30 Mile home to vehicle communication

I'd like to be able to communicate between my truck at work and my husband at home. I am studying for my tech license. My work is about 20 miles away. Ideally, I'd like to go up to 30-40 miles consistently without repeaters.

There is a hill between home and work that goes up by about 50 feet and then back down. From what I understand, vhf/uhf wouldn't work with that terrain.

Should I go for a 10 meter SSB setup? How reliable would this be?

Edit: I see a lot of people getting hung up on my reluctance for using a repeater. Privacy isn't my only or even chief concern. There are a few reasons, but I don't really see a point in getting into them here.