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I'm ready to go to orientation, still apprehensive about detention time at docks. Seam's to be a good company. I've never done reefer, any help would be great, also about the company
TKS.

Well I hope you like the heat ,because at Knight they don't have apu to provide a/c without idiling ,And idle time is something Knight does not allow much of , and high idle will get you fired.

High idle will NOT get you fired! All in will do is get your truck truned back to 62 mph. If you do your job and do it right you will never have a problem with idle time. I was in the Charlotte yard 2 weeks ago and it was 65 outside. I then counted 19 trucks setting there idiling And most of those drivers weren't even in their trucks.

They are the first ones to ***** when someone gets on them about idle.

I idle only when necessary...sometimes nonstop....A little over a month ago I had a trip from PA to MT. Never shut truck off the whole week.

Only thing for sure.....DON'T GO ON PER-DIEM!!!!! It doesn't benefit you. Think about it this way....why would a company push so hard for something that will benefit you.

Good luck to you!

Hi Dollar,

How are things going for you?

If a company has a policy ,and you are in violation of that policy you will be fired, Maybe not the first time ,But eventually ...And when summer hits and daytime temps are in the 80's and the truck is sitting in the sun the cab will need A/C to be comfortable for most drivers ,And for me and most people the A/C will be wanted almost 24/7 from June-August especially in the South , And Knight will fire a driver for this after taking prior disciplinary procedures like turning truck down to 62mph .

Knights idle policy only gives about 3 hrs idle time for every 10-11 hours driven ...which sure don't even cover a 10hr break let alone the sit time waiting for freight, So how would a driver be fine if doing his/her job right since just simply idiling for the 8hr sleeper portion of a 10hr break puts a driver at almost 3x the allowable idle perentage putting them deeply in violation of company policy ,which is grounds for termnation ...And if the company did not fire for violating the policy they would'nt both to have the policy.

Doing your job right at Knight means taking care of the truck and trailer and using good communication skills with your fleet manager. They are sticklers when it comes to getting the trucks serviced on time and are anal about drivers keeping the tires aired up on the truck and trailer. This is something you really must CYA on. If you pick up a trailer and it looks like it has a tire that has been run low be sure to note it in your DVIR and send a message in or call the shop and let them know so you won't get the blame for it. If you have problems getting into a terminal because your dispatcher keeps routing you away from one to get your truck serviced call your terminal's shop manager and let them know.

As far as communication goes let your dispatcher know immediately anything and everything that will effect the load. Even if you are dispatched on a load that is already late tell them, don't assume anything.

As for their idle policy, shut the truck off when you don't need to run it. It is simple as that. Yes they will whine and send you messages telling you to cut your idle time down, but as long as you are running your loads to the best of your ability and taking care of the equipment that is about as far as it will go. If are doing your best to min your idle time then simply ignore the messages.

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Sorry guys and gals, I mixed up the messages for Marten and Knight (if you read Martens it should be Knights. Sorry
But, having read your posts (and tks) all the current adds for Knight say all their units have APU's
Help.
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Knight did have bunk heaters ,which are considered an Auillary Power Unit , they did not have anything like a tripak that heats/cools/provides electricity without running the truck...Maybe they have upgraded ?

This makes sense, I just can't see drivers freezing in a cab or roasting like a chicken when they need to get some rest.

I am a newbie and some of these stories about the state of the industry sicken me, this makes me want to go back to construction instead of going for my CDL.

I did talk to a recruiter at Sanders in Troy, AL and mentioned this idling situation I read about on the trucking forums, he mentioned that it is not just the trucking companies, but that state laws are dictating that they cut down on trucks idling, he mentioned that truck stops are installing heat and AC systems, but that the industry has a long way to go to solve this major problem.

i thought this was a class a drivers board not the beardstown ladies glee club. what you guys want the company to wipe your ***** for you too? toughin out the heat and cold why thats part of the job of bein a truckdriver. you gotta go out there and hang iron in steamboat springs in the wintertime and you gotta lump freigt in the summer time so you gotta be tough and take the heat and cold. back in the old days they didnt have no apus or air conditioning and those drivers made do in them doghouse COE and coffinbox sleepers and they got the loads delivered on-time. they was the real truckdrivers not like todays spoiled brats who need to grow a frickin palm tree in their sleepers. i tell you this new breed of driver does nothing but cry all the livelong day whered all the real drivers go?

