Do not work for knight transportation!!!

Of course not. So in your case, do they reload you when you deliver that 400 mile load two days early? I mean reload you within 24 hours or so?

 

I love the new company logo "DELIVERING MORE"

More WHAT?

Anyone read that Kevin Knight rant about the "special order" item that he had to pick up at the airport, but was too dumb or lazy to call or track the item himself? I can't believe that dipstick typed that up and printed it.

After posting for a couple weeks now that we are looking for lost, loaded trailers on the Qualcomm!

 

I don't have any exp with Knight in particular but you'd think they would. More freight means more profit. I've never had anyone mad at me for dropping early cept the shipping lady and nobody cared about her opinion (she was 45 minutes late to work.) Sometimes I drop a Monday load on Saturday morning and there just isn't anything they can find in the area so I sit till Monday anyway. But I don't have to get up early Monday cause I'm all set to run instead of still sitting under a load.

 

Well, actually Knight doesn't book too much of that stuff. Some, sure, when they can, because that freight pays a premium, but since they run elogs, it can't be too "hairy". If you have a "hot" run with Knight, it's probably because they booked it with plenty of time to deliver, but let it sit until it became "hot". Not good, agree 100%, but again, because of elogs, not impossible to deliver on time legally. And that usually just means keeping the left door closed.

I don't like these kind of runs, and let my DM know about it, but it is part of the job, sometimes. Crap, in the old days, before elogs, I drove 1100 miles in 24 hrs fairly regularly. Well, maybe once or twice a year, but it did happen. Faster truck, of course, but point is>>trucking is like it has always been>>you got to deliver the freight, to the customer's satisfaction to make money.

My biggest problem with Knight is when I have to pick up a load that is already late. They do have a problem with that kind of thing, most assuredly. I use to really worry about that, but then I realized they must have been operating like that for years and years, and they are still in business, still buying new equipment, and still paying me on time, so, why worry?

Worry<<"Eet's not my chob, man!"

 

Same thing with CMS Transportation out of Phoenix. You won't get what they advertise on their site: "We transport high end specialty loads such as: metals, electronics, aircraft parts and much more"

 

Tracy144 you are correct and make a very valid point. I've ran with knight. I just did not like the type of runs they had. The way they plan and dispatch their stuff. You know like all the late pick ups and all the stuff that had no appt when you show up. Then the waiting game. I also never ever saw any reimbursements. I went ahead and bought my own truck. Now i'm an o/o with an overnight expedited co which I really enjoy. I choose my own freight and decide for my own. My income has tripled.

 

Kevin P. Knight


Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer

Knight Transportation, Inc.

Phoenix , AZ
Sector: SERVICES / Trucking

Officer since January 1993

53 Years Old
Kevin P. Knight has served as the Chairman of our Board of Directors since May 1999 and has served as our Chief Executive Officer since 1993. He has been one of our officers and directors since 1990. From 1975 to 1984 and again from 1986 to 1990, Mr. Knight was employed by Swift Transportation Co., Inc. (Swift), a long-haul truckload carrier, where he served as Executive Vice President and President of Cooper Motor Lines, Inc., a Swift subsidiary. From February 2004 through February 2008, Mr. Knight served on the Board of Directors of Universal Technical Institute, Inc., a provider of post-secondary education. Mr. Knight currently serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee of the American Trucking Associations. The selection of Mr. Knight as a director nominee was based, among other things, upon his extensive experience in business operations and exemplary executive leadership. Under his effective leadership, the Company has been named to Forbes Magazine's list of the 200 Best Small Companies in America for fifteen consecutive years. Mr. Knight also exhibited commendable dedication to our financial and operating performance during the challenging economic environment in 2008 and 2009.
Compensation for 2009
Salary$374,231.00 Bonus$0.00 Restricted stock awards$802,000.00 All other compensation$178,939.00 Option awards $$0.00 Non-equity incentive plan compensation$0.00 Change in pension value and nonqualified deferred compensation earnings$0.00 Total Compensation$1,355,170.00
Options Granted
Grant
DateAll other stock awards (# of shares of stocks or units)Number of securities underlying optionsExercise
or base
pricePercent of total options granted in fiscal yearGrant date fair value of stock and option awardsSee More10/30/2009 50,000 - $ - 0% $802,000.00 05/22/2008 - - $17.29 0% $464,250.00 05/24/2007 - - $18.23 0% $378,900.00 05/24/2006 - - $18.44 0% $640,403.00 02/08/2006 - - $ - 0% $ -

Expiration date- Value of options potential value 5%$ - Value of options potential value 10%$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $)$354,000.00 Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #)- Close
08/19/2005 - 750,000 $15.68 42.8% $ -

Expiration date08/19/2015 Value of options potential value 5%$7,395,801.00 Value of options potential value 10%$18,742,411.00 Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #)- Close
08/05/2004 - 45,000 $18.86 6.5% $ -

Expiration date08/05/2014 Value of options potential value 5%$533,700.00 Value of options potential value 10%$1,352,700.00 Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #)- Close
- - - $ - 0% $ -

Expiration date- Value of options potential value 5%$ - Value of options potential value 10%$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target $)$236,000.00 Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum $)$ - Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (threshold #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (target #)- Estimated future payouts under non-equity incentive plan awards (maximum #)- Close

Options Exercised
Number of securities underlying options exercisable777,000Number of securities underlying options unexercisable40,500Value of unexercised options, currently exercisable$4,007,733.00 Value of unexercised options, currently unexercisable$330,342.00
Director Compensation (Universal Technical Institute, Inc.) for 2008
Fees earned or paid in cash$20,417.00 Stock awards$0.00 Option awards (in $)$0.00 Non-equity incentive plan compensation$0.00 Change in pension value and nondisqualified compensation earnings$0.00 All other compensation$0.00 Total Compensation$20,417.00
Director Compensation (Universal Technical Institute, Inc.) for 2007
Fees earned or paid in cash$52,500.00 Stock awards$23,630.00 Option awards (in $)$0.00 Non-equity incentive plan compensation$0.00 Change in pension value and nondisqualified compensation earnings$0.00 All other compensation$0.00 Total Compensation$76,130.00

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So, the top executives a knight make over 1 million each year, (i'm sure, with all the stocks and bonds/investments within the company, buynig and trading on the free money kept from driver payroll-just like an interest free loan, to them) while the drivers make .33cpm at an avg of 1500-2000 miles a week. Not getting payed for scales, detention, short time city work, delivering late loads with extra incentive from whoever they broke the load off of.

 

I applied with Knight Transportation once in 2003 and again in 2009. Both times, I was denied. Thank you, Knight Transportation for denying my application! You saved me a lot of wasted time and head ache by doing this.

I am driving locally for a very good company and they are paying me a fair wage. I get to go home everyday now. Kudos to the good truckload carriers but to the rest of you, it's only a matter of time before you cease to exist and time has proven this with so many carriers over the years.

 

Sounds a lot like Hogan. Say good Riddens!