Comments By Trucker Cowboy

Ok thank you I will look at the knight transportation diaries

Feel free to look in our CDL diaries section, do a search for Knight. I wrote a comprehensive diary of my experience with Knight from day (I'm still with them).

The are many people that have had both good and bad experiences with them. As far as the mechanics of how the school, training and top gun work, for Dry van, ask your recruiter but in general; 3 weeks school, paid while in school at 480/wk. 1 week Top Gun program. 850/wk. Two weeks OTR training 850/WK. 30K Solo miles (Squire miles) under a DDM.

Thank you and I have questions written down to ask and I hear it a great career

If you are accepted by a company like Knight or any of the other big companies, you will be able to get all your questions answered, starting with their website and recruiter. They bring you in and WANT you to succeed, so the instructors and trainers will be there to answer all your questions.

It would be a good idea to start writing down questions you have in a notebook, if you haven’t already started to. And this forum is a great place to get questions answered in a constructive way. Good luck, it can be a great career.

Ok thank you I just been doing my research online and on trucking truth and so far I like knight transportation from what I have seeing on trucking truth posts and online

I have my CDL permit and I am looking see what CDL school would be best I live in Utah I been looking at Knight Transportation to go to there school I was wondering how there school is and how hard is it to pass the school since there isn’t any recent post about Knight Transportation I’m asking this

There are two drivers here with experience driving for Knight. I am sure they would be willing to answer specific questions. Just ask whatever you want to know. They are here regularly.

I’m looking in to knight transportation and I would like to be able to bring my wife with me sometimes and I would like good benefits and what I want out of CDL training is I want to be able to learn and them willing to help me if I have questions since I have never driven a tractor trailer before

There is no Ivy League in truck driving schools. The objective is to get your CDL. The fly by night schools have disappeared because of the FMCSA's ELDT mandate. Knight/Swift is the largest trucking company in the US so they know how to train. The biggest difference in schools is between company sponsored or private. Private schools sell, "training", not a CDL. Once you finish your training you get to use their truck once or maybe twice to test at the DMV. Whether you pass or not is up to you, the DMV and God - NOT their problem. If you need to test more than two times to pass you need to find a truck and a licensed driver at your own expense.

Company sponsored training is about getting butts in trucks. They usually run a new class through every week. If you are having problems with a block of instruction, no problem - they will, "recycle" you and let you repeat that week with the class behind the one you started with at no additional cost or obligation. It's not about maximizing revenue - it's about maximizing the number of CDL holders who finish the program. You still have to test with a DMV licensed evaluator and pass a written test at the DMV so you do earn your CDL but the school will, "grease the skids" and bend over backwards to ensure you get every chance to succeed.

The question is, "What school is right for you"? I don't have any information about your needs. What do you want out of this? Do you want to bring a pet or a passenger? Do you want to maximize your earnings? Do you want 100% PAID healthcare for you and your family? What's important to YOU in training and in the job you'll have afterwards?

Im not saying I want it be cake walk I just wondering cause I never have done anything with tractor trailers and was wondering how the school was

In my thinking, any driving training should be hard. Not impossibly hard, but not a cake walk. This is so the unsuitable candidates with an entitlement attitude are weeded out. When I went to school at Schneider, it was fast paced and challenging. Lots of homework and studying every evening after school. Of the 13 who started the class, only 4 graduated. If the training is hard, it produces better drivers because they had to prove themselves. Even then, just graduating is no guarantee of success. Every day for a long time will be a training day.

I have my CDL permit and I am looking see what CDL school would be best I live in Utah I been looking at Knight Transportation to go to there school I was wondering how there school is and how hard is it to pass the school since there isn’t any recent post about Knight Transportation I’m asking this