knight transport
 

any knight drivers on here would like to get some updated info on them
they asked me if i wanted to start next week? just wanted to know if they can be trusted at what they tell you like home time, pay , benefits.
any info would help.

thanks

I drove for Knight up till about a month and a half ago. They are a good company. They WILL get you the miles. I never had any complaints about the pay. Good equipment.

When I was there I was unable to catch recruiting in any lie.

Which terminal would you be based out of if take the job?

I beleave it will be Carlisle Pa as I want to stay in the north east

Which terminal you will be dispatched out of depends on where you live.

I can;t tell you anything about Carlise as it was just getting going when I was forced to come in off the road.

Is Knight starting a student driving program? I was checking some school websites for a buddy and I noticed they were sending recruiters. When did this start?

Go for it!
 

I am out of the Carlisle terminal. You will get more miles than you can handle. Honest, respectful people from the top down. Tell them where you want to run and they will put you there.

Edited because of pure hijack.


Ridge

Don't hijack the thread. If you want to discuss politics go start a thread in Current Events. :roll:



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knight transportation
 

well its a done deal i start orientation on monday !

thanks for the good info guys

goldeneagle did u get to tell them were u wanted to run? how many miles did they say u would average?

Is there any more info on this, or is their minimum still 4 months?

Your preferences for running areas are handled during orientation.

If a driver at Knight is not averaging 2500 miles per week, or the equivelent in pay, then there is something wrong somewhere.

As I, and a few others on here, have said several times the keys to making a go of it at Knight are:

Follow company policy

and

Communicate, Communicate, Communicate.

no miles
 

I just left Knight out of Columbus,Ohio terminal and I never seen 2500 miles in the 2 months that I was there. All I ever did was sit and wait to be dispatched. Also if you go with the per deim you will make 2 cents less per mile .

knight trans. running areas
 

coole99 they had told me that when i get there i can pic the area i would like to run in but before that i had stated i would like a north east and was told that would not be any problem .from the first time i have contacted them they have been very helpfull and respectfull on the phone like some other companies out there i went as far as going to the
truck stops in my area and talking with other drivers for them as well as other companies and have not heard anything bad about them

Re: no miles
 

Then either you or the dispatcher was doing something wrong. Knight has a company policy of 10,500 miles a month MINIMUM. I have seen guys let go for not running the required miles! The per deium is a joke in my opinion. But that does not mean it isn't good. I just didn't like it.

Re: no miles
 

Companies have a lot of things on paper that don't translate to REALITY ...miles and pay are one of these things . :wink:

Re: no miles
 

This is true! BUT, I know first hand that knight is very big on this mileage thing. One week I was sick while I was out and I did not run that well. They were all over me trying to figure out why I was not running like I would normally and keep putting this mileage thing in my face.

Re: no miles
 

well what would a typical 7 days at Knight look like trip wise as far as milage ,and Delivery Eta on those runs ?

Knight miles???
 

I am sorry to disagree with Tanner, but I started with Knight in March. and all has gone down hill since then. I have never turned down a load, have never been late, or any other excuse people normally use. I was out of the Florida terminal, and here are the facts from my experience. My last paycheck was $426.00, and that was with a 1100 mile load to start the week. It took me 4 weeks and 23 phone calls to get my layover pay, 1.5 weeks to get tolls paid back to me,for the amount of $62.00. So please, in the Florida region, don't think you will get miles. I can't count the number of times I have been told"if you would please just do this favor for me I have a great run for you" it usually ended in a 300-400 mile run to nowhere and I sit for a day. Listen, I like the company don't get me wrong, but there are some very serious problems at that terminal..my advice stay clear.

Its a bummer,

As much as one may enjoy the freedom of just tooling around the planet in a big truck.

Trucking companies have a way of really making life a chore and a bore.

Its a hard job to get in the industry in first place...and one of the easiest to get permanently bumped out of should something go wrong or show up wrong in the beginning.

I have yet to meet a happy driver in the world of trucking.

No wonder alot of them have high BP...the ones i talk to seem
very angry or disturbed towards the truck company.

:roll:

oops

I was told that they us easy pass so no toll to collect for.
also that they expect at lest 2500 a week. with lay over pay
from what i have been able to come up with so far is
all of the other companies out there knight seems to be one of the better ones I went with one of the big guys known as J _ H
and all i got was a bunch of lies from the first phone call to the last
some much for the great dedicated runs that taught me a lesson real fast
never did start with them after orientation

:?: Does anyone have an update on this question, I can't find anything, anywhere, that would indcate that the minimum is less than 4 months.

I live in the NW and have an interest in Knight.

Have you called Knight and asked THEM!!!!!!