I grew up in Cleveland, Ohio, I know for a fact that you will not make it with no heat in -30 below zero weather man, no matter how hard of a man, no one can afford to freeze to death, not many will make it without heat, 50 years ago or today.

But your post is funny as hell at the same time, I bet those boys all had underwear and thick sleeping bags in those rigs too if they did brave the cold of northern winters.

You can bet your ass that their trucks were running all night too, they never shut them off for fear that they would never start again.

Wise that you are doing the research avc. Seems as though you've read enough to see that these are not isolated incidents and is more indicative of how some of the OTR industry sees fit to treat their drivers. Hell, treating an animal in such a manner is illegal in most places.

BTW, welcome to the board. Keep on asking questions. Since you are new to the board, I would like for you to take a look at this post from Big Jeep on 44's from not too long ago. This post is one of my all time favorites. This was Big Jeep's last straw when working for coolie carrier Gainey Transportation.
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Are you at the ***** hole pilot in Syracuse ,NY... i broke down there friday this past Memorial weeked...i been there before ,but only over night with quick shower b4 leaving...well due to break down on friday ,and cat being closed sat,sun,mon i got stuck there 4 days ...And this pos place is just like the pos pilot off trinaty lane in Nashville,TN...no laundry for drivers WTF ,But they got video games :roll: ...the pos super 8 i stayed at down the street tuesday,wedesday...did not either,and without the truck i spent 40 bucks round trip 6 miles for a taxi to go do laundry.

i just put out my resume this home time ,because in addition to low miles and only .33 cpm Gainey can't even offer their divers the ability to keep the truck cool when on break,as they only give 30% idle time ,which is only 3.5 hours a day on top of 50 moving hours which could be 2500-3000 miles...heck they sat me in Dallas Tx for 2 days of 100 degree weather ,and they expect no idilng ,and don't do buiness with ide aire b/c they are both chapter 11...they offer no alteratives to get a/c in the summer and heat in the winter without idiling the truck ...they wrote me up for idiling 8hrs day while sleeping because it's more than 3.5hrs allowed ...in order to not get wrote up again i paid $140.00 for 2 days in a motel ,and then i get qualcomm message stating goo job your idle is down ...no ***** sherlock !...that's because i wasn't in te truck the 2 100 degree days t sat in Dallas...I can't wait to get away...I'm even looking at Werner again b/c atleast they respected the driver enough to give them a/c in the summer,and heat in the winter...and not just while driving... :wink:

Not all OTR companies suck as bad s GTS ...Yes many do , But not all .

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Hello. Well not so good at the moment. I am currently in the hospital recovering from surgery.

It was supposed to be a pretty basic "easy" surgery, but lucky me I had to get my monies worth. I
will probably be out of action until Mid March before I can strat driving again.

Not too bad overall though. At least winter will be pretty much done by then.

For those of you that don't know I underwent Laproscopic Gastric Bypass Surgery on Feb. 5th.

During one of the followup tests they discovered I had a leak in my stomach. Since then I have had 2 drains put in to help the healing process. The one tube goes in between my ribs in my lower armpit, goes under my spleen, over the diaphram and alond the lung. the other drain I am not quite sure where that one goes.

Because of the leak I haven't been able to eat or drink anything since Feb. 5th. TALK ABOUT DRY MOUTH!

I won't know till Mon. the 23rd if I will be able to resume eating and drinking. Even if I can I am limited to 20 ml every 3 hours. That sucks!

But over all I think it was worth having done. I will be much healthier because of it. I have already lost 54 pounds.

And how long have you worked for Knight to verify that you will be fired?

Sure the company understands idle time will vary during winter ans summer months. Regardless of what you say they do want you to be comfortable. It's people like you that don't even try going to the extra effort to make a difference.

