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"Curse the darkness, or light a candle," I like that…

BEING A PILOT I GIVE YOU DRIVERS A LOT OF CREDIT. FOR MAN HANDLING YOUR RIGS ACROSS OUR COUNTRY. AMERICA ROLLS ON BIG RIGS.I WISH ALL OF YOU SAFE TRIPS. MAY YOU ALWAYS HAVE A TAIL WIND AND BLUE SKIES. 👍🇺🇸

Allen Reeder is my instructor at Knight Transportation. Great guy and a consummate professional. I couldn't have asked for a better instructor. Thank you Allen.

After seeing two episodes of this series, I have a profound respect for long haul drivers.

Mad respect for a CEO that can get dirty with his employees. Team work at it's best!

I'm not a driver, but I've recently grown interested in the field (there's been drivers throughout my family, and I recently lost an uncle that drove his entire life OTR), and I really appreciate how the issue with the trailer registration wasn't glossed over. It wasn't ignored, and it took very little time to actually rectify. Very impressive.

Good stuff, I have been a driver a dispatcher a regional dispatch manager and am now a terminal manger for an industrial gases company. The most important thing we as managers can do is connect with the drivers. They need to know we care about them and understand the sacrifices they make daily to provide for their families. I hope that this is still your corporate philosophy, keep those fine ladies and gentlemen rolling down the road safely.

I love what Allen said "you can curse the darkness or light a candle" - what a great philosophy!

As a driver myself, I honestly enjoyed this video. What I believe stood out and I agree with is an attitude of professionalism

It's encouraging to see a CEO went this far to learn what drivers do and what it's like to live in a truck.

thanks for taking the time to do a ride along Mr Jackson , i wish all DM and all of our Knight family non driver associates can eventually get to do like wise,much respect to our CEO

I have spent 24 years behind the wheel here in Canada ( Ontario ) and I must say that there is a divide between company and brokers and until that divide is removed and all are treated equally there won't be kindness .

Dave I'm 24 years old and was born 6 months before my father decided to become a truck driver. I grew up for the first 10 years not seeing my father for 1 or 2 months and seeing him for a day or 2 and then back again to 1 or 2 months.then when i was 10 my father became an Owner Op and then the finances become nicer but harder at the same time. the point of my speech is that i have missed a lot of time with my father and it is very hard now that I am older and i see the Dangers of the road I can only say one thing. I pray that every night my father stops at a truck stop and is able to sleep. I am glad that your trip was very nice with Allen but not everyday is so tame and nice.

As a driver myself, I honestly enjoyed this video. What I believe stood out and I agree with is professionalism,. Definitely something to work on an aspire to. Good Job Knight

This was absolutely Fantabulous!!! Good on you Dave Jackson for getting out there with a driver and seeing a little of how it goes. To all the negative responders.... calm down. Dave didn't HAVE to do this, especially in his position, but he did, and that is the important part. How many out there can say they have had this pleasure? I think this was pretty awesome, and this here for me personally is the part of my reasons for wanting to join the Knight family. I'm truly hoping to make this a reality come April 2020 after I get everything in order with my current job, and at home. Kudos to you also Allen Reeder for being a pretty awesome Professional Truck Driver and Thank you for keeping America moving. Thanks to ALL Truckers out there for all you do. God Bless.

I've been a driver and a manager and I really appreciate your video. All companies should make as many employees as they can ride with the drivers day or night. It changes the drivers and managers forever. Thanks Knight.

Allan raises a valid point, even over here in Australia, how can we be veiwed as professionals drivers when we cannot even speak to one and other in a professional manner on the CB without the profaities and abuse.

Thank you Dave Jackson for riding with a driver. What an eye opener to see life as a Knight Driver. I hope this video brings understanding, happiness, and appreciation to all. Knight Transportation.

It just baffles the mind all these management members reached their position in the company without ever being a driver. My god it’s a trucking company

" What you do everyday with a truck safely, there's a very small percentage of people that can do it.." 🤘🏾

Good morning, truckers...my name is Hector, experienced driver for about 21 years. I posses a valid CDL class A license. Today is my very first day watching one of the best videos that i ever saw in all the years trucking,the quality, the experience and the knowledge of the manager trainers are excelent...i believe with that kind responsability in provide better technics to the drivers to improves the knowledge is incredible and amazing. My respect for their professional team....keep it up guys! Hector Velez

That’s cool of him to get more knowledge on trucking than those who sit in a cubicle and have no idea what we’re dealing with daily. I might join knight just cause of this

Management 101 - Treat your employees well and they will in turn treat your customers well, this is how we grow business. It is very heartening to see upper management take the time to genuinely engage an employee on his level. Thank you for an excellent video.

