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**Steady At The Wheel**

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.

Latest Episodes:

Episode 4: Rooster, Crazy Cows, and Mt. St. Helens Aug 25, 2022

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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

Benefit Auction, Hutterites, and Livestock Hauling Aug 16, 2022

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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

How Jaxon Got Started in Trucking Aug 16, 2022

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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

From Hogs to Hoppers: Trucking with Rooster Aug 08, 2022

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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