Even on the hottest days in the summer I can usually find a shade tree to park under to keep the cab temperature down. As long as you communicate there is NEVER a problem.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

Knight doesn't have APU'S they have bunk heaters. APU'S are junk anyway.

belpre122 thanks for the welcome, I'm highly surprised that truckers have not gone on a nationwide strike, not only for working conditions but for the outrageous price of fuel which is nothing short of Dick Cheney fraud.

The way things are going drivers will simply be treated worse with the economy shrinking, this is also due to Cheney and his energy task force formulated with the fraudulent Key Lay of Enron who was in fact convicted of Federal crimes. Lay conveniently had a massive heart attack right before he was to be sentenced.

I guess with no national union for all drivers and guys willing to work for nothing this is the sort of treatment you get, too bad the Teamsters don't have the power they once had, this is the core root of the problem in this industry.

Together truckers have a lot of power, they could shut down everything in short order if they would fight for what is right, but there is no real pressure being put on to force change in the business. Deregulation was designed to bust the unions and the large carriers that employed union drivers, and it is still working to this day.

Maybe the next thing is all Mexicans in the cab like the construction industry, they have completely sold out the American worker and it is our fault that we allowed this to happen also.

Of course what dear old Truckin Tim has neglected to mention is that back in the good old days that many truck stops had bunk houses for the drivers to sleep in and that it was a lot safer to pull off in the middle of nowhere and many drivers would hang a hammock under their trailers and sleep outside in the hot months if they didn't or couldn't stop at a bunk house. Also in the good old days most drivers did not stay out for weeks at a time either. There was very little actual long haul operations. Most of it was more a regional type of thing and freight going across country was either sent by train or transferred one or more times to another carrier who had operating authority for that region.

Will conditions get better or worse ?

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Thank Bush and Cheney and their oil and war fraud for all of this people !!!

Next they will be wanting you guys and gals to work for less than minimum wage due to the economic situation.

I have to say I disagree. Years ago I think unions had a place in America. NOT ANYMORE!!!!!

The only thing a union does today is protect the lazy man and drive costs up. If you don't believe me try to get loaded or unloaded at a union plant and tell me how much longer it took you as compared to a non-union plant.
I remember many years ago I was delivering at the John Deere plant in Ankeny, IA. I had parts for about 10 different areas in the factory. So what I had to do was get in line and wait to get maybe just 1 piece taken off the trailer. Then go get in another line to wait again. The biggest pain the the ***** was when someone elses parts were in the way when someone else tried to unload their parts. If something had to be lifted to get to something underneath you would have to find out what part of the factory handle the part that needed moved then wait in line again. Then the best of all.......I had one more lift to get off my trailer and I was empty. The crane operator literally had it lifted in the air and about 2 feet off the deck when guess what? Yep, quittin time. He sat the lift right back down on the trailer and went home. Now I had to wait for another shift to come in, let them talk about their personal live with each other, crawl his lazy ***** up into the crane and finally let me get out of there.

It's siutations like this that have killed the American Economy, and it's going on all over the country, in every union shop.

ABOLISH ALL UNIONS AND AMERICA WILL TURN AROUND

Parking a big rig under the shade of trees...oh yeah that something that most every truck parking area offers ...lol

Study the history of unions in this country, before unions there were monopolies that treated workers just like slaves, that is what we are returning to today.

Truck drivers are the tip of the arrow, if they all work for minimum wage or to break even while paying oil companies like Exxon who in concert with Cheney ruined GM, Ford, Chrysler and the entire world economy by rigging oil markets, sitting back and taking this ****, then drivers are responsible for their own crisis.

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/po...smash_own.html

It is time for drivers to stand up and go out on a prolonged strike, may as well do it right now, there is no money being made anyway.

Heh heh.....Here is a great thread for the curious to read over. Feel free to giggle at the examples below. Happy reading! Dollarshort, you are a real card man! Get well soon.

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Since July 1st I have run 10,000+ miles and will easily hit the 15-16,000 mark for the month. Been running the wheels off my truck. So if we have lost some business since the beginning of the year I am glad because I can't handle any more work.
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Since July 1st I have run 10,000+ miles and will easily hit the 15-16,000 mark for the month. Been running the wheels off my truck. So if we have lost some business since the beginning of the year I am glad because I can't handle any more work.