The next time Dave hits the road, it should be in the winter and for 30 days straight during the holidays and experience the mandatory shutdowns, 34 hour resets and low amount of hours available on the clock to continue running. Either way, like that the Big Cheese hit the road to kinda get an idea of what goes on. Loved that the original plans got scrapped. Something that happens all the time.

I just talked to my recruiter and i'm all in! I'm looking forward to my career with Knight!

another great video with Knight and a million mile driver vet.respect's from las vegas , nevada.

I love this little series you guys have done. I'd love to see some kid getting mouthy with this guy then be like...oh by the way, I'm the CEO....woah man, sorry bro! haha

A good CEO - he has a lot on the plate ensuring the company runs and performs the way it should - he was kind to the drivers and I think wanted to really show that he cared.

I wish every company did this; sending the high-ups to live the everyday life of employees. Great work Knight, you really are a model corporation. BTW Indiana Jack needs a pay increase! lol

I have such a high regard for Knight; applied there at buckeye years ago, but, as a woman, could only lift 80#, so I couldn't pass ur Endurance test. Keep up the great work!!! 💜💜

Nice to see a CEO of a trucking company get "out and about" and see what your typical driver deals with on a day in day out basis..kudos to Dave Jackson for doing this..

It makes me smile to see such easy going road training with a company executive at that" I'm now considering knight after my schooling is over next month. Great video grandpa

I was flipping through some channels and seen this CEO on a ride in the big truck. AWESOME,AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!! Respect from me!

When I Trucked for years the going joke on the CB was: QUESTION: Where do you hide your money from a JB Hunt driver? ANSWER: Under a Bar Of Soap. 😂

I start Monday morning.. finished with orientation.. looking forward to driving.. leaving the corporate office world as an IT Director to go see the country.. can't believe how young David Jackson looks. :)

Always good to see management get to know the backbone and the the little guy at the companies they own or operate.

I been watching these videos where the office workers get in the truck, that is so awesome, not seen that anywhere else,

I'm not a trucker, but I have great respect for the drivers and the industry. These videos are a wonderful small insight into the world. You could truly make a reality show out of these!

What a great informative video. I'm looking forward to many more. Seems Dave Jackson has Alots of respect for his drivers and other employees. This is what a great company is all about. One thing I do find is alot of management of other companies doesn't know what some of the other employees do. I think before you get a Mangerment job you have to work your way up the ladder. You will have more respect for your employees.

I'm an owner operator but if I wasn't Knight Transportation would be very attractive to me. Great video

Good job all around from Drivers prospective and from Managements. Innovation makes for a success with a team concept working together. More More. Stay safe Driver.

I respect this CEO, viewing from Jamaica..

You have to give the CEO respect for taking the time and effort to do a ride along and try and help out when he could. To experience the drivers life.

This is so positive in terms to their drivers. Speaks a lot and they get to experience and hopefully respect drivers a little more. Way to go Knight if I was just starting; I would definitely consider driving for Knight because of these ride along.

So glad I chose knight Transportation just finished up my first year, have no desire to leave.

I really like what you guy do there at Knight. I test for my CDL Friday. Once I get my 1st year of OTR experience I'd love to have a cup of coffee with you folks. Keep up the good work and say hi to Indiana Jack for me.

As a retired trucking insurance adjuster for many years, this is a great video, it reminded me of the TV program Undercover Boss to a degree.

I watched the couple of these videos this is a very fine trucking company good drivers good equipment and good managers

Wow! Cracking vid, good to see the CEO getting in on the action and not afraid to ask, do or try. This looks a great company that looks after it's people!

I have much respect for Knights management after seeing these videos. Refreshing and heart warming!

It is like Undercover Boss!

I enjoyed watching.

Well done video and glad to see knight trying

I was owner opp and you have to have notarized paper proving you have been trained on braking settings and brake lines. Same as on wheel bearings. Electric light replacement when replacing light attachments. SEMPER FIDELIS

I'm glad the ride went as normal. Issues as normally arising . luckily its not winter right.

I would love to work as a driver for this company. Ive seen many and by far, this company seems to be great to work for.... Well done Knight, well done

Great seeing leadership out in the thick of it with their troops. Make America Great Again!!!!

I'm impressed!

U r right mr ceo drivers should have to spend a day or two with dispatchers

Great man the director of your company and exemplars demonstrates to be competent and know the work of transport

Awesome video. Keep up all the great work knight transportation.👍👍👍👍

Very enjoyable video!! Well done. Thank you!

From a UK class 1 driver this is a breath of fresh air, well done to Knight, they look a great outfit

Thank you gentlemen. You have my respect!

I worked to knight and very nice company maybe someday I will go back to it. Respect 😁

Why don't you laminate a copy of the trailer files so they won't get damaged

Knight Transportation Aarron Ortiz is comming back can’t wait t be a knight again I missed it !! Can’t wait to be back Monday !!

