Knight Lakeland, Fl. terminal

Sorry fellow Floridian. Pre-Hire a fancy word being used now by companies recruiting heavy and needing drivers. If your still in Orientation on day 3. Good chance you are actually hired. By no means to bring you down. Just honest. Because of cost to research you and your past etc..... they really don't do that till your in their Orientation then they spend their money and check you out while your getting Drug Test and Physical done on day 1 or 2. Cause that there alone eliminates at least 25% people in Orientation. And as you will see with these replies Knight worst of the worst right now for some reason. Go under this website search and type Knight and see their threads. You need to try other starter companies you will see be recommended on future comments after me. There are tons out there. Don't worry about them getting you home. They will tell you at beginning if they don't hire out of Florida. I know Stevens transport out of Dallas has a good training program and has loads to and from Florida. Heyl Trucking is from Florida and decent but don't know if they train. Plenty better ones out there to try. You will see comments on who's decent. GL

 

I just completed orientation at Knights Lakeland terminal. It is a brand new facility. They have only been in it a couple of months. Everyone was nice. I had a chance to talk to a lot of the drivers in and out, and most seemed satisfied. I went through school with CRST and was told I had signed on to the evil empire with Darth Vader at the helm. Actually, I did well at CRST and I suspect Knight is going to be a lot like that. They are just big companies. I found out at CRST that it was what I made it.

 

Knight Lakeland is decent. No problem getting loads in or out of Central Florida. I worked out of Lakeland for 11 months and grossed 44k. My experience was far better than all the Western drivers that cry on here all the time. I came in with 1yr exp. That school training Knight has now is new so I have nothing to offer on that.

 

well that's good news and congrtas to both above. I was just going by chat on here. Maybe they made a lot of changes. Hope all works out for ya'll. Be safe!!

 

Each terminal is operated differently and it could be worse for the drivers operating out of certain terminals. I do not see much negative on here from or when I was at most of the eastern terminals. Mostly ok staff in Lakeland. I would add that the Terminal Manager at Olive Branch, MS came up thru the ranks in the Lakeland Terminal. Olive Branch is the school location.

 

Well that's great. Hope it stays that way and works out for ya. Stay Safe!!! Happy Holidays.

 

I am from SW Florida looking at Knight in Lakeland they have a 14 on 7 off I am trying to get onto. I was going to be a O/O but from in frame to trailer work I ran ran out of money. So I am seeing how this goes save some money then finish what I need to be a O/O

 

Anyone have information on the current pay structure with Knight Lakeland, Fl.