My experience with Knight Refrigerated

Just finished reading this thread all the way through. It was interesting to see the emotional swing that you went through and all the Internet Rambo's. It's like a psychic throwing out general statements that the vast majority of people can relate to and then waiting for you to respond so they can tailor their reply to you specifically.

I've been driving for 17 years and the one constant throughout our industry is that every trucking company (from the Knights, Swifts, J.B.'s and Schneiders all the way down to the owner operators with a few trucks) has at least one employee who thinks it's the worst company ever and they do business only to afford them the opportunity to screw over their drivers. Most of those companies have quite a few employees with that opinion. Even the local companies have the same issues.

That being said, there are a lot of messed up companies with some really misguided management ideas that do some really stupid stuff. None of this is unique to trucking. What does seem to be unique to trucking is how quickly we, as a community, are so quick to advise a fellow truck driver (who we don't even know) to quit his job. I think it's a great example misery loving company!

Smaggs, don't let anyone talk you into quitting. Do what's best for you and let the rest of us be miserable on our own time. You're right about your work record. The more consistant it is the better. How you choose to achieve that consistency is your decision. I feel your frustration with Knight. I drove for the container division and experienced some of what you have expressed here, but, believe me, you will get these types of problems no matter where you go to some extent, even if you're the boss! Anyone who tells you their company doesn't have any of these same issues is blowing smoke up your arse.

Take some time and think it through and then do what you have to do for your sanity and peace of mind!

 

So hows things goin Smaggs?

 

hey smaggs . thanks for the info so far and your youtube vids are great. but in your own words are you glad you got into trucking? thinking about making the switch myself my job working in the prison system in florida is wearing mighty thin. about the only good thing is going home after 8 hours.

 

thanks man.. i hear alot of horror stories about not getting paid , have you ever had a problem with that ? Dude i've read this hole forum but not sure if you got your cdl through knight or did you get it on your own? take care out there. again thanks for all the info you've shared on here

 

what up dude hows it going . was wondering what all states you've run in and in an average week whats the mileage?