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bigjoel · Apr 8, 2012

I've never heard anything good about Knight.

They are a bottom feeder, suck outfit all the way.

Truckinchic · Apr 8, 2012

What a terrible experience..someone pulls a knife on me like that,,they better make sure they use it quick..
Sounds like you need to get out of this company before you get stuck any deeper.

Randokuky · Apr 8, 2012

Cjewell77 said: ↑

. They routed me through omaha where I noted a blizzard was coming through.

Got to atlanta and a storm came in I went to sleep woke up and put my feet down in 1/2" of water..... Everything in my truck was ruined. A hole in the fing sunroof I didnt know was there leaked. All paper work some electronics destroyed. .
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So this hole didnt leak in a blizzard? BS

bigjoel · Apr 8, 2012

Randokuky said: ↑

So this hole didnt leak in a blizzard? BS
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Maybe the snow just bounced off, lol.

txtailgator · Apr 9, 2012

I agree and thats the company I got my CDL thru!!!!!!!!!!!!!

drvrtech77 · Apr 9, 2012

Knight is soo cheap on maintenance it's ridiculous...

I refused to drive a truck before I left where the brake pads were at dot minimum and all they wanted to do was clean them off..

I told them when they get it done, then call me..I'll stay @ home until then.

dschmidt201 · Apr 9, 2012

Knight was pretty bad awful equipment mechanics were lazy and i never knew a maintince shop that was open for 9 hours and you had to call payroll every 3 days to make sure you were getting payed as for schnider there intermodal is pretty good to get into that is were the money is at over there

keepntruckin · Apr 9, 2012

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I started with Knight as my first trucking job. what a huge mistake. After being sweet talked and all that bs into going with them they hooked me up with a trainer. The trainer in question was a lunitic. He was constantly in verbal conflicts with outer drivers at truck stops. Drove like a maniac and actually pulled a knife on me because I grinded the gears!! I txted my boss " and yes I still have his response saved on my phone " he said I was the third student to come to him with these kinds of complaints. The third person!! Needless to say I got out of the truck and refused to get back in.
My second trainer slept all day while I as a new truck driver had to figure out where the hell we were going. He picked up ###### everywhere we went and drank.
Needless to say after almost having two very bad situations because I could not get his ### out of his bunk I quit. Knight called me and hooked me up with a third trainer who was outstanding. He taught me what I needed to know and I was out on my own after about 14 days.
The truck they sent me to for my first truck was abandoned in Georgia. This should have been a clue. 6 flat tires no oil or coolant. I spent a good part of the night getting all this taken care of.
They then sent me to Indiana to pick up a 7k pound load going to Los Angelas. They routed me through omaha where I noted a blizzard was coming through. They said dont worry you will be fine. Well all of you probably know what happened before I got to a good stopping place. My bunk heater broke and the truck would not idle because the sensor was ###### up. They left me there for 3 days!!!! 3 freaking days. Then after finally getting to LA the truck started blowing exhaust into the cabin every once in a while. They said oh it happens just roll down the windows..... So after 3 times of this I refused to drive the truck. Took it to a dealer and the turbo was all fd up and loose.
After getting that fixed they sent me back to illinois where my bunk heater broke again and they would not fix the sensor to idle the truck. after a few more days of this I told them I would quit if I did not get another truck or this one fixed right.
They said ok we will send you to mobile for a different truck. On the way to mobile they then tried to re-route me to PA. I called safety and got them involved and they got me headed south again. Now on my way to Atlanta I noticed my turn signals were not working. I told dispatch the bulbs were burnt out and they said stop at the petro and they would pay for new bulbs. I got to Petro where they wanted ME to pay for new bulbs and refused to issue a comcheck. Well they finally issued a comcheck when I refused to leave without working turn signals and I didnt care if the load was late or not. They paid for it the next day.
Got to atlanta and a storm came in I went to sleep woke up and put my feet down in 1/2" of water..... Everything in my truck was ruined. A hole in the fing sunroof I didnt know was there leaked. All paper work some electronics destroyed. Of course I got to the yard in gulfport and was told they do not have another truck for me unless I wanted on that stunk. That was the only truck they supposedly had. Of course they didnt want to help replace anything in the truck.
That company was a total KNIGHTMARE. they truck they wanted to put me in smelled like something died in it. There was two months I didnt make $800.00 the whole month due to constant breakdowns. I got home one time for 3 days out of the 4 months I worked there.
I finished my load to dallas from gulfport and quit and went to Schneider.
So far so good.
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Your best bet is to contact the law-enforcement of the state/city you were in at the time and file charges,, then file against the one incharge of putting you with him.

bigblue19 · Apr 10, 2012

Driver could not make it at Knight and went to SNI?

Friend of mine worked for both Knight 8 days and SNI for 9 mo's.

Friend worked at SNI 9mos. Good miles one week, bad the next. Hired to do ded rte, then no ded rte after hire. Told west region ran sw to midwest entire 9 mo's at co. Always asking about ded opening since hire but then told over speed over idle yada yada no dedicated. Seated in a frtshkr with over 600k out of the gate that burned oil and water.

He said he could of dealt with all the lies but they would not run him enough to make it worth being OTR for them.
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Said they both sucked but said he should of stayed at Knight. Of course that is only 1 opinion. But I know a little about trucking and I don't think you are cut out for it. Hope you prove me wrong, but if you wash out of SNI within a year from now plz let me know so I can collect on the pool winnings.

casc1 · Apr 10, 2012

bigblue19 said: ↑

Driver could not make it at Knight and went to SNI?

Friend of mine worked for both Knight 8 days and SNI for 9 mo's.

Said they both sucked but said he should of stayed at Knight. Of course that is only 1 opinion. But I know a little about trucking and I don't think you are cut out for it. Hope you prove me wrong, but if you wash out of SNI within a year from now plz let me know so I can collect on the pool winnings.
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