I am looking at Swift and Knight as possibilities for getting started in OTR trucking. Knight's Las Vegas terminal is offering an "express" schedule, meaning that two drivers slip-seat one truck, with one driver working seven days on, then having seven days off, and the other driver driving the opposite seven days and taking the opposite seven days off. I am quite interested in this express schedule.

Anybody with experience driving for Knight, based at the Las Vegas terminal, and/or driving Knight's express schedule, please post your experiences -- positive and negative.

How is driving for Knight's Las Vegas terminal, in general? Is the express schedule truly seven on/seven off, or just a promise that ends up being an empty promise?

TIA for your replies.

 

Schneider also has a "Home Run" Program. Three drivers, two trucks. Each driver out for two weeks solo, one driver home for one week. change out on Wednesday. Closest teminal to you is Fontana, Ca.

I have no experience with the program, just passing along some information that I read.
Good Luck.

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Appreciate your input, but I should have made it clear that I am a complete noob. I don't have a CDL yet. I'll be attending a seven-week CDL training course at my local community college beginning in early January. Once I graduate with my CDL in hand, I will have to go on with a training company such as Knight or Swift.

From the reading that I have done here and other truck driver forums, I understand that since the economy tanked, Schneider National no longer takes noobs right out of CDL schools. I believe that this is confirmed here: http://www.schneiderjobs.com/drivers...d_Drivers.html

Please correct me if I am wrong about anything that I have said here.

 

IDK about you, but I sure would not want to share by bed with some random stinky truck driver.

 

Roehl has a similar program. I sure would not want to share my bed with some random stinky truck driver. Swap mattress when driver's swap out. BOL

 

i have always wondered how people make money on this deal. 7 days on...i would venture to say 2300 miles?? then 7 days off..i would venture to say 0000 miles. i see only 2 paychecks a month at that rate???

 

Semi-retired maybe? When I was OTR I knew quite a few guys who only drove 6 months out of the year. Spent spring and summer OTR then vacationed or stayed home during the snow season

 

4,600 miles every four weeks @ 31 cents/mile to start = $1,426 gross pay every four weeks. That combined with the pension from a previous employer would be plenty enough for me, as I have no debt. Plus I would get medical for $25.20/week, which I now pay $425.25/month for on my own. The difference would put an additional $316.05/month into my pocket.

 

Can you name the companies for which these guys drove? How long ago? I wouldn't mind doing a six months on/six months off routine, not having to drive in winter weather, at all.

 

A friend of mine used to do this with US Express....that was a few years ago and I know he quit driving completly in 07.