Update: For the month of July I ran a total of 16,466 miles.

I have to say for a solo driver this is about the maximum anyone can run in a month legally.I was lucky and it was a perfect month. Mostly all drop and hook, and when I did hit a dock it was no more than 15-20 minutes to load or unload.

I had everything from 2,300 mile runs to doing a few local 50 milers. Biggest thing was I was always pre-planned and never sat waiting for a load.

I will also say it's time to relax a bit for the month of August. "I'm tired"

You can do a schedule like this for one month but not month after month.
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Update: For the month of July I ran a total of 16,466 miles.

How did you average 4,116 miles per week over 4 weeks in a governed company truck? :roll:

This is exactly why we need EOBR's. This guy's gonna kill someone.

Perhaps you missed the all important word in my post...."LEGALLY"

I did not run illegal in any part of the entire month. Being in a governed company truck has nothing to do with it.

I have guys in non-governed trucks pass me a 1/2 dozen times a day. It all has to do with keeping the left door shut and keeping moving.

If you want proof, I would gladly let you see my log book for the month.

And by the way, you might as well say I have an EOBR because Knight will not put up with running illegal.

Any time you break the 11 or 14 hour rule it automatically send a message to safety and they will shut you down.

I am not out here to put myself or anyone else in danger. I am out here to make money.

I knew I couldn't post without some *****hole calling me either a liar or an outlaw.
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Dollarshort will live up to his name after the regional safety guy gets done with his ass and the PA terminal :wink:
What a dumb ass! He is probley one of those guys that would brag about going around a scale on the CB with another driver while they were doing it with DOT listening :P
Knight has its good points and its bad points just like any other company out here. Every company has its problems but the problem with Knight is not only doesnt your FM not give a $&!+ about you, your terminal manager doesnt give a $&!+ about you and also the Knights themselves dont give a $&!+ about you :wink: Thats right it goes all the way to the top!

You are an *****! It just so happens I was a safety director for Knight, so I happen to know how the system works. Instead of sitting around *****ing all the time get off you ***** and do some work.
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If unions did not set some sort of wage standard in this business, you would all be working for AAA Cooper for nothing, that is what it is coming down to also.

I said I do it whenever possible. If you happen to run out west like I do alot you will find alot of areas with shade trees to park. I'm not talking about finding a shade tree on the Jersey turnpike you idiot!

Boy, whoever you are employed by must bow down and kiss your feet everyday just to have you show up for work. You are always such a breath of fresh air. You are the perfect example of everything that is wrong with the trucking industry today. Instead of trying to find a better way to do it, you would rather set back and be a pessimistic *****.

Have a nice day!

Wow! I a glad to see you have so much time on your hands to devote just to me. Maybe it's just because you are still floored at the fact that a human being could turn those kinds of numbers. I hope it's not keeping you up at night, but you do seem a little obsessed with trying to prove me a liar. I said it before and I'll say it again. I have NEVER lied to this site! I tell it like it is. If you don't like what you hear than ignore it, or turn off your computer because I am not shutting up about my accomplishments. I have been out here on the road long enough to know where I stand in reference to other drivers. I have also run across many people just like you. Luckily it's limited though, because I don't spend much time at all in truckstops.

I make an above average salary working for a good carrier that will reward you just by doing the job the way you are supposed to. Sure Knight may not be the perfect fit for everybody, but it is for me. In my 10 years OTR I have never made more $$$$, and worked easier than I do working for Knight.

So if your are happy in what you are doing, great. All I was trying to do was answer a question someone had about Knight, and your Mr. Happy attitude had to rear his ugly head. So I would appreciate if you would just "LET IT GO" forget about it.

My personal opinion that APU'S a junk is my personal opinion with experience I might add. For example....I had a truck with a Rig Master on it that never worked like it should. I ran a truck with a Carrier unit on it that was constantly being worked on in the shop. And I ran a truck that had a NITE system on it that hardly ever worked. So I would say 3 out of 3 and all were crap would leave me to think they were junk.

