My journey - Knight Transportation

I was not trying to mislead anyone , I said I would discuss it with my DM . I did & was explained how much the per diem was . So , you are correct & I am sorry if it did mislead anyone ! The pay all figured out , they did not show as actual pay , but did list it on pay statement !

 

I will finish this today & you will then understand why . Thank you .

 

My journey - Knight Transportation - part 2


From where I left off - the 1st International broke down , they put me into another one drove it for a week & it broke down . They keep breaking down because of a "Flow valve" or "Regen system" problems . So , again I had to switch trucks , another International ( needed the International for its bigger bunk , as my wife & dog would , I thought, be joining me) anyway 5 weeks later and 5 trucks driven , I went east to deliver a load & was then told my return load cancelled . Waited awhile & was then sent to mid-state New York for a load of wine , half way back the "Regen Burn" light came on , so I stopped & did the "Parked Regen Burn" . Started back driving & the same light came on again , I again parked & did a burn , as per conversation with "week-end shop" this was on a Saturday morning . That did not work , so I dollied down the trailer & waited for another truck to pick-up the load I was under . Then I bobtailed to Carlisle , Pa. yard , Sat there Saturday evening & all of Sunday . Come Monday morning , I was up early to get into the shop for repairs @ this point I was told I had to hook an empty trailer & go thru the inspection bay ( new idea of theirs ) . After inspection was over , I was told to drop the trailer & park by the shop , they would be out to get me when a bay opened up . Sat there all of Monday & Monday night , woke up early on Tuesday morning hoping I would get in for repairs , finally around 10:00am they took the truck in ! Tuesday night it was not finished yet , so off to a motel . Went back Wednesday & spent the entire day in drivers room , not bad , around 5pm they called me saying truck was done . Went to shop & they told me what they did to the truck , more than I thought , but said truck HAD to go to Indy to dealer to finish Regen work . Carlisle shop done an awesome job fixing everything they found wrong with the truck , including a service & Federal Inspection ,I was impressed . Called DM , he got me a load to Indy , load cancelled , off to Rockford ,Illinois , then to Hodgkins , Illinois to load back to Tobyhanna , Pa. After fighting the winter storm into central Pa. I decided to park , roads were just to nasty . Got started early Saturday morning & delivered load , my DM was on his day off , Load back to Indy again cancelled . Talked to week-end DM & was told eastern shore of New Jersey then back to Indy , I say NO , you are suppose to have right of refusal , said I HAD to do that load , again I said NO ! Went to fuel stop which was back west of where I was & in route to load , fueled & bob tailed home . Cleaned out their truck & called them Monday morning , told them what happened & why I did what I did . Told them afterwards I would return truck on Wednesday morning or how ever they wished to work it out , they picked the truck up Monday night , I had it cleaned inside ,all their stuff was there , took many photo's of it & then warmed up the truck for recovery driver . My journey was over , be careful if going there , deception is the only word I choose to describe them . So far I have received all my payroll without any unusual deductions . Good luck to all.

 

Yeap , I did view it as a joke , but after being there , it was actually pretty realistic !!

 

I knew exactly what they would do to my DAC ! Did not matter at this point , sometimes one has to follow his gut feeling & do what he has to do . I have talked to 4 companies since I have been home & all of them said the same thing , they read the DAC & then hear the drivers side before making a decision ! I knew what I did was wrong & that I should have done it different . After what I went thru there , enough was enough , I did NOT mention that from truck #4 to the last one the garage cleaned out my truck , while I went to get the other one at the dealer , put all my stuff (everything) on the garage floor . I was VERY P_S_ED , went to the terminal managers office & all he said was "He would talk to him"
"White Dog" - The almighty "DAC" is not always what counts , I have had worse jobs & liked them way more ! I do NOT live by the "DAC" & "CSA2012" alone , if a company will not hear my version (side) of what happened , then I wouldn't want to work for them anyway !!

 

I am at home with my wife & little dog , now I feel relieved & much better !