how do people feel about knight transport?
 

just wondering about knight dont seem to hear to much about them good or bad and also did i read in a post that maverick purchased schneider national i wonder is that good or bad i kinda was looking at schneider.

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People who post a comment about using the search feature ...must not use it very often , Because you should try typing in Knight ..or Knight transportation ..or anything referencing Knight ,Or any other company ...You will get pages an pages of non related threads/topics that are completely unrelated to your search .

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ya thats what pretty much happened read through alot some of yours, bits and pieces kinda the same things some beochin their terrible and others say who aint still reading tho.

who do you drive for big jeep? just curious see your posts all the time

no matter what you put in the search box, you will get the same results. the search engine here is pretty much useless

I drover for Werner for 2.5 years ...made about 30k a year ,which is about tops for non dedicated at Werner I was only there as long as I was because I wanted to wait 2 tickets I had in 2005 to clear my history ...Now I'm considering Knight or Gainey I got orientaion set for Both :wink: the 8th for Knight ,and 16th for Gainey ...I've talked to drivers for both Gainey and knight who were not driver recruiters in my travels as a driver for the Big Blue , and think I can make money at either one...However Knight has facilities in denver Co ,So just like werner I will have place to park the truck without having to leave it at the T/A when on home time .

Thanks for info,basicaly in a nut shell im self employed lease runs till end of feb got cdl permit already and thats were the fun starts looking at schools that will be recognized or not didnt realy want the companies training wanted my own dont know if this is the wrong attitude or not its funny asking questions about trucking companies is seams you get more confused about them after than before i was looking at knight and schneider and maverick i live in minnesota and knight has a term about 10 miles from home and i see they have trailers in the yard that say student driver on them emailed and called them no responce from last week yet stiil aint any farther from when i started i like to find out about schools so i dont goto school and then find out oh that school aint on our list sorry ahole.

The shooling is a funny thing any way ,because after you get your CDL you will need to go out with a trainer for atleast 4 weeks as a new driver the average is between 4-8 weeks when all is said and done and you get assigned your own truck ...some companies like prime are even longer than this . as for the schooling most of the 3wk 160 hr schools are good for all the companies that take recent driving school grads with ZERO experience ,some of the companies that require 6 months or so will take you if the school was PDTI certified ...But I don't see the difference ,as it's not like they just hand you the keys to a truck , as they still oput you with a trainer for atleast a month regardless of the school you graduated from , But you are best to research the companies and choose the one you want to go to then find out what schools thay recognize .

Last I heard Knight was experiementing with taking newbie drivers and this was on a very limited basis. Otherwise you will need 4-6 months OTR experience to work for them.

I worked for Knight 2 years ago out of the KC terminal and they were, IMHO, the 2nd best company I drove for. My only complaint with them was having to hunt down empty trailers from time to time. LA and Atlanta were by far the worst for this. Other than that I got home when I wanted, ran where I wanted to run, was kept busy, did not have to fight with the log book (if I could not complete a run legally as dispatched they would either re power it or change the appointment time). Good equipment, true open door policy, etc.

Maverick purchased Schneiders glass and specialized division.None of the dry van division.

ok uturn ,so who's #1 and why?seems like when you find one thats good on everything the pay is 25cpm doesnt seem enough no bs or not.

There is no real number 1. The reason being is trucking companies all have a different flavor about them and one will be palatable to one driver and not another.

yes that seems to be the norm.one man's gold is anothers you no what it seems training is the deal breaker for a lot of potential drivers. i'm not realy looking forward to that part of the job ,dont get me wrong i want training and need it.

so big jeep did you goto the knight orientation what did you think? whats up with the sliding pay scale 33-35-39-40 or something like that and crete was somewhat similar i dont want to open a bashing flood gate between the two just curious if you found out about knight.

The shorter the run the more it pays per mile. It is no different than what many other companies do, except Knight just pays out more on a cpm basis than a lump sum amount.

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.

When did you leave knight? It seems I constantly hear the trailer problem from everyone that post's about knight having to look for them.It makes me wonder is that a problem with other companies also.you said about the mcd's is that a ruff neighborhood or something about knight drivers that they didnt like from the terminal being so close

That particular McDonalds is in a rough area. That terminal is guarded 24/7 but just down the drive from the gate is the McD's. It's not a war zone or anything but I would NOT go there by foot, any time after dark and during the day I'm looking over my shoulder and scanning in front of me and to the sides while on foot.

I left Knight in Oct and the lack of trailer is an ongoing problem at most of their busier terminals. They'll pay you for your time spent looking for them but if you ask me, $12/13 per hour driving around in Atlanta during rush hour traffic in a big truck just isn't worth it. I'm sure the trailer issues happens at other companies but to what extent I have no idea. I can only comment on my own exp at Knight.