Safety will shut u down! The first month they may over look your running habits. The 2nd month they will inform you to run legal. I was with Knight when it was a good company to drive for in my 62 mph trk. I wood pull maybe 3 loads a week and be home Fri evening, having dinner with my family, miles would be 3K or better. I had left Knight and went local for 14 months and then returned back to Knight, I believe their was and accident somewhere in the NW. which caused a law suite. My 2nd time with Knight was noteicable, growth... New Terminals were opening up all over and very close to eachother. They were using OTR drivers as local drivers with a sleeper, mainley in NE area, meanwhile out in Cali they had put day cabs out on the road. I mentioned b4 why drive short runs for OTR pay? Knight needs to be more fair and flexiable regarding a guranteed pay for the week or atleast a $100 for and load under 200 miles. Its obvious Knight is making monies with all these locations opening its time the driver does! :)

OK, ok. I take it back. How are you running 16,466 miles in a month? I want to believe that you are able to do that while running both compliant and legal. I just can't see it happening dollarshort. I readily admit that my OTR time was limited, and was mostly team driving. When I see those type numbers, it just seems impossible to me. I just remember how hard 7700 miles were on a team, and, remember how tough a 3400-3600 mile week seemed as a solo. I candidly admit that my mileage totals were done with averaging and hiding everything up on lines 1 and 2, etc., etc. I really am not being sarcastic here. I am just really interested in knowing how one can manage those kind of miles in a company truck week-in, week-out? Maybe it is my lack of OTR experience, as I seem to be the only one curious.

16,466 X 12 = 197,592 That sure as hell is a lot of miles for solo. (avg)

The MDCA comment was not meant as anything towards you. He and I joke back and forth.

Possibly going to work for Knight
 

Ok, here it is November 2008, last post on Knight was back in August. So how is Knight doing now days out of the Indy terminal?

The reason I ask is because I have been approved to drive with Knight but I am taking a day or two to consider it after reading these posts. Because I have had offers from Sisbro, Transport America, Millis, FFE, Sharkey and a couple others.

Is Knight auto shift trucks? I would prefer a 10 speed manual. Can I run SE from Indy and back all the time if I want. Will I really get home every weekend if I want or has things changed since some of these guys posted last year?

What can I expect at orientation in Indy? Probably the good old pre-trip inspection, road test, back into a dock or a space, sign some paperwork, see the nurse for a physical and drug test, and etc right? Anythign else I need to know please?

Thanks in advance,

Brent

Last I knew almost all of Knights trucks are 10 speed manuals. They might have a few autos floating around from trucks they obtained when they bought out a company, but those trucks typically get put up for sale instead of spending much if any time in the fleet.

I have been gone from Knight for 3 years now so I can't give you any up to date info, but INDY is one of their oldest terminals and has a history of being one of the most consistent ones.

Granted while this information is outdated, when I drove for them the drivers who had their preferred operating area from Indy to Chicago to Kansas City to Dallas to Atlanta up to Charlotte back over to Indy usually did well in miles each week. (In other words, midwest, south and southeast).

what about the refrigerated side of Kinght? does anyone know anything about that division?? thanks!!

Like I said, It was an perfect month! It can not be done month after month non stop.

For the year I ran 156,710 miles. Still pretty good to me. Also it is fairly easy to me to run those types of miles because previously I ran team with my wife and we averaged 8,100 miles per week.

Indy is a great yard to be based out of. As far as the road test, Scott will ride with you. He is really cool and is very easy on you. He will just have you back into an empty space in the yard. Jay who does orientation is very nice also.

No automatics....Straight 10's.

Lets see if I did the math right...... 16444 divided by 30 days in a month equals 548.86 miles per day...... So you never loaded, unloaded, fueled, ate, took a 34 hr reset, etc ???????

Riiiiiiiiiigggggggghhhhhhhhhttttttttttttt......... ........................:rofl:

You're an idiot
 

Hey (edited). I run 660 miles per day....Not 548.86. Quit doing the math to make your argument sound like it has merit. Since you are the one with the shiny new calculator why don't you figure it using 660 per day instead of 548.86.

