Knight Transportation.............Can't Do it.....

The first reason is that the company contracted FedEx Ground routes from September through December. This is typical of delivery companies like FedEx and UPS to expand capacity to third party carriers for the Holiday Season. The contract ended and the company was going to haul brokered freight until September 2013 where it would presumably haul for FedEx Ground again.

The second reason and more importantly is that I am not able to sleep in a moving truck and the company only wanted team drivers. Team driving is relentless also--no time to really 'unwind'. Its either drive, fuel, slam a sandwhich, or attempt to sleep. It was a pity--their yard was a ten minute bicycle ride from my abode.

 

Well, the 20-something Cuban first seat driver with his death wish of going down icy mountains at night at 90 miles-per-hour had much to do with it also. Essentially, I was just along to give him cover if a cop pulled him over on his 17th hour of driving--he would put hours on my log book.

The only thing equipment wise is that some FedEx Ground dollies are a bit beat up and I found that I detest a 10-speed transmission. I would MUCH prefer a 9-speed or 13-speed. The reason is that the gap or RPM drop from 10th to 9th gear or 9th up to 10th gear is some 500 rpms. Have to peg the tachometer to get it in to 10th then when a 1/2% upgrade happens, back to 9th. The engine was also under-powered to climb mountains--it must have been a 'mid-west' spec'ed truck. At least it got up to 69 mph on flat land.

 

Listen to yourself before you try to school others. It is too early to tell if I have the chops for OTR for as you said, I have no experience--so you are wrong yet again. If you had any reading comprehension, you would read that the #1 reason the gig ended is because the contract ended---period. This is no fault of mine. The second reason is why I did not stay on--I was on a week-to-week trial basis where either party could walk away.

Apparantly, I have more experience than you do if you do not think a truck can go down Donner Pass at 90 mph. He put the thing in neutral and pegged the speedometer which was 90 mph. You can call bull all you want but as I said I could not sleep in the truck; I got up out of the bunk when it felt like I was falling off a cliff and that is when I read the speedometer. So piss off.

Not from what I read on here. I am not saying Knight is the worst, but they are not the best. I would be too impatient driving for 17 cents-per-mile at PAM or what I described here about Knight or the 57 mph governed trucks at Schnieder.

Finally you make some sense and say something true. Also, they do want you to run outlaw from sun-up to sun-down when sunrise is at 6:45 and sets at 9:45., and then pay one 1099 to boot.

 

Pretty much. I estimate I drove about 22-27% of the hub miles. I did get to couple dollies and trailers so I will use that at LTL outfit interviews.

Ya. I would not mind the 1099 so much, that is, it is not a deal breaker--I just prefer W-2 because that is more 'friendly'. It is the running outlaw and trucks where clutches don't work or the steer tires are slicks that get me nervous about the ma & pas.

The detractors will call me a baby for wanting a truck that is DOT compliant. However, even though I have 10 days experience, I have six months experience reading TTR and I know who pays the ticket at the scalehouse when a truck is missing a single marker light.

Pertaining to the plan now, I guess I may put Schneider back on the list regarding 'mega grinders'--They seem not to hit the DAC for retaliatory reasons and not many a soul berated their training. Additionally, they only send a trainee out one week with a trainer so there is not threat of team driving endlessly, which is also one reason I considered Knight for they too do not seem to force team driving. However, unlike Knight, according to many on TTR, Schneider Shops WILL work on Schneider trucks that are not from their own terminal without exception or without kicking and screaming.

Also, the calendar is ticking to March now and the LTLs are coming alive. I guess I will go to Old Dominion on 47th, or maybe I will just go to Elk Grove Village DMV and get a tanker endorsement. I was told by the Conway recruiter in Des Plaines that Conway no longer considers new applicants without an "N" code on their CDL. Evidently, LTLs are going to get in to the Tanker biz. They pretty much want "H" also; of course, "T" as well which I already have.