Knight Refridgerated: Good Place to work?

CancelAAA · Nov 17, 2012

bigjuice61 said: ↑

Don't do it if you have a family to support. If you are young and single, just want a truck driving job in order to pass time, go for it. I worked for knight since 2005 they have been going down hill since the day I started. Their biggest problem is the kids they call dispatchers, & the payroll dept. I don't hate knight, just telling you the real deal, they will set you up in a brand new truck, then they will act like you owe them your life. No apu/ but don't run the truck PHOENIX 115 DEGREES/ THAT'S A JOKE// Dispatchers are just kids doing an entry level job. They know nothing about trucking. They aren't going to care about your needs as a family man, because they don't have a family. They just left mommy & daddys house to go take over the world! Every chance they get, they looking for a reason to fire you, then 3mos later call you back for rehier. I've seen it happen way too many times.
Don't work for Knight, if you do, trust me, you'll be sorry you did.
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I couldn't send a thank you (don't see a button to) so I had to copy it and say thank you, this way!

Irishtrucker · Dec 20, 2012

Knight refrigerated have had employment ads on Sacramento Craigslist nearly every day for the last month.

I was considering them as they offer the 1 week on 1 off express lane deal.

Anyone any experience with that?

realoldsmoke · Dec 27, 2012

tracyq144 said: ↑

Yes, you can idle in the summer when the temp is at, or above, 70. Very rare that it is too hot inside the truck at that temp. And if it is, you can usually just manually idle for 10-20 minutes to raise the sensor temp above 70 and then it will idle by itself.

So much disinformation and ######## about Knight on this board.

Yes, they do have some problems, but they are hardly as evil as some would have you believe.

In the end, it's WORK, that's why they pay you to do it. If it was as easy as some seem to want it to be, people would do it for free.

Then again, I am an old fart that started out driving team in a spring suspension Freightliner cabover with a 36" bunk and a 300 HP Cummins. Home every 6 weeks or so, if we were lucky. No Q-comm, no cell phones, you got MT, you called from the receiver or you went to a truckstop and waited in line to use the phone. Only to be told "call back in an hour, nothing yet", and to do that over and over.

edit: But, in those days, most drivers WANTED to be truck drivers, it wasn't just a job to get after you had been laid off from something else.

A lot of modern day "truck drivers" have no idea how nice they have it.
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10-4 good buddy. You forgot to mention the free labor expected at the docs, the all day hill climbing with a small engine, Oh yea, all the states we had to go around because of the NEW 53 foot trailer.

bull24471 · Jan 1, 2013

realoldsmoke said: ↑

10-4 good buddy. You forgot to mention the free labor expected at the docs, the all day hill climbing with a small engine, Oh yea, all the states we had to go around because of the NEW 53 foot trailer.
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I have yet to touch a unload or load period. Now as far as the new 53 foot trailers going around states what are you pulling 14 high trailers? Hill climbing in a newer Volvo or the Prostars maybe a all day event but My 387 pulls Cabbage, Snowsquammy ( I know that isn't the right spelling) Fancy Gap, Sand stone in WV, and Grapevine very well at 44k in the box. I guess every driver experience will be different with a company.

tracyq144 · Jan 1, 2013

realoldsmoke said: ↑

10-4 good buddy. You forgot to mention the free labor expected at the docs, the all day hill climbing with a small engine, Oh yea, all the states we had to go around because of the NEW 53 foot trailer.
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I ain't your "good buddy", Good Buddy.

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