Originally Posted by conanj30

Find another reefer outfit man...both sides of Knight are nothing but headaches...TransAm is a decent company...I only left them cause I needed to be home more than 4 days a month...

Originally Posted by OverDrive

Originally Posted by phoenixsteve

I talked to CFI yesterday and they are offering .36 cpm plus .5 cpm extra in Eastern states. plus I get either a t2000 or t600. just that alone makes me happy

Originally Posted by keepsonrollin'

I can safely say this about sitting. (last 2 weeks) day 1) dispatched on a 800 mile run that delivered in 2 days (crap load but typical). Day 2) End of day arrived at customer. Day 3) Sent to Portland Yard to wait on a load. Day 4) Still in portland yard. Day 5) Still in Portland yard, finally dispatched on a load around noon going from Portland, OR to Toledo, OR same day delivery. (supposed to be picking up at same facility after unloaded). Day 6) Still at customer had a mishap on the knight brokerage side and them forgetting to confirm load with customer. load finally ready at 1700 needing to be in Wallula, WA at or before midnight (according to knight and my bills) arrive at customer with load at 23:30 only to find that tthe customer had been shut down since 2030 and would not reopen for another 47.5 hours (2300). Day 7) got ahold of knight finally who then decides to make me sit on the load ((go figure)) Day stuck at customer Day 9) check in with customer at 2300. Day 10) finally empty and away from the dock at 1030. Move over to customers trailer yard and contact dispatch. Dispatch tells me to sit tight their working on freight for me. Finally get a load assignment 1300. Load delivers next day to Reno, NV. Day 11) Deliver load at 2300 when my appointment is. Day 12) Sat in Reno, NV until 2100 waiting for my next load to be ready. Finally got it ready and headed for Redwood City, CA. Day 13) Arrived at customer at 0300 not scheduled to be unloaded until 1000 got a space in the dock at 0800 swapped to the empty trailer there pulled around front sent in all the information needed and ready for another load at 0900. Dispatch informed me there was nothing close for the day so i was supposed to sit yet again. Day 14) Finally got a load at 0900 pickup at 1000 23 miles away. picked up load only to run down to LA and be expected to sit the entire weekend in our crappy yard in LA so instead i went home.... This has been a typical 2 week period for me over the past month. They say freight volume has increased and if that were so why would i now be sitting more than i have since i started with the company 6 months ago. Its not like im restricted to a 3, 6 or 11 state area. I am perfictly willing to run from coast to coast just not a few select citys on the east coast that ive had some trouble in before.

Originally Posted by OverDrive

My buddy who works at Knight Indianapolis said that to get out of the 'Per Diem' scam (Knight makes .02 cents/mile!), he had to route a form around 3-levels of mgmt for signatures---they highly discouraged going that way!! Then 6 mos later, got letter saying 'he could have taken home this much more $). And at the end of the year, same letter showing concern for not taking more $ home, automatically put him on Per Diem..AGAIN! Happened every year!! Also touted making his Tax return easier---but with his Itemized Deductions w/o Per Diem, got back $2K every year. With Per Diem, he had to pay State & Federal Taxes!!



Also, the .42/mile as for runs 100 miles or less--was stair stepped up to 400 miles/run (including Dhead). If starting base is .33/mile, then runs of 300-400 miles get the driver .35/mile---NOT .42/mile! He said biggest problem driving for Knight is "Lo Miles' and hunting for MT's (lack of trlrs with 2.1 trlr/tractor ratio).