That is hilarious! Ran over an Alligator in Los Angeles! Oh, that made my night! My boyfriend hit one some where years ago that same thing happened to him too. How did such a young guy get to be C.E.O.? Good for you! I really enjoy these video’s.

AFTER WATCHING THIS I HAVE NOTHING BUT RESPECT FOR KNIGHT TRANSPORTATION DRIVERS OWNERS CEO ETC N MORE """"" I WOULD WORK 4 U ONLY BECAUSE OF THE RESPECT THIS GOES FOR ANYBODY RESPECT GOES LONG WAY ESPECIALLY WHEN U DO WHAT YOUR EMPLOYEES DO... THIS IS LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT I WANNA APPLY FOR A CAREER WITH THIS COMPANY I WILL SHOW THE SAME....

I have the exact same hunter orange camouflage phone case as Allen does! LOL!! Also, those onion rings looked yummy!! hehehe!!

Enjoyed the video. Thumbs up.

my sis drives been driving 20 years she has problems all the time with getting her pay from her company that's why she quits so much ...do better employers or you will lose great truck drivers ,,,,,love you sis....little dell...

Great video. Very professional driver.

It was nice to meet Dave today at the headquarters.

Every week, should pick one the executives and get down to basis, like warehouse jobs, drivers, mechanic and janitorial...If you are not capable of doing these jobs, you shouldn't be CEO or Boss or Manager, because you don't understand your employees, and what the do for the company. Just that simple. Forgot to mention, that week of " aha moment" with the same pay and benefits. I re-assured you, companies will take a second look and will improve tremendously. Good Luck!!

Good show from 🇨🇦

It is very rare to find a boss as such..Humble to the bone.

Professional drivers all deserve 1 per mile . This job keeps families apart .

That's my driver leader Isaac.. You got a good load..well a heavy Gatorade one.. And where the heck did you find an empty trailer in Phoenix Arizona?.. 😜

Keep on Trucking 🚚🚚🚚

I would like to work for that guy, seems pretty down to earth with the people working for him :)

Waaaaz up, cheese! Your famous now brother.

Watched few KZfaq videos from this company and as I’m working on getting my CDL, this made me interested in this company.

This video made me want to be a driver for Knight some day!

So much more to trucking than just driving a truck

Yes sir!

Ciff THE man Some cloves Nice video

love Knight Transportation

Thansk for upload.

Loved the video, but I think I've never laughed so hard. first I heard the CEO, sounds like a nice guy, say as he's watching you face time with your grand kids, "isn't it nice that modern technology allow you to stay in touch with family while away from them on the road.", then the pro says "Yeah, it really is. " but what I heard in my mind was. "isn't it nice that when you're gone so much, you never see your kids, but at least you can face time with them." Then what made me laugh hysterically is when the CEO said something like. "Isn't it nice to be able to look out and see the wonderful country we life in, I mean, what a beautiful view!". and the pro driver said something like. "Yeah, it's very theaaputic when I think about my second divorce." as if to say, living on the road away from home will cause you to loose not one but two wives. sorry, I drove back in the day before we even had cell phones and GPS's, and I'm sure it cost me my first marriage. so I guess my mind put that all together... great video. really. *smile*

I thought i was only one who sweeped trailers out at knight

😀AWESOME VIDEO & VERRRRY GOOOOD EXPERIENCE, FOR VIEWERS & THE CEO AS WELLLL!!!👍

Good job

awsome video

I like watching these videos

nice to watch,, i wish all CEO'S etc was the same and driver too,, awesome

I am not a truck driver but an engineer in the cellular smartphone industry. I have heard a lot of conversation on SiriusXM Channel 110 (Trucking Channel) about the upside and downside of E-Logs, trucking violations, trucking regulations and much more. I also heard about lots of wasted time for truckers waiting to get unloaded or loaded. In this video, the receiving dock did not have a record of the incoming shipment which I can imagine happens more often than it should so the driver and Knight Transportation CEO had to spend time to figuring out at the warehouse site about their load delivery instead of simply electronically being informed which dock they were to be unloading at when they arrived. There are a lot of proprietary hardware devices in the truck related to the truck safety, federal/state regulations for tracking truck/trailer/driver safety. In my opinion, the next step for the trucking industry is to have an electronic delivery information interface to the warehouses where they are picking up their loads or unloading their loads. What are thoughts about this? Newer versions of Dell computers can run Android applications so applications that can run on smartphones could very well be developed on Dell Computers with a regular keyboard.

It was interesting to see how other companies work. I've been driving food-grade tankers for the last 9 years and I suggested that our people from the office come out on the road to see "just what truckin is like". But no they want to be behind their desks.

Yeah,Melissa is awesome,I never had a sleep apnea test would I need to pay a fee on this,it's part of dqp,it's not high lighted for me but it's part of what to expect column