The way I calculate that is you shorted me 111.14 miles per day which comes up to another 3,334.20 potential more miles I could run.

You know what a fact is? YOU PROVE yourself here, rather than sit here and claim to have facts, you (edited). You have a fact? Prove it. Simple, since you're not about (edited). Prove what you're all about. I do want to be informed.

70 hours/8 days = less than 272 hours to work...at absolute best....on a 31-day month

subtract 15 minutes for pretrip, 15 minutes D&H, and 15 minutes fueling yields 23.25 hours bottom line for that month...down to 248 hours...

So, if you NEVER got stuck in traffic ONCE and averaged 60 MPH, that would leave you with....14880 miles for the month...

OR...if you're of the BBR persuasion, averaging the impossible 65 MPH all day, every day...a maximum of 16,120.

You're lying. About either your 16444 miles, or the fact that you did it legally.:moon::moon::moon:

or both

If there is any more name calling in this thread, all offenders are going to be dealt with.

Care to test me?

There aren't a lot of threads on this board about Knight, and it is a carrier that has been asked about a lot recently. How about not getting your undies in a bundle, and keeping this thread informative?

There's a novel idea....


I also highly recommend that the next time you get all upset at someone else's post, you check the post date. This is an old thread that was bumped up by someone who was requesting some useful information on Knight. If you don't have any of that to offer, then how about you keep your opinions to yourself about something someone posted 4 months ago?

So again..... You never loaded, unloaded, got stuck in traffic, etc ????

Nice try on attempting to bamboozle the noobs.....:lol:

I agree Rev. I was responding to a question from last month about what to expect at orientation. But good ole Belpre and Big D had to stir the pot again. Their just not happy unless their b*tching

No.... not stirring the pot just calling BS on your numbers thats all......:thumbsup:

That's called stirring the pot genius.

It's obvious you will never believe me so forget about it. Some day maybe you will have the chance to ride along and see how it's supposed to be done.

I gotta side with Big Diesel on this one. Someone calling you out on your numbers is not stirring the pot. If you can't back up your numbers without resorting to name calling, then I'd suggest you refrain from posting them. Someone will always take issue with numbers on a trucking board. It's a natural reaction.

Knight
 

I am talking to Knight about running regional out of Atlanta-anybody know of any problems there?What about their health insurance?my wife is concerned about that

My only question is WHY ?????????

Any new info on Knight?

Knight Trans.
 

Anyone knows about the Discount Tire Account? I start next monday out of Dallas,Tx.

Bumping up this old thread to ask just a few questions. Are there any drivers that are currently running for Knight Refrigerated division? I have an orientation date for Lakeland FL. I heard some info from a friend of a friend that ran for Knight. He only ran for them for 3 months straight out of school, and he claimed that the shops wouldn't fix the equipment when he was not at his home terminal. Is this really the way a company as large as Knight operates?

Knight now offers "daily pay" get paid today for what you did yesterday. Just another "coolie carrier" ploy to attract the destitute dwellers.

I applied online this morning. Recruiter called 30 min after I hit "submit". We went over the basic qualification criteria and she told me I was good-to-go for orientation. I expressed my concern regarding coming to orientation before they had completed all background checks. She said she would call me back after running the checks. 20min later, she's on the phone again and says I look good and would I like to start on Mon or Tues.
I said sure, that's fine and I'm supposed to hear back on Thurs or Fri with hotel info since I'm driving myself. So clearly they haven't done previous employer checks yet. I figure I should call back Friday to make sure they have checked with everyone they need to before I go. I went thur that scenario once before with a major carrier. I don't want to wind up unemployed...

