Courtney Harrell (Host)
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376 appearances
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3 series
first heard Apr 2025
last heard May 2025
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Maxine hat wirklich nicht so viele regelmäßige Kosten. Seine Gesundheitsinsurance kommt aus ihrem Geld, und dann spart sie ca. 120 Euro pro Monat an Utilität, 80 Euro pro Monat auf ihrem Telefon, 645 Euro pro Monat auf ihr Auto und Insurance und ca. 80 Euro pro Monat auf Gas. Der größte Kosten, den sie verursacht, ist ihr Renten, das sind 1400 Euro pro Monat für ihr Ein-Bedroom in North Carolina.
Aber nach all dem muss sie oft ihre Geräte auf ihre Kreditkarte legen.
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?
I kind of, um, well...
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?
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-nosed 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?
Du bringst Sachen an die Leute, die sie brauchen. Richtig.
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.
After the break, we'll dive in to Maxines Week.
Maxine hatte schon den Tag vorher gekauft, den sie benötigt hatte. Also war ihr Total für den ersten Tag 0 Dollar.
Bist du in der Truppe gerade? Ich bin da. Ja, kannst du mir einfach das Innere des Trucks beschreiben? Was würde ich sehen, wenn ich da wäre?
As long as Maxine stays at her current job, she's always driving the same truck. So all these things in her kitchen, plus the tea and the extra mattress and an old picture of her son's basketball team, make the truck she spends so much time in feel more like her own.
Deine 34-Stunden-Reset-Zeit ist die Anzahl der Zeit, die du auswählen musst, bevor du eine neue Arbeitswoche startest. Also kann ein Fahrer nur 70 Stunden in einem 8-Tage-Bereich arbeiten. Und dann müssen sie den Break nehmen.
Total for Day 3, $16 at Love's Truck Stop.
Meist gospel, Rock'n'Roll, ein bisschen Land. Aber sie liebt auch Oper und sie liebt zu singen. Also lernt sie im Nachhinein, O mio papi no caro zu singen.
Ich fühle mich verlassen. Maxine kind of is abandoned. Ever since the 1980s, the trucking industry has become increasingly deregulated. And now there's no law that says trucking companies have to cover expenses like parking or supplies. So it's left up to truckers to figure out how to get through the job and then how to pay for life outside the job.
And for Maxine, she can no longer make both things work.
After months of working 14-hour days and waiting, waiting, waiting for her pay to improve so she could catch up on bills, Maxine was forced to make a really hard decision. She decided she had to give up her apartment. After day five, she headed back to North Carolina and started packing up.
Where did you go stay after you left your place? I live in the truck. You live in the truck full time.
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