Knight Dedicated Phoenix To Long Beach - Comments?
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If it's not ports, meaning containers, it would be dry van out of our Phoenix terminal. Although ports, Fontana and compton (our socal ports terminal) are also all ran out of Phoenix.
I don't have expertise with that line, but if it's similar to lowes dedicated, I went from DC to stores, usually about 420 miles a day. I'm assuming given the distance it would be from Phoenix to LB one day, back the next.
I've done Phoenix to long Beach runs quite a lot for a knight. Some spots are typical in LB, but many are very tight areas. There's a recycled tire run that's rough, a bagged grain that's pretty tight and a recycled cardboard one that is tight. I also have ran a lot of maresk and wm. If it's cosco, it's usually a double stop run, 5am and 7 am at two stores, almost preferable to run at night, go back to the Fontana terminal and sleep.
Pay on the dedicated lines, at least for dru van is usually simply otr pay and bonus structure. Half our miles are typically empty, great for fuel bonus, bad for wind. OS may have a different experience, I'm not sure. I didn't get as many miles as I do OTR but most people it's the opposite. They don't get as many OTR. Again though, that was a different line so different experience.
Phoenix terminal is awesome. Bowling alley, theater, really amazing facility with tons of parking Fontana is tight on the weekends but good and secure. I wont go to compton, neighborhood is a war zone.
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.
OTR:
Over The Road
OTR driving normally means you'll be hauling freight to various customers throughout your company's hauling region. It often entails being gone from home for two to three weeks at a time.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.
Thanks, Davy. I'm cool with running intermodal or dry van , either doesn't worry me. Haven't run I/M from AZ yet, but did it a whole bunch when I was back in IL. The downside to I/M and per mile pay is the stupid amount of sitting and waiting in the railyards... I was spoiled by hourly pay when I was doing it.
Out one, back the next was how the weeks went when I was pulling amazon. Just wondering how they make it work for a five day work week... unless it's a six day cycle?
Thanks for your insight on this!
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.New Reply:
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Week three into the job search. Still looking for the optimal job, but not sure it's out there.
Was looking at Knight, they are 'supposedly' offering a dedicated Phoenix to Long Beach, CA regional run. I know the easiest way to find out what THEY want you to hear about the run is to apply for the job and wait for a recruiter to call. I also know that sometimes what the recruiters say is a bit skewed from reality.
Soooo... with that said: I figured I would go on here and ask if any of y'all have any knowledge of the run, the terminal operations crew, and most importantly information on any parking that Knight may have dedicated for their drivers in CA.
Thanks in advance for any input.
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.
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.