Make sure your recruiter has completed the employment verification as well as the background before you go to orientation! It seems that they are doing that down here in Lakeland FL since all 9 attendees are still here after day 2. I got jerked around at the last minute when my recruiter called me on the Friday before my Monday orientation start date. My orientation was set up for over a month and at the last minute safety put a hold on my app and said I could not attend orientation because my application was over 30 days old, and it appeared to have an overlap between two companies. I had to scramble at the last minute to resubmit my app and was of course calling every other company I had originally applied at since I had already left my previous job and would be unemployeed on Monday. Fortunately it all worked out and I was given the green light at 1645 on Friday afternoon!

richieryan, you may want to browse my other post on this site, http://www.classadrivers.com/forum/t...-8-months.html where I have been posting updates on my current orientation! Good Luck!

Thanks,Bud, I will do that. I also am looking at their refrigerated side and relocating to PHX. I probably should call a rec out there. I've got quite a bit more reefer exp than anything else.

Knight Updates? ...

Knight was my last job (dry van side, Tulsa) left early 2010 to re-retire. Been away a while and thinking about returning to OTR. Any current Knight van drivers ...

When I had left, they had stopped paying (reimbursing) for a once-a-month truck wash (Tulsa, anyway), is this still in place?

Also, there was talk about moving to ELogs. Are they still on paper? Rumors about ELogs coming on line there?

Is their shortage of available MT's at Walmart and Target DC's and SoCal still "very problematic" or has that eased up a bit?

Are they still penalizing for high-idle in summer months (reduced speed), while not providing APU's?

At the time, it seemed Refrigerated was staying busier than dry, I assume this is still true?

Thanks

Any other issues cropped up lately with them? I was doing well with them mileage-wise on balance, but the issues I mentioned were hard to ignore.

Yep. Just wondering about Knight also.
Spoke to a recriuter in their Squire Division about driveng with them. But I'd like to he from current drivers if any on this board.
Thanks

I can tell you that the small office I ran out of (Tulsa) was good. From what I had heard, I was glad to run out of Tulsa, as opposed to Olive Branch, Charlotte, and some others. Never had any serious payrole issues, and minor issues were promptly corrected, always reimbursed tolls. From my perspective, they could quickly determine the producers and the slackers and the driver would get loads accordingly. They are not perfect by any means and they will have their slow markets and busy, high-mileage weeks if you're at the right place at the right time. Dry van arriving empty in Phoenix and Southern Cal was almost a guarantee of getting a 36Hr reset.

There was a certain degree of "terminal politics" i.e. if you're in your home market (and it's a small branch terminal), you stand a better chance of them "holding" a "good" load waiting on a branch driver to MT B4 entering the load, then immediately assigning it. Always communicate (but keep it short and to the point on Qualcom) and don't screw around and Knight could be a good fit for many. But if they are moving to ELogs, I doubt most of the high producers will do consistently well once that happens, there.

The little volvos that weren't taken care of would not be good to have to spend a year in, and you will always need to be on the lookout for open Petes or other newer truck when you get to your home terminal and don't hesitate to ask to move if/when you see one.

Most of their Walmart is drop and hope there is a hook, if not, prepare to literally fight another driver to get one as it's pulled out of the door as there will certainly be 3 or 4 drivers scrambling for the ONE MT ... they will not mark you as available for load until you are hooked up to an MT.

I'm going to Knight's orientation next monday at the Gulfport Terminal. Any advice, information or news that might help me out? I've got 4 months OTR with Werner, and am a CDI/TDI graduate, with no accidents, violations, continously drug tested for over 25 years with no bad tests or refusals.

Before going to Knight make sure you want to work for a company that does stuff like this in a Fatal accident. My Cousin who is a higher up Superviser at a Major Insurance carrier went HOLY CRAP when he read this and was like that Insurer that they have is going to tell them YOUR ON YOUR OWN for all damages. Knight he Estimates and he is in Actuary aka they guys that go is it worth paying the claim said Knight is looking at roughly between 200-500 MILLION in PUNITIVE damages alone because of their actions. Let alone the Compenasory Damages to the Victim in this case. ashton v. knight transp., inc. - Google Scholar