Considered a dying breed by some, independent owner-operators are still the backbone of the local and regional trucking industry.

Robb spends a full day managing a truck stop on a busy interstate highway.

Robb rides with truckers who haul fresh seafood from southern California ports to the gourmet restaurants and luxury hotels of Las Vegas.

Robb rides along with a trucker delivery fireworks for the Rose Bowl's Amerifest 4th of July extravaganza.

Robb learns about truck farming from a longtime California tomato grower.

Truck expert Robb Mariani introduces the audience to iconic trucks, the famous routes they followed and the cargo missions that made history.

Robb hitches a ride with a truck hauling Angus cattle in Kansas.

Robb crosses the country in the cockpit of a specially designed collector car hauler filled with valuable collector cars and heads to the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance.

Dallas is the home of the world's largest gathering of custom trucks.

Rob hitches a ride with a truck that's part of a long line of beer haulers.

At the Toyota plant in Kentucky, Robb observes parts delivered by truck, then assembled into new Camry vehicles, and follows a rig delivering the cars to a dealer.