RE Knight Transportation

I run for Knight out of the Phoenix terminal, and it has really been feast or famine since the middle of summer. 1 week is great, and the next week you can't buy a decent load.
As far as the company, they're pretty much like any other big company. A few changes are in progress, from what I understand. As of the first of next year, the whole company's supposed to be dispatched out of a central office in Phoenix, instead of each terminal doing their own thing.
Oh, and we're not forced dispatch either, which I like a lot.

 

You can get paid daily if you want, which is actually after each load and not really daily.
Freight is pretty much whatever you can put in a dry van. Food, paper, furniture....I even hauled a load of alfalfa bales out of Utah.
And definitely driver friendly. I have yet to touch anything in the trailer. They hired a driver, not a lumper.
How you get treated depends on who you get for a dispatcher, and how much you take before you bark back. Personally, I got rid of my first DM after about 60 days, and was lucky enough to get a REAL cool DM after that. Overall though, Knight does better than most companies.
In the end though, I'm not out here to make friends. Just keep me moving, and don't screw with me, and I'm a happy camper.

 

I know almost every time I get into the Columbus terminal (I'm originally from Newark) they try to ahng me with NE freight......yeah, I doubt it. But they will work with you, and once they learn where you like to run, how long you like to be out, etc it turns out pretty well.
Now if the freight would just pick up a little and stay steady.....

 

You're quite welcome, glad to be able to help you out. Hang around and keep us posted.....stay safe.:smt023