Well, I never seen a week under 2700 miles. I had many 3000 mile weeks. My average length of haul was around 900 miles. I ran out of the Indianapolis terminal. Knight is kind of different when it comes to the way they operate. Each terminal run kind of like its own little company. They are a no forced dispatch company and they pay two different ways, you can either have it weekly or after each trip. They use Trans-Flo. My ETA's were decent. I had a few trips where I had more time on them then I needed but I always called the customer and asked if I could deliver early and most time I could. A example of a week I had at Knight went something like this...Picked up a load in Indianapolis and took it to Houston Tx, After delivering in Houston I would go to Suguarland Tx and re-load and take it to Kansas City Mo. After unloading there, I would go to Joplin and pick up a load going to Toledo OH. Something like that.I had a few tight ETA's as well. My only complaint about Knight was sometimes they didn't seem to know where their trailers were. I would have to do some "searching" for trailers every now and them but not that often.

Yes I have, called got a recording, sent an email, never received an answer!

two more days
 

well only 2 days left and it's off to carlisle ! again guys thanks for all
the good feed back. it helped out alot

Did you call Phoenix or did you call the closest terminal to you. Try calling other terminals.

I have to agree on this. I too have never been under 2,700-2,800 miles per week in the last year. And that's for a 5 day week, not a seven day week. If I choose to stay out for 7 days I will easily run close to 4,000 miles for the week.

I heard others in the Florida terminal were having trouble getting miles. I don't know personally because I never go down there. As far as the Carlisle terminal it is one of the best for mileage. Indy is pretty good too.

This is a little late but when I went back to knight this week I asked about the student training question and the answer is yes. They are going to start training new drivers fresh out of CDL school but it will be on a VERY limited basis. They are just experimenting with the idea and will only train a very select few at this time. I hope this helps.

That's because they take all the runs going west of there from the Indy drivers now :roll: My husband has asked his dispatcher to try to get him more west now because it seems as if he gets stuck on the east coast everytime he delivers there. Terminal managers are TAKING loads away from other drivers that don't run out of their terminal. This is one part I don't like about Knight is how each terminal runs independently from each other instead of running like a "team". They are all so competitive of each other.

got a friend who just started driving for knight, I'll have to ask him how its working out. 8)

Knight
 

The reason Carlisle is the best place for mileage is because only Carlisle drivers will run up into the northeast while drivers from other terminals sit in the drivers room all day turning down loads.

I agree the terminals are very competitive, but I think the biggest problem is the drivers that refuse to take load to certain areas.

I kinda run into the same problem when I am in the Indy terminal, but just last week I took a run that a Indy driver refused going to New Jersey.
All he heard was "Jersey" and he said no way. Little did he realize that if he looked at his atlas it was south Jersey right along the beach. Beautiful ride and a re-load only 15 miles away going right back to Indy.

Some of the better loads I get are loads that other drivers have turned down. These are the same drivers I see in terminals all over the country sitting in the drivers room bitc*ing about not making enough money.

I have to agree with you dollar.
I don't know about the other big company's, but with Knight, it really strikes me as odd that drivers turning down loads seem to be in the majority!
I can't count the number of times I have re-powered load's from other drivers who don't want to go here, or there.
I really don't understand why someone would turn down a load going from Fontana (pre load on the yard)
to Camden NJ, only to reload (pre loaded From the same place!) back to Fontana!!!
Guess I prefer getting miles, to bitching about them.
Mabey the other carriers have the same problem, but with Knight there sure seem to be ALOT!

I am not a big fan of running in the northeast, mainly NY city, but a pre-load from Fontana to NJ and right back would be hard to turn down. That would make for great miles for the week.

Knight
 

Iam Assuming that with Qualcomm knight pretty much sticks too the dot regs for hrs?

Thx Scooter

How busy is the Pittsburgh area, in Knight's scheme of things ? Do they recruit from this area ?

That is not completely true. My husband doesn't mind running the east coast, or does he EVER turn down a load. Keep in mind, before the Carlisle terminal even existed, the Indy drivers had all the miles they could want. My dh's region is east coast out of the Indy terminal. Ever since Carlisle got up and running, his miles coming BACK towards Indy have been difficult. He gets loads all the time going to the east coast, but trying to get back out this way, is sometimes almost impossible. He isn't one to turn down loads. He wants to run. But, if he can't get back because terminal managers are stealing loads from other drivers, whats the point? Time to run a different region if you ask me.

Knight will (for the most part) let you drive the way you like to drive.
As long as fuel stops are close and logs are right when they get them.
Yes, on the qualcom the loads are given plenty of time.
I would say 90% of the time you can be there early.
As with all company's there are the "pain in the a** loads, but not really that many.
As far as pittsburg I really don't know that area as far as the amount off biz there, I go through there ALOT! as far as to there, a few dozen times this year.