Knight Casual

Considering the possiblity of switching from Fulltime and the 3 day max hometime to the Casual status. Anybody done Casual with Knight and mind sharing the details. How long do you have to stay out? How long can you take off? Do you get decent miles? I know I won't be eligable for bonuses or benefits. And will have to slip-seat. But right now, more hometime is my priority. I have talked to an in-house recruiter but would like real feedback from anyone who has actually done it. Thx.

 

Got to meet and have a sitdown with my new FM this afternoon. Been running under him for about a month and it looks like he may be a much better fit for me than the first one. The average miles per day are definately up so far. We discussed the prospect of me going Casual status and that will likely happen by the time the snow starts flying in the East. This next approx. 2 week trip out will likely be my last fulltime. Gonna try to do 7 days out and 2 days home if we can swing it. I can burn down my 70 easily in 7 days if he can throw the miles at me.

 

Gonna try it starting Tuesday.

 

Out of my Terminal (Lakeland), they do not offer Regional. Most terminals do tho. From what I understand with Casual, the pay rate is the same as full time. Full time the tractor is assigned equipment and supposedly you are to stay out a minimum of 14 days and can only be home a max of 3 days regardless of how long you stay out. Surrender the truck if you need more than the 3 days off. On Casual, the minimum is 7 days out even tho you can stay out as long as you like. You wanna stay out a month, no problem. But the equipment is not assigned so you slip seat. The advantage is no significant restriction on your hometime. You wanna take a week off you can do it. If you have a spouse like mine who does not do ok with her man gone
17-21 days straight at a time, supposedly this/Casual should resolve that issue.

 

Lakeland is not like most terminals. No: Regional, Express, Dedicated, Local, or Containers. Just Fulltime or Casual. Supposedly Casual must work atleast 50% of the time according to an orientation driver I spoke to Thursday.