Knight Transportation

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

HuskerJim said: ↑

30k tops? wow. sorry for you brother. Im lookin at double that this year & I've only been driving for 3 months. Of course I dont work for 1 of those ###### bottom feeders either.
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You still driving? Who are some companies you'd recommend someone with 8 months experience?

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

Ghost Ryder said: ↑

I'd hate to be the first to point this out, but after 5 years of driving why on Earth are you still driving for starter companies? Talk about selling yourself the short end of the stick.
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Could you name some "upgrade", non- starter companies?

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

truckerdave1970 said: ↑

$900 last week?
Knight is a medium to short haul company. They don't let their drivers run that hard. A driver at Knight is extremely lucky to AVERAGE 2500 miles a week.
You probably had some miles from the previous week that didn't get paid the week prior!

Before or after taxes? I am guessing before taxes!

How many hours did you REALLY work, NOT WHAT YOUR LOGBOOK SAYS? 100 HOURS???

Do the math. Driving a truck is not worth it, driving a truck for the KNIGHT CARTEL is akin to indentured servitude!!!

I know this because I served some time in the KNIGHT PENAL SYSTEM!!!

Just browse some of my older threads where I describe in explicit detail my time at KNIGHT.

Knight Refrigerated puts it to their drivers but good!

My experience running 100% legal, if anyone cares.

Knight Refrigerated and I are finally done!
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Where did you end up working Dave? Any companies you've worked for and liked? How much did you make at these companies? Thanks in advance. Sharing our pay helps raise wages for all truckers.

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

Like who?

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

tshobbs said: ↑

i made over 50k my first year and was off on the weekends, you guys got a raw deal
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How? Where? Knight? And where are you now?

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

tracyq144 said: ↑

LOL! Dude, LET IT GO! My God, how long ago did you work for them? And yet you have to tell us how terrible they are, this long after you quit.

They are not the best place to work, but they are nowhere near as bad as you say. I don't doubt anything you say about your experience, but maybe you just had a bad string of luck?

Just as an example, 99% of tolls are Ezpass, and scales are paid by your fuel card-so no "reimbursement" required. PO's for xtra work come, for the most part, automatically. Yes, sometimes you have to call payroll, but they always straighten out thing immediately. They are not trying to screw you, they just make mistakes sometimes (have you never made a mistake?)

Yes, depending on your terminal, they may try to make you do work for free (looking for mt's, maybe), but all you have to do is say, "No", and they will then pay you. Beats working for a small company where I sometimes had to use my credit card to pay for fuel (reimbursed, but still...), or be late for a delivery.

Knight is just a trucking company that is making a profit, running new equipment, and providing a "decent" wage for it's drivers. Could they be better for the driver? Yeah, sure. But I have worked for a couple of "really driver friendly" companies, and you know what? They went out of business because they couldn't compete with the big boys.

I don't like that, but that is the way it is.

That's not to say that there aren't great companies to work for, companies that pay around $.50/mile and get you home every weekend, and give you a $5000 Christmas bonus, but they are few and far between.

Knight is what it is, and it's not that bad. It's not great, but it's not that bad
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Can you name any of these good companies please?

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

squzdndmddl said: ↑

Dale L. After 19 years of OTR, I agree with the other drivers about the fact that the larger companies are all the same in one way or another. I do believe you on the problems you've had with Knight. It's a known fact if they lie to get you, you can't expect much else after you get in their truck.I was tod that I was being hired for reefer, after orientation I was told they did run my area so I couldn't do reefer, I live 3 miles from I10 La. We know those truck come thru my area on the regular. I had the pleasure of being fleeced by Knight. I had the problem with them trying to force me to do per diem. My terminal manager and I had a very heated argument on my not wanting to be on it. It only benefits the company, they charge you to process it, when asked what happens to the $.02 extra they withheld they say they don't know, my response to that was I guess it just magically disappears, yeah into their pockets, the terminal manager told me that if I don't do per diem watch I won't make any money, I told him that the only way I wont make any money is if he tell them not to run me and that's just what he did. Everything you've said about what I call "the paper work game" is true, I don't know about other terminals but everyone I visited had drivers sitting around saying the same thing, I don't understand how a company so large never has any freight. Especially when it's time to go home. The second month I was at Knight I sat in Joliet, Ill for three days cause they didn't have a load for me to go home, which fell on a weekend and of course my pay was messed up. How, funny as soon as I said route me to Gulfport I quit, I was stack with 3 loads to get me from Joliet to Gulfport, and also routed thru the house to drop of my belongings. Though they made the mistake of letting me know that I had to find my own transportation home after I turned the truck in at Gulfport, but, of course I was suppose to pick a load and bring it there, which it was only 80 miles from where I emptied, Thur the house then to there. I made them pick up the truck and trailer from my house. I figured I was never going to get the money they owed me, on top of them trying to build an excuse for DAC if I would have did what they wanted they would have put quit under a load on me, I had my attorney contact them, they could not say that I abandoned the truck because, I was still in possession of it, and I did get all my pay before they came to get the truck. Only because I had an attorney to back me. All in all, they are low down, but, you have to know when you have enough and stand up for yourself, every-ones breaking point is different. But, I can go broke sitting at home. Hens set, but, they lay eggs. A truck and driver have no business sitting for more than a day.
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How much did you pay your lawyer and how did you find him/her? I hear of people using lawyers all the time but nobody mentions cost or how to find a "good one" ( not the reviews from lawyers.com and the like where lawyers pay for ranking etc). I've looked on Arizona State Bar web pages and they don't show the lawyers win ranking or Independent reviews.

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

Dna Mach said: ↑

Paying your dues consists of getting a truck with 400k miles on it. That's it...nothing more. Not sure why so many allow themselves to be used and abused by companies like Knight. Let us know how Knight works out for you.
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Could you name some better companies that have terminals in Arizona please? Thank you and God bless

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

txtailgator said: ↑

I see you also had a bad experience with them my husband tried them out to see about getting in his own truck and could not understand why he was making more per mile for them and was bringing less home per week than his former employer where he was making less per mile but bringing more home per week but he had all the same problems you were having and then some and don't even get me started on the shop my advice is to stay away from this company I have been a driver for 9yrs and my husband has been driving for 37yrs so we know that you should be careful where you go but we have had a run of bad luck lately with companies going out of business finally found a good company and will be starting soon as lease operator's so wish us good luck and stay away from big companies........
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Could you name some better companies that have terminals in Arizona please? Thank you and God bless

Tyler Derden · May 26, 2019

drozzer69 said: ↑

Glad to see some drivers telling these rookies like it is. I started out OTR and ran every load I was given! I submitted all my trips one at a time when scanning them. I carried all the tools I needed plus what the shop provided to us to make small repairs. Also if I did need something from the T/S, I would just buy it and right it off on my taxes if it was something they would not give us, ie. mud flap for the trailer. That all started on 09'. Fast forward to today, I am now a local driver on a dedicated account and I am home everynight. The people in my terminal worked with me because I worked with them. You have to give a little to get a little.
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So did you move to JB Hunt when they took over the Macy's account?

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