Knight Transport My New Career Starts !
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Congratulations, JJ! Good lick at Knight. Where do yo go for training? I hear they closed most of their schools down. (But they are training somewhere!)
Congratulations, JJ! Good lick at Knight. Where do yo go for training? I hear they closed most of their schools down. (But they are training somewhere!)
Errol, I think you missed the part where he said Orientation. 
I was thinking the exact same thing as you when I read it the first time... I had to re-read to catch the Orientation part....
Thanks Errol, Ralph is right I already passed my drivers test and have my license. i went to a private school here in Sparks, Nv. I will be doing the company training in phoenix though..
Hey that's awesome news JJ! I just looked at your High Road Training scores and you really tore that thing up with a 98% score. And you did the Logbook Rules and Weight & Balance sections! When I first saw your score I thought, "Yeah, but which sections did he complete?" But you went after the toughest stuff and made it look easy. Great job!
Good luck with Knight! Check in often and let us know how things go for ya!
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
- Any combination of vehicles with a gross combined weight rating (GCWR) of 26,001 or more pounds, providing the gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of the vehicle being towed is in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any single vehicle with a GVWR of 26,001 or more pounds, or any such vehicle towing another not in excess of 10,000 pounds.
- Any vehicle, regardless of size, designed to transport 16 or more persons, including the driver.
- Any vehicle required by federal regulations to be placarded while transporting hazardous materials.
Logbook:
A written or electronic record of a driver's duty status which must be maintained at all times. The driver records the amount of time spent driving, on-duty not driving, in the sleeper berth, or off duty. The enforcement of the Hours Of Service Rules (HOS) are based upon the entries put in a driver's logbook.
Thanks Brett ! you put together a great training program. I learned a lot from it and will be referring back to the equation part of weights and balances for sure. I still want to complete the hazmat portion as i will want to get that eventually too. Heck it took me longer to get through the high road training program then my school..lol I will be checking in through out training and beyond i imagine .TT has become my hangout the last few months and really enjoy reading everyones comments and questions. super helpful too.
HAZMAT:
Hazardous Materials
Explosive, flammable, poisonous or otherwise potentially dangerous cargo. Large amounts of especially hazardous cargo are required to be placarded under HAZMAT regulations
Congrats JJ, hopefully I'll catch you out on the road sometime as I'm with Knight and run out of Indy. The Reno terminal is being remodeled and the Vegas terminal is right down the street from the main drag. Welcome and good luck !!
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Thanks for the welcome Robert ! yes hopefully i will see you out there. If I remember right you just started going solo recently so you know what my next month will be like for the most part any insights from you are apprieciated. how are you liking it on the road so far ?
Thanks for the welcome Robert ! yes hopefully i will see you out there. If I remember right you just started going solo recently so you know what my next month will be like for the most part any insights from you are apprieciated. how are you liking it on the road so far ?
Loving every minute of it, plenty of miles, working my clock and learning a lot along the way. I'm headed back to the house in the morning for home time this weekend, then right back at it.
Loving every minute of it, plenty of miles, working my clock and learning a lot along the way. I'm headed back to the house in the morning for home time this weekend, then right back at it.
Glad to hear your loving it and getting plenty of miles. I cant wait to get started !! 
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Just wanted to let everyone know I finally decided to go with Knight Transportation as my first trucking company. August 3rd will be my orientation start. Looking forward to going through a great training program (from what i have herd/read ) which was a big factor in my decision as well as the combination of pay (Eventually) and a regional route out of the gate ! Oh ya !! Thanks to everyone for the great info here at TT .
CDL:
Commercial Driver's License (CDL)
A CDL is required to drive any of the following vehicles:
Regional:
Regional Route
Usually refers to a driver hauling freight within one particular region of the country. You might be in the "Southeast Regional Division" or "Midwest Regional". Regional route drivers often get home on the weekends which is one of the main appeals for this type of route.