Knight drivers....What's your 20?

Heck i am at home in Jersey here. I got my truck out of Indy on Wednesday night and Friday morning outside of pittsburgh my rig broke down. EGR Valve and EGR cooler done for. 16 hour job and they cant get to it til tuesday. They routed a driver over to this cummins shop to pick me up and take me to Jersey. I was coming home for the weekend anyway but #### now this is going to be a long weekend til my rig is fixed.Talked to the Head cheese and he will compensate me for this breakdown and waiting i am doing. Calling back on tuesday and they going to have a driver pick me up on wednesday or thursday as soon as my truck is fixed.

 

Indy shop was not open today. I will have my reset by 06:00 Monday. But gonna atleast see if they can do my B service Monday morning. I'd really like to get this windshield with a 12" long crack replaced with this Dot crackdown coming up. I doubt that they could even get a windshield on Memorial Day. We'll see. Really sucks getting a reset at a terminal and not being able to get any needed repairs done while I am resetting. This is a 364 day a year businessfor the drivers. Should be the same for support personnel as well. Had to reject a load here on the yard that had TWO bad tires on it cause there is noone here to change them and I only have ONE spare. Gawd knows they're not gonna pay retail for a tire at a Tire Shop. Done been down that road with them. OK, rant is over.

 

Indy shop may not be open on Monday as they may celebrate the holiday that day. Better ask and see if they are. Oh and pass around the word if your passing by the Indy terminal on wednesday they have free hamburgers and hotdogs at lunch time. Usually 11am - 1pm.

 

Knight has a tendency to not check with shippers/receivers. They just send you along and if you get stuck, you get stuck. I sat in Yakima, WA last year on Labor day... FOUR days at that Gearjammer TS. I was so bored, I polished my wheels and just talked with a bunch of drivers. It was horrible. Didn't get paid for sitting there, either.

 

Well got to 2nd stop at 3am. Got up at 8 and these m-fers are still washing and boxing product. Gonna be another crappy day since I still have 1more pickup. Sure they won't be ready also. Wish me luck, I need it.

 

Only got my B service today. Hopefully they can get me a new windshield tomorrow. Might even have to go to a Volvo dealer for a couple more minor issues.

 

Fontana yard. Should be here tomorrow night, too.