What about Knight out of Florida??? What do they offer??

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Knight Transportation Lakeland Terminal
1314 George Jenkins Hwy.
Lakeland, FL 33815
Phone: (863) 802-4893

So I am looking pretty much at Knight as a company to back OTR with. I talked to them the other day and I just need me to call back and get they will get the ball rolling. So I was just wondering about the trucks and terminals.

I know they have the heaters, what are knights plans for the generator units, anyone know? Do they care about small inverters? What about CB's I run a general lee and it needs a solid power supply, do they help out with this at all? Do they care if I mount an antenna? Any other info you can give about the trucks in general would be great. I have driven a freight shaker all my 2.5 yrs of driving, so I don't know anything about Volvo's.

As for the terminals what are they like? Showers, washers and so on or just drop yards? Any info would be good.

Thanks!

Knight does not allow anything to be hardwired to the batteries.

As far as the terminals go they run from everything from little more than a drop yard to having shower and laundry facilities. It just depends on the terminal, and more often than not how long it has been there. Often times Knight terminals start out as just a building for the office staff and a yard for the trucks and trailers, and then they expand.

Hey dollarshort Iam in need of your truck number so I can put it on the application to get you the refferal bonus since your info here was a great help to me in my idea of going with knight!

OK, all of my information is from the Chicago recruiter (Christy) so take it with a pound of salt. She said they were researching the APU issue, and they were looking at the ThermoKing units, supposedly. Those should have a 110 outlet, so you could run a microwave, but probably not a fridge (no sense running the APU down the road).

Not sure on the linear. Volvo's usually come with lightweight antennas, but there shouldn't be any problem with mounting on a mirror arm.

As far as driving the Volvo goes, you should like them. Turning radius is on par or better than Freightliner, and the ride is generally smoother. Volvos also come standard with their dash computer system. You have access to alot of the gauges Freightliner reserves for O/O spec'd trucks, such as differential temps, oil temp, etc. If you like to keep track of your MPG (which affects your review) they have some excellent tools in their as well. And having two trip meters is just convenient.

They are also the only semi trucks (that I know of) that come standard with driver's side airbags.

The sleepers are pretty sound, all in all. The nightstand has a slide out "desk" where you can do paperwork for a short while (I always got a crick in my back after about 15 minutes). They also have an alarm clock built in that wakes ME up, so it should be OK. They also come standard with the wraparound curtains for the windshield.

I think Freightliner has a slight edge in under bunk storage, but cabinet storage is about even.

Oh, and the headlights ROCK!! You can actually see at night!

Things I don't like about Volvos? Well the dash shakes a bit (they are designed to give way in a crash), which makes the cupholders dance - use the coffee lids with the folder cap for the drink hole.

The fuse panel is under the CB mount on the dash. Not very convenient, or quick, access to the fuses.

The big cooler won't fit underneath the bunk, nor will it fit in any of the cabinets.

The sidebox lights are manual. They're pretty convenient - you just slap them to turn them on and off, but I always forget to turn them off!



All in all though, none of those are so inconvenient as to cause a temper tantrum, and I prefer the Volvo's interior to the rest on the market. I think you'd like them alot.



Bill

I tryed and tryed to keep my freightliner, when they finally caught up to me and took it, I was not happy.
Got a brand new volvo, and was totally blown away.
Handles like a dream, rides way better the the freightliner and even the little things I don't like about it are minor.
Really happy with it, and I drove a freightliner for 5 years.
They will let you run a small inverter, only the kind you plug in, no hardwire.
No mod's to truck, or offensive material can be displayed (they are kind of tough on that )
however if you can mount it and remove it without drilling holes or leaving any damage to the truck they are ok with it.
Take your C.B. and stuff to the guy's at the shop, and they will install it for you, they put my sat radio in, and hooked up my C.B. when I could not figure out what was wrong with it.
Get in good with one of the guy's in a shop and it will make your life alot better!

How is Knight when it comes to the different divisions? If for example, you work out of the Katy, TX yard, do you tend to stay within a certain radius? Or is it true 48 OTR? Thanks guys.

That is pretty much up to you. If you want to be home every weekend they will keep you close to home. If you stay out 2, 3 or more weeks at a time they will run you all over the lower 48 (or what ever area(s) you prefer to stay in.)

If one is out for, say, 2 weeks, can one be home for 4 days before going back on the road again ? Also, 2 weeks mean 14 days, which translates to 13 days of driving / working, with one day in the middle for the reset....would the miles driven be something like 3000 for the first 6 days, then the reset, and 3000 for the next 6 days before one is back home ? Or would the miles be more ?