rooster during every season of the year from age 2 through high school and beyond. From scabbed knuckles that wouldn’t heal to dangerous near-misses with boars and hogs, to breathing soybean and straw dust, what may seem harsh to some was just the way it was back then and the boys are who they are today because of it. Tune in to future episodes of Steady at the Wheel to hear great old-school stories, entertainment, news, education, and mentorship aimed at a trucking industry audience.
Discussion points:
- Luke's twins are not as easy as livestock or raising chickens
- Insider caffeination tips, caffeinated sparkling water
- Some more background on Luke and Jaxon
- Luke never caught the trucking bug
- Luke does not initially “identify” to people as a dentist!
- Jaxon’s experiences trucking with dad
- New trucks – Blue II and Blue Pup
- The harrowing tale of the trip to Nogales MX
- Dad’s detached retina necessitates Jaxon driving solo as an 8th grader
- Family attorney– youngest brother Weston
- Working summers doing irrigation, motorcycles, and girls
- Bringing mentorship back for younger truckers
- Jaxon was discouraged by mom and dad from becoming a full-time trucker, the life is lonely and tough
- Jaxon’s time as an auctioneer + a sample of his technique
- The story of Jaxon getting “invested” in the trucking life
- Breaking down in dad’s truck – and fixing the situation
- Get in touch with us on our socials, we want to hear from you!
Resources:
Steady At The Wheel Podcast Instagram
Jaxon Allen Instagram
Jaxon Allen Website
Wild Wild West Youtube
Email Jaxon and Luke
1 hr 18 min - From Hogs to Hoppers: Trucking with Rooster
Welcome to Episode One of “Steady at the Wheel.” On this podcast, we aim to create a space where veteran truckers, new truckers, and potential truckers can hear stories of the road, meet and stay in touch with each other, and maybe bring a little of the old-school community vibe back to the industry.
My brother and I grew up with trucking – our father was a trucker all of his life and we (two of six children) were raised on the road with him. In this inaugural episode, we’ll tell lots of great stories about Rooster, our dad Russ Allen’s nickname. You’ll hear tales of hauling hogs back and forth from Montana to South Dakota, during the incredible rough days of the early eighties when trucks were nothing like the smooth-riding luxury cab vehicles of today. Later, dad transitioned to hauling grain and soybeans, and those days have great stories of their own.
The Steady at the Wheel podcast is hosted by brothers Jaxon Allen and Luke Allen. They grew up in the 80s, driving a truck with their dad, Russ "Rooster" Allen, in his old cabover freightliner - hauling hogs from Fairfield MT back east to South Dakota. Trucking was a family business and the brothers worked and rode alongside Rooster during every season of the year from age 2 through high school and beyond. From scabbed knuckles that wouldn’t heal, to dangerous near-misses with boars and hogs, to breathing soybean and straw dust, what may seem harsh to some was just the way it was back then and the boys are who they are today because of it. Tune in to future episodes of Steady at the Wheel to hear great old-school stories, entertainment, news, education, and mentorship aimed at a trucking industry audience.
Discussion points:
- Our goals for this podcast
- Growing up with Rooster, our dad, a lifelong trucker
- Trucking schools don’t tell you about the true life on the road
- Our earliest memories of trucking livestock
- Hauling hogs from Fairfield Montana to Sioux Falls SD - logging millions of miles
- Trials and tribulations – hog hauling stories with dad
- New wheels - the big transition from spring-ride to air-ride in the 90s
- Later transitions – from hogs to grain
- The “warm up” before basketball games – hand shoveling thousands of pounds of grain
- Get in touch with us on our socials, we want to hear from you!
Resources:
Steady At The Wheel Podcast Instagram
Jaxon Allen Instagram
Jaxon Allen Website
Wild Wild West Youtube
Email Jaxon and Luke
1 hr 23 min
About Steady At The Wheel
From the publisher's feed
Welcome to Steady At The Wheel. Jaxon and Luke Allen host this show with the aim of providing entertainment, insight, education, and community to seasoned, new, or aspiring truckers. The hosts'…
involvement in a variety of rural and agricultural pursuits provides points of interest that farmers, ranchers, or those with nostalgia for this lifestyle will enjoy.