A "ride along" from SE PA?

It's a very limited group that might be able to do that. Most companies, for insurance reasons, restrict who can be a passenger in the truck to employees, and a few companies have programs to allow relatives. But for the most part, there are no passenger rules in effect for the majority of drivers. There may be some O/O's that operate under their own rules, but there are less of them on the board than there are company drivers.

 

Before you offer to pay for gas, one, we all burn diesel fuel. Two, we all get about 6-6.5 mpg on a good day. It ain't a Yugo. I burn a good 300-400 dollars a day in fuel when I am running.

 

Dennis, this isnt the way.. To do it... Your safety could be at risk..
U want a feel for it hop in your own vehicle, drive 30 miles from your place of resident, sit in a parking lot for 4 hrs.. Pull out drive 650 miles to your choice of destenation, sit there for 5 hrs, pull out drive 300 miles and then sit, for 2 hrs.. Pull out drive 550 miles.. find parking lot and sit.. Now you got some time off, get to the nearest truck stop and get a shower and head home.. Doing the same that u did to get to that point! Now place your load 200 miles from where u live and get there and be told there aint any loads to get u home and head 1200 miles away from, after u have completed this let me know

 

I was fortunate enough that my father in law was driving otr and his boss at the time let me ride along with him for a week. My advice is do what Brickman said. You live in Pa have you considered Schneider? They have a terminal in Harrisburg. They also have a pretty good school to help you get your cdl. Good luck to you.