Knight drivers....What's your 20?

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  1. Oct 17, 2012 #601
    mitrucker

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    Held up at a shipper in Detroit yesterday for six hours........so far $0 detention paid. Today it took the shipper up here in WI 2.5 hours to load me. Where are all of the drop and hook loads that were so common in the beginning???? Oh yeah, I am not a newbie here anymore..........that's why!!!!! And also my miles are in the crapper. I can't get a load longer than 300 miles. WTF?????:biggrin_25513:
     
    mitrucker, Oct 17, 2012
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  3. Oct 17, 2012 #602
    xlsdraw

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    Same here. Looks like maybe we've outstayed our welcome. I will be finding out tomorrow one way or the other when I get back to Lakeland. I think the Kiss of Death could have been the call I got last week telling me I got a penny raise.
     
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    xlsdraw, Oct 17, 2012
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  4. Oct 17, 2012 #603
    TrucKer 999 TriLLion

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    Pilot/Lost hills,Ca

    last 6 weeks been running up & down I-5 from Ca 2 Washington alot....
     
    TrucKer 999 TriLLion, Oct 17, 2012
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  5. Oct 18, 2012 #604
    mitrucker

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    Pilot in Plymouth, IN. Headed to Indy in the morning for B service.
     
    mitrucker, Oct 18, 2012
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  7. Oct 19, 2012 #605
    mitrucker

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    Indy terminal tonight. 4 stop Staples load for tomorrow (oh boy!!!!)
     
    mitrucker, Oct 19, 2012
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  8. Oct 19, 2012 #606
    tirednaz

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    Detention Pay. have you tried calling your DM when you are held over? that's what I do. Trip # and time spent = mo munny.
     
    tirednaz, Oct 19, 2012
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  9. Oct 20, 2012 #607
    xlsdraw

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    October seems to be "Drag Knight into the Scales" month. Atleast it's been that way for me. Home til Tuesday.
     
    xlsdraw, Oct 20, 2012
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  10. Oct 20, 2012 #608
    OverDrive

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    When I started w/Knight, most of the Knight drivers that I met had several-to-many years experience, and w/Prepass, I never was cald in. As Knight relaxed their hiring reqmts to 6 mos and below, it got to be a more common occurrence.

    For a while, Knight had a bad industry safety record and the Prepass meant nothing!

    Also, as an Express driver w/a different truck starting out, I never knew if I was going to get pulled in w/my Prepass on that vehicle as I didnt know the history of the previous drivers on the vehicle.
     
    OverDrive, Oct 20, 2012
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  11. Oct 20, 2012 #609
    mitrucker

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    All I keep getting told is how freight is bad. I certainly wouldn't argue that point right now. As fas as the penny raise, at least you get it. My terminal doesn't participate in that plan. I was told that is up to each terminal mgr as to whether or not they offer the penny raise. Mine opted out. Guess there is something you get that I don't.
     
    mitrucker, Oct 20, 2012
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  12. Oct 20, 2012 #610
    mitrucker

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    Actually, I got my detention pay without asking.
     
    mitrucker, Oct 20, 2012
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