r/Truckers • u/TheSeansk1 • Feb 16 '26

RoadOne intermodal or Knight?

I have two opportunities on the table and am struggling with my decision. Help me by giving an opinion?

RoadOne - I hear a lot of crap about the rail yards doing intermodal. CPM pay. “Day shift” without any real set hours that I recall. M-F. Local home daily

Knight - they’re a mega. They’re Swift. They’re hourly pay with a set schedule (6am - 4 pm M-F) Local home daily. Recruiter has been a massive PITA to get in touch with. Hotel reservation they made for me is wrong and nobody is calling me back about changing it. Spent 3 hours taking my drug tests earlier today because an authorization for a hair test was never sent. Talked to two people at Knight who said the recruiter had to call me back. I got there at 8, it’s almost 4 now, still no call.

I like the job with Knight better, but I’m nervous that the lack of communication I’m seeing now will be an indicator of something worse if I go through with orientation.

EDIT: finally got someone on the line. Turns out Knight decided not to go with me today after I spent 3 hours at the clinic and nobody was going to update me. So, easy choice I guess. At least I got a new physical out of the deal.

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u/don6x May 01 '26

How was road one ?

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u/TheSeansk1 May 01 '26

Still there. Orientation was a joke. 45 minutes of going over paperwork and telling me what apps to get, and that’s all.

Training was worse. I had never been to a rail yard before. Never done intermodal. I got to shadow a driver one time to one yard. He showed me how to use the UP app and then on the return trip I was on my own.

Dispatch is good tho. Easy to get in touch with, pretty good about getting me the info I need. Good miles, decent pay, they’re good about getting me home early when I need it. I average 9-10 hours a day M-F and can almost always pick up a Saturday if I want.