I drove with Knight for 5 months. I left because I was getting out of trucking but what I had lined up fell through so I'm back at it till I can figure something else out. Knight is primarily regional but you may be asked from time to time to run out of your region a little but it's not that big a deal. I was out of Lakeland and ran over to texas, up to I-80 over to PA and down. That's a pretty big region but then that helps on the miles.
The first 3 months were great. Then, they got new dispatchers and things well all to hell. Freshely minted college graduates, umm humm..they be smart. "You're hungry? Can't you just pull into McDonalds"? Well, yes, yes I can... but how the hell am I going to get out?
That's a real conversation there.. I kid you not.
Anyway, the Biggest complaint I had with Knight was that they are seriously lacking on the amount of trailers they need. I spent hours in Atlanta on multiple occasions just trying to find an empty. If you have an empty and want to spend the night at the terminal in Atlanta, don't disconnect from it and expect it to be there when you get back. Oh, and watch your back walking up to that McDonalds by the terminal, there's trouble just waiting on unsuspecting drivers hanging around there.
Overall I wish I had stayed but giving CFI a try now. I've heard a lot, A LOT worse. I'd say on a scale of 1 - 10 they'd be a 7 maybe? something like that.
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