Do not work for knight transportation!!!

Don't limit your opportunities to companies with just APUs. You could find a company that has APUs, but there usually is a trade-off (lower pay, tough penalties for over idling the engine WITH an APU, etc.)

But then again, there are always day jobs whenever the OTR thing starts becoming old (day cabs, much more home time, better pay believe it or not, etc.) Work in a day cab, and over-idling will become the thing of the past. Then your doctorate degree in APU technology will be rendered obsolete! Man, 8 years of APU school wasted for nothing!

 

All I can say is they sound like they run things the same at Knight as they do the flagship company Swift who, if you didn't know pwns Knight. Sorry to hear your troubles. I feel for you. Its sad that these companies don't care for the driver as they claim they do. No company will ever care for a driver, its all about the money, not how much we can get you home, or you have issues with a death, its to them, just drive. We need that truck making us money. Go see my recent post Swift: My Final Check here on the boards, it explains how i was messed out of my final check. Figures... Best of luck to you.

Will

 

Recruiters will say "yes we have them", or "very soon", or all the "new trucks have them" ... don't mean you will get one though.

Probably be a better chance of getting an older model as most fleets have only started to order units with any kind of auxiliary climate systems.

They're not widespread yet ... and the co's are in no hurry to upgrade fleets just yet - not in this economy.

 

You do realize that Knight is owned by the Flagship corp, Swift Trans right? That's part of why your having issues at Knight. They are run almost the same way from what others have told me over the years.

Will

 

Oh and for the record:

Swift is at the top... then Knight, followed by Central Frt lines, Central Ref Services and bought out MS Carriers, where some 2,000 people left whehn Swift bought them, don't know the who truth on that deal, but that's what I heard and Swift owns 13% stock in Warner (don't have any idea if there's truth to that either) and lastly, about 2.5 years ago, Swift was in the process of buying Covant and US express for the contracts, then it fell off the radar and went stelth. Why? We seem to think cause Swift pulled back out of the deal, but no one is talking. Swift has been known to buy up companies for only the contracts... so it wouldn't surprise me who they owned.

Will

 

Identically different. Knight doesn't have a lame training program, or hires anyone off of the streets with a pulse and a CDL.

Squire seems decent for a driver to finish their training. Too bad I didn't have any info on them, otherwise I would have avoided Big Blue.

 

QUOTE=dlstorminc;1453815]You do realize that Knight is owned by the Flagship corp, Swift Trans right? That's part of why your having issues at Knight. They are run almost the same way from what others have told me over the years.

Will[/QUOTE]

SWIFT DOESN'T OWN Knight. LoL
Disregard anything said by this user!
that cracks me up.

 

SWIFT DOESN'T OWN Knight. LoL
Disregard anything said by this user!
that cracks me up.[/QUOTE]

Swift doesn't own Knight, Swift is a better run company than Knight.

This just in. Cummins had a complete S-FIT when they found some of the Volvo Dee 13 trucks pulling the Cummins trailers...

 

LOL Cummins know that along that Knight has Volvos and that some have cummins in them and other have that detroit in them I know I use to drive for knight out of gulf port ms and yea swift has nothing to do with knight except they are golfing buddies

 

I think if you do a little digging you'll find that Swift, Knight, and C.R. England have all played together in the same churchyard.