Courtney Harrell (Host)

Supplies like Maxine's paper towels aren't typically covered by trucking companies. Some companies do offer per diems to help with those kinds of travel costs, but there's no law requiring it, so more than half of trucking companies just don't. Despite that, despite the low pay and the loads and the makeshift bathroom, Maxine loves driving her truck. How did you get into it initially?

Supplies like Maxine's paper towels aren't typically covered by trucking companies. Some companies do offer per diems to help with those kinds of travel costs, but there's no law requiring it, so more than half of trucking companies just don't. Despite that, despite the low pay and the loads and the makeshift bathroom, Maxine loves driving her truck. How did you get into it initially?

Supplies like Maxine's paper towels aren't typically covered by trucking companies. Some companies do offer per diems to help with those kinds of travel costs, but there's no law requiring it, so more than half of trucking companies just don't. Despite that, despite the low pay and the loads and the makeshift bathroom, Maxine loves driving her truck. How did you get into it initially?

So you had your parents saying you were a good driver.

So you had your parents saying you were a good driver.

So you had your parents saying you were a good driver.

But what else was it about trucking that made you be like, oh, as soon as I get the chance to do that, that's what I'm going to do?

But what else was it about trucking that made you be like, oh, as soon as I get the chance to do that, that's what I'm going to do?

But what else was it about trucking that made you be like, oh, as soon as I get the chance to do that, that's what I'm going to do?

Maxine went to trucking school in Kansas, where she learned a bunch of driving techniques that would help once she was out there on her own. Like how to turn no matter how long the wheels span. How to keep control through high-grade hills. How to see the road in front of a long-nose truck. And she learned a healthy respect for the massive machines. Learned to stay vigilant all the time.

Maxine went to trucking school in Kansas, where she learned a bunch of driving techniques that would help once she was out there on her own. Like how to turn no matter how long the wheels span. How to keep control through high-grade hills. How to see the road in front of a long-nose truck. And she learned a healthy respect for the massive machines. Learned to stay vigilant all the time.

Maxine went to trucking school in Kansas, where she learned a bunch of driving techniques that would help once she was out there on her own. Like how to turn no matter how long the wheels span. How to keep control through high-grade hills. How to see the road in front of a long-nose truck. And she learned a healthy respect for the massive machines. Learned to stay vigilant all the time.

And she loved it. What is the best part of the job?

And she loved it. What is the best part of the job?

And she loved it. What is the best part of the job?

You're getting stuff to people that they need.

You're getting stuff to people that they need.

You're getting stuff to people that they need.

I think a lot of us associate driving on big, long, open roads the way that you do with freedom. Does it feel that way to you? You feel that. You do?

I think a lot of us associate driving on big, long, open roads the way that you do with freedom. Does it feel that way to you? You feel that. You do?