Yeah , out "West" there are no more practical places to park a bobtail tractor under the shade of a tree than out East ...let alone a tractor/trailer ...infact the availability of shade from trees in truck parking areas is so rare/impractical that most drivers would not even mention it ,And it infact sounds like you lack knowlede of all lower 48 states since you are more likey to find tree shade out East than West ...And as far as finding a better way to do "it" ...a better way starts with companies like Knigt ordering the trucks from factory with an APU , And not with me the driver sitting in a 100degree cab sweating hoping that 12v plug in fan will do soething besides blow hot air around . If the smaller 100-300 truck companies can afford to order new trucks every 3-4 years and get them factory equipped with a TRIPAK ... then so can Knight afford these APU when ordering their trucks .

How did you find time to eat all that food required to need gastric bypass surgery when you are allgedly driving 15,000-16,000 miles a month ...I would'nt think you had the time to spend at the buffet eating enough to get obese with that kind of running ...I also find it very hard to beleive that a person who lacks the discipline to cut back food intake and atleast get a few walks in a week to drop a few pounds ,as opposed to letting ones health go and needing sugical help to replace will power would have the will power to do anything you claim ...I'm not trying bash/insult you ,But the behavior that leads to gastric bypass is contrdictary to the beavior required for the things you claim to do at Knight .

Apparently you are the one a bit unfamiliar with the lower 48. That's right you are a "Super Trucker" that NEVER gets off the BIG road. Try it you might like it. When I run out west I usually run the shortest route possible which usually puts me on the side roads. For me it's alot more peaceful than running in interstate, and you can run just as fast. And oh by the way you will find hundreds of places to pull of the road with not only shade trees but picknick tables fire pits etc. And because you are off the interstate where nobody else seems to go there is NEVER trouble finding a parking spot.

Let me give you an example: A load I do alot is from PA to Billings, MT. After passing Iowa I am hardly every again found on any interstate. I usually will take 85 north out of Belle Fourche, Sd to 212 west all the way to Montana. It's a few hundered miles of open running through Indian reservations. Beautiful scenery, cut off about 80 miles of route, and many, many, places to stop under a shade tree and have lunch at a picknick table.

If you are not too afraid of getting lost you should try it sometime. It's quite peaceful.

As far as Knight and APU's. They figured out a long time ago that not only are they a pain in the ***** but Knight doesn't keep a truck long enough for an APU to pay for itself. So why bother with the headaches.

i can tell u about werner, i "did" a year there. they have electronic logs, and if u move the truck more than a mile doin 11 mph after ur 14 hr hits 0, theyll nail ya. i mean they r a great starter company IF u get a good trainer. my 1st trainer decided to stay up w me all day then try to drive his hrs out we got to bout the middle of i-59 in ms an he flipped our trailer over we both survived, but it was embarrasing to have a guy w 35 yrs of road experience get us into that situation. 2nd trainer had a month of CDL school an couldnt tell me what a "jake brake" was, nor could he down shift. but i got thru it got my own truck an ran w an empty trailer thru all of vt, nh, ma, ct, pa etc for bout 2 months straight. as far as orientation, allentown pa was where i did mine an the lady who was teachin had absoultely no idea what she was teachin cuz she had no CDL. we used computers to test out with. took em 2 days or more to get us a trainer an truck assignments took about 3 or 4 days.

i was on dedicated accts. i ran reefer, and the flt mgr was 10 yrs younger than me and i got gyped out of alot of money for detention etc. miles were lost becuz of the shipper takin their sweet ole time. road break down took about an hr to get thru to, if u go with werner an break down u get to take it to a TA or PETRO and get it fixed but ull stand there w the service counter ppl till someone finally picks up the phone. werner IS forced dispatch and they DO go to NYC ALOT. i pulled thru NYC at least once a week. terminal ppl are kinda rude an they dont care what kind of situation u r in w a load ud have to finish the load.

