Going Over the Road with Knight

Ok, sense I no longer work there im going to spill the beans on this..

Refer will have alot easier time hitting the mpg bonus, We have more options to get around the "system". Refrigerated don't normally have any issues for finding empty tlrs. As for the dock sitting time it is just as fast as dry box, once in a blue moon I would get stuck but thats where detention kicks in as you finish up your 10.

Refrigerated loads are also longer, I lived in Boise, ID. and the common load I got was Boise, ID. to Manassas, VA. then turn around and haul ice cream ingredients to Covington, TN. then the next load was ice cream from that plant to Las Vegas, NV. then back up to Boise and start it all over again. All drop and hooks except the last load to Boise and the load loading out of Boise.

Dry van tends to get shorter runs and while they can be drop and hooks, the 2 - 4 hour mt searchs are just ridiculous. Especially with how many customers the dry side has that wont give up empties. "You have 40 emptys here. Yep! And I cant have one ? nope, they are saved incase we need one".

As for tlr aero, no offense, they are the exact same for wind resistance. Ours is just insulated and has a refrigerated box and air ride.

 

I don't work in the office so I don't know what the overall average is for mileage and pay only what I drive.

As a trainee you have set pay and when you go solo they will probably keep you on short runs the first couple of weeks to make sure you can do the job. If you show them you are a good driver you shouldn't have any problems getting over 2,500 miles a week.

I have family insurance through another provider so I can't help you there.

 

Whats hometime like with reefer

 

Applied for reefer out of olive branch we will see how it goes

 

Nice folks up in Olive Branch, good luck with training.

 

Some really good info here on dry and reefer...

Seems like most of you would recommend Knight to a newbie getting their "first year" experience with a company, true?

According to the website, only Columbus and Phoenix have reefer openings (I would probably be most interested in the Idaho Falls, Lakeland, or Indy Reefer terminals). Is the website accurate and consistent usually (or can there be openings at the other terminals)?

How did/do you guys n gals work around the 12V only, no inverters/APU thing (ie, small fridges, microwaves, whatever)? Big pain in the butt?