
Asphalt-Cowboys (2012)
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Daniel Schewe as Self
Episodes 11
Where love goes
On the road again! Ruhrpott-Trucker Mike sets off together with forwarder Daniel for Sweden. Such jobs are a welcome change to the daily routine on German highways. But when unloading in Trelleborg, the duo struggles with communication problems. Meanwhile, refrigerated truck driver Steffen takes the opportunity to take his truck on a sightseeing tour of Paris. And in Aldenhoven, driver Dieter gets ready for a tour of the Balearic Islands. The asphalt cowboy wants to reach the ferry in Barcelona on time.
Read MoreLast exhaust
Time pressure, traffic jams and traffic controls: Everyday life on the highways is often no walk in the park. Nevertheless, Ruhr Valley driver Mike Cohnen and freight forwarder Daniel Schewe would never change their jobs, because many a tour reconciles the asphalt cowboys with unique experiences. At a lake in Sweden, the duo experiences real trucker idyll. Meanwhile, removal driver Dieter has arrived on Mallorca and is unloading his trailer there. The work is progressing well, so there is time for a tour of the island before the next appointment.
Read MoreThe truck god
Mike Cohnen and Daniel Schewe have a mammoth tour coming up. The destination of their journey is Norway. To make sure everything goes smoothly on the way, the asphalt cowboys have their trucks blessed by a trucker pastor at a truck yard. Thorsten Eckert can't complain about boredom either. In this episode, the lumber driver has his hands full, but suddenly his work equipment goes on strike. And in the Westphalian town of Hamm, the members of the "Children need our help" association get three fourty-ton trucks ready for the trip to Lithuania.
Read MoreI won't come without a truck!
Piet Hackmann would never exchange his beloved gravel roads for dull warehouses. That's why his job is exactly to his taste: the asphalt cowboy transports peat and wood chips in this episode, but his shirt-sleeved colleagues sometimes don't take the permitted loading quantity too seriously. Meanwhile, Mike and Daniel enjoy beautiful nature on their tour to Norway and experience a trucker evening with Polish colleagues, which opens the eyes of the drivers from the Ruhr area.
Read MoreChief of everything
Mike Cohnen and Daniel Schewe are struggling with an adventurous unloading point in Norway. The truckers are to deliver sewage pipes in the middle of a forest. It's narrow, muddy and far and wide, no company is in sight. But then suddenly two colleagues approach them. Meanwhile, the Bavarian freight forwarder Andreas Schuber switches to the passenger seat. His new employee Christian is supposed to show what he can do. So Andreas lets him take the wheel of his beloved, pimped-out Scania.
Read MoreHome in your heart
Woman behind the wheel: Freight forwarder Daniel Schewe has hired a new driver. Maike has only held a truck driver's license for half a year and is driving a tour for her boss on her own for the first time. Meanwhile, Mallorca trucker Dieter Lynen meets the singer Melanie Müller on his free evening on the Balearic Island and the drivers of the association "Kinder brauchen Hilfe" from the Westphalian town of Hamm cover the last kilometers of their four-ton truckload of relief goods to Lithuania on an adventurous road.
Read MoreForever!
The big day has finally arrived: Asphalt cowboy Mike Cohnen marries his Bianca! To celebrate the day, the newlyweds are holding a trucker party with a convoy of trucks. Country bard Gunter Gabriel, "the German Johnny Cash", is also in the party and serenades the bridal couple himself. Meanwhile, freight forwarder Dieter Lynen and his drivers unload 20,000 liters of beer on Majorca, and lumber driver Thorsten Eckert is not spared from breakdowns on the forest tour in the Taunus region.
Read MoreThe pearl
Chrome and Alcantara: Mike Cohnen can't believe it - his boss has bought him a brand new truck! On the maiden voyage, the "asphalt cowboy" sets off for Sicily together with his buddy Daniel Schewe. Meanwhile, Thorsten Eckert steers a flatbed truck to the Nürburgring. That sounds like child's play, but in the end the job turns out to be a nerve-wracking test. Accidents, time pressure and annoying freight forwarders: truck driver Piet Hackmann is also very familiar with the rigors of the job.
Read MoreI steer, so I am
2000 kilometers without load on the trailer? Mike Cohnen and Daniel Schewe are looking forward to returning to Germany in southern Italy. But apparently the Ruhrpott-truckers have done the calculation without the freight forwarder. Meanwhile, Florian Steinhäuser is on the road in Austria with his truck. On the relaxed route, the "asphalt cowboy" has time for profound thoughts. And Marc Panzer is to transport 20 tons of the finest beef to Cologne. But in the cold store, the truck driver has an accident.
Read MoreThe plan of happiness
Sports and artful body painting have taken their toll on her: Monika Mast shows her steel-hard muscles and her latest tattoo during her workout. With her tipper, the Swabian has recently started transporting building materials for road construction. A real challenge - even for well-trained "asphalt cowgirls". Meanwhile, Piet Hackmann, Mike Cohen, Daniel Schewe and Mike Panzer make the 31st trucker meeting in Kaunitz unsafe. There, the truck drivers will get their money's worth with a hearty country sound and meet the musicians of their favorite band.
Read MoreA bed in a corn field
Wild flowers and corn fields: Dieter Lynen is impressed by the vegetation on his Mallorca tour. The Rhinelander transports garden houses to the Balearic Islands. Painful memories come up in the driving cab. Meanwhile, Uwe Rowold begins the day with a "canister wash". The "Asphalt Cowboy" has been on the road in long-distance traffic for 40 years. But in Lombardy, Uwe meets a colleague with even more professional experience. And Daniel Schewe hopes for better times after a serious accident. The freight forwarder takes delivery of a new tractor.
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