I agree with that, I thought Knight was a world class firm, but it seems they are cutting corners to make ends meet. :angryblue:

Hey Dollar,

I use to shoot the 212 to 34 to 90 all the time. I can only thing of two or three places I saw that I'd stop at picnic tables. First would be the scale there in SD, second would be in Hammond area road side picnic tables, Broadus, MT. or Alzeda, MT across the street from Stonewall Saloon. Other then that not in the Rez areas, especially at night. Actually I wouldn't run 212 at night since I always saw the antalope herds in the daylight. My wife was from a small town up on hwy's 12/7 she gave me the heads up about the Rez areas.

How nice of the goverment to place to mortal enemy tribes next to eachother. One killed Custer the other scouted for Custer and wanted the other tribe dead.

I sure do wish companies would make the trucks standard with an apu.

Take care and thanks for the jog about 212

sorry for the hijack

APU is a nice name for a generator, hell my 20 year old Class C mobile home has a gas powered generator in it.

Here we go again. You freakin *******! Again you know nothing about me or my personal situation. It's not that I lack discipline as you say. It's because of of helth reasons I need to go this route.

I don't know why I am even gonna waste my breath trying to explain it to such a bonehead like yourself but here goes......

First of all I haven't eaten in a truckstop for the last 7 years. Why? Because their filthy. I carry all my own food with me in my truck, mainly because of being more healthy and yes, I don't have time to waste stopping at truckstops with the amount of miles I run per week.

Now the reason I had the surgery......A few years ago I was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and had to have my thyroid removed. Now I'm sure a know-it-all like yourself can tell what will happen to your body if you can't get your thyroid regulated.

Needless to say I gained about 80 lbs. in only about 2 years and I wasn't eating any different than I used to. I usually eat alot of salads, fruit, etc. I tried extremely hard to get my weight under control to no avail.

My final straw was to undergo gastric bypass surgery. No I didn't want to do it, but it was the best thing for my health.

I know we can't all be perfect like yourself, but I am happy with the choice I made. I have already lost 52 lbs. and feel alot better.

For those like yourself...that know it all, and are perfect in every way congratulations! But the next time you attempt to attack me on here I suggest you know all the information first....Oh, never mind you NEVER have all the information before opening your piehole and making an idiot out of yourself.

I also like to run route 30 across Wyoming. It's 2 lane mostly with some passing areas but I can still run 66 mph no problem. Especially during the winter months. Better than I-80

Hey dollar, hope your doing better. I have to take exception to the post that labeled all apu's as pos. The small, 25 truck fleet that I drove for last summer had them and they were fantastic. Set the temp at whatever you wanted and walk away. Never worry about the batteries running low because if they hit 12.5v then the apu would come on and charge them up. The drivers that i talked with at the company told me that in the winter when it was -25 they set the truck at 50 and went home without plugging it in and never worried about it. Its the only way to go in my opinion.

JBHunt just sent out a message about idle time. Seemed to me that it was a veiled threat that if your idle time was too high you would be fired. I ignore all such messages. We have bunk heaters and i never idle above 20 but if its below that i dont shut the truck off and rest assured this summer if I need the ac to get a nights sleep the truck will be on. I may not get a idle bonus but I dont care.
If they want to fire me then have at it.

Gastric bypass does nothing to regulate the thyroid gland ...Gstric Bypass just simply makes your stomach smaller so you hold less food when feeding your face and you feel full off eating less ,Which means simply you lacked the basic self control to adhere to eating less food in your diet on your own ,So the Gastric bypass still boils down to being a last resort for an obese
person who over eats .

I had girlfriend when I was in my late teens,early twenties who had a thyroid issue(in addition to other medical things as well) and it really f'd her up!!
She was a big woman that gained weight from diet food! She didn't eat very much at all was never able to lose her weight. She ended up passing away at 24 from Morbid Obesity and I almost didn't recognize her when I saw her at her viewing. It had been about 3 months since I had seen her and she had stove pipe legs and arms. Her body was forcing water to her extremities.


I still miss her


God bless you Tiffany




Hope you get better soon Dollar, good luck with it.

Stop with the personal attacks. This thread is about Knight Transportation, not what prompts gastric bypass surgery.