Starting with Knight (Squire)

I was under the impression that they had some level of tuition reimbursement. I will check on this on Monday and let you know. If not Knight talk to Pat adn Bill at ITDS, they know quite a bit about the different companies and will help youo chose one that is a good fit for you.

 

Testing out of training today and hopefully getting my own truck this afternoon. So far all is as advertised, good trainer from whom I learned a great deal. I am a bit nervous about the test especially the backing part of it but I guess time will tell.

If things go well I will be under my first load from Joliet to the house tomorrow.

Wish me luck.

 

I passed the driving test, waiting in Joliet for my truck to show up. It is supposed to be here at 4:00 about an hour. 1st Load in the morning headed to the house to pick up my stuff then hopefully on the road for a while.

 

Training pay is $400/wk, I was in training for 4 weeks. It looks to be comparable to other companies training pay.

I will continue to post my experience with Knight here.

 

Quick update, I got my truck a week ago on Thursday and pulled my first load to the house on Friday. I had the weekend off to move my stuff into the truck adn take care of personal stuff. I have been on the road solo since last Monday, I have about 2800 miles in for the week and am currently in Savannah GA waiting on a load that will take me to one of our shops for a PM.

Overall I am quite happy with Knight, they are providing good support and the miles they promised so I really have nothing to complain about. My truck is a 2012 Volvo 670 with about 250,000 miles. Not a bad truck for a rookie. It will probably be replaced in the next year so I should get a new(er) truck then.

I have set the truck up for myself with the things I need to be comfortable on the road and there is still storage space left for winter survival stuff so I am happy with the truck.

 

I really like the Volvo, but keep in mind my experience is severely limited. My trainer had a International Prostar so that is the only other truck I have driven. No APU's unfortunately, the truck is governed at 62 mph if you idle more than 10% of the time, 65 if less.

I am sitting at the Pilot on 95 north of Savannah waiting on a load. It seems like we have a good deal of freight in this area, several large companies that would logically ship lots of material.