Marten Transport

[kips41]

Looking for some current info about Marten Transport out of Mondovi,WI.

If you are now driving for them or have drove for them in the last 2-3 months tell me about your experience with them.

Fyi, I live in Beaumont, TX, wondering how it would be getting home with them?

[poserpunk765]

i'm sure this post won't really be that helpful but from all that i have heard marten is one of the better companies to work for.

Got pinned in waiting for fuel once because the two chicks driving the marten truck in the pull up at the pumps took about 30 minutes to get back to their truck after shopping in the store. grr. was on my way home too.

[TK THE TRUCKER]

Marten has pretty good freight in that area last I knew, and a dropyard on the north east side of Houston. They have quite a few loads coming in and out of Houston. Lots of loads out of Annheiser Busch and living in that area you be in even better shape if you have a haz-mat endorsement.

[Lewis friend]

Marten seems pretty good overall.

But with the refer, do they make lots of deliveries to food warehouses at odd hours?

[inmate1577]

i'm sure this post won't really be that helpful but from all that i have heard marten is one of the better companies to work for.

Got pinned in waiting for fuel once because the two chicks driving the marten truck in the pull up at the pumps took about 30 minutes to get back to their truck after shopping in the store. grr. was on my way home too.

Hell, thats everyone in the fuel island. Bunch of dummies who have to get that subway sandwhich.

[-FlyByNight-]

Looking for some current info about Marten Transport out of Mondovi,WI.

If you are now driving for them or have drove for them in the last 2-3 months tell me about your experience with them.

Fyi, I live in Beaumont, TX, wondering how it would be getting home with them?

I left Marten the beginning of May, but I have friends that still work there and I know not much has changed since I left. They do pay a sign on bonus now, but there's a reason for that. They also pay $25 on each end of hazmat loads, which is nice. They finally switched to Transflo Express also. I've already posted my experience/opinion of Marten Transport here if you want to read it. Good luck!

[Lewis friend]

All i want to know is:

Are marten drivers getting lots of miles right now? (and yes, i understand that it is the slow period)

And do they deliver at funky (middle of the night) hours?

That's all i care about.

They got petes so that's definitely a positive.

[Smooth]

All i want to know is:

Are marten drivers getting lots of miles right now? (and yes, i understand that it is the slow period)

And do they deliver at funky (middle of the night) hours?

That's all i care about.

They got petes so that's definitely a positive.

Everyone who drivers a reefer usually has some type of midnight deliveries , as far as Petes go they do have them but they don't hand them out to rookies very often . They are a good company in general , if you are a rookie and want to drive a Pete I guess maybe Anderson is your best bet out of Minnesota .
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And do they deliver at funky (middle of the night) hours?

You're darn tootin' they do. Reefer sucks, man. Yeah the length of haul is generally longer, but the BS you have to put up with at grocery *****houses more than offsets it. Nothing like seeing those smiling faces full of cheer and good tidings to all truckers at Tyson/Sysco/Taylor Farms at 3AM. Then there's oodles of extra stops. Waiting in line at the Streakin' Beacon for washouts. Every load is max weight. Pallet swaps. Don't forget you have to fuel the damn thing every time you drop it (for free, of course). Uggghhhh....

Oh well, at least you'll have plenty of time to polish up your rims/fuel tanks.

[Smooth]

And do they deliver at funky (middle of the night) hours?

You're darn tootin' they do. Reefer sucks, man. Yeah the length of haul is generally longer, but the BS you have to put up with at grocery *****houses more than offsets it. Nothing like seeing those smiling faces full of cheer and good tidings to all truckers at Swift/Taylor Farms at 3AM. Then there's oodles of extra stops. Waiting in line at the Streakin' Beacon for washouts. Every load is max weight. Pallet swaps. Don't forget you have to fuel the damn thing every time you drop it (for free, of course). Uggghhhh....

Oh well, at least you'll have plenty of time to polish up your rims/fuel tanks.

LOL , nicely and honestly stated .

[mikey4069]

And do they deliver at funky (middle of the night) hours?

You're darn tootin' they do. Reefer sucks, man. Yeah the length of haul is generally longer, but the BS you have to put up with at grocery *****houses more than offsets it. Nothing like seeing those smiling faces full of cheer and good tidings to all truckers at Swift/Taylor Farms at 3AM. Then there's oodles of extra stops. Waiting in line at the Streakin' Beacon for washouts. Every load is max weight. Pallet swaps. Don't forget you have to fuel the damn thing every time you drop it (for free, of course). Uggghhhh....

Oh well, at least you'll have plenty of time to polish up your rims/fuel tanks.

LOL , nicely and honestly stated .

That is so much bs . reefer is not that bad. reefer freight does not slow down as much as general freight does. As far as the late night unloads my time at marten i had very few. This is coming from a non union driver

[-FlyByNight-]

And do they deliver at funky (middle of the night) hours?

You're darn tootin' they do. Reefer sucks, man. Yeah the length of haul is generally longer, but the BS you have to put up with at grocery *****houses more than offsets it. Nothing like seeing those smiling faces full of cheer and good tidings to all truckers at Swift/Taylor Farms at 3AM. Then there's oodles of extra stops. Waiting in line at the Streakin' Beacon for washouts. Every load is max weight. Pallet swaps. Don't forget you have to fuel the damn thing every time you drop it (for free, of course). Uggghhhh....

Oh well, at least you'll have plenty of time to polish up your rims/fuel tanks.

LOL , nicely and honestly stated .

That is so much bs . reefer is not that bad. reefer freight does not slow down as much as general freight does. As far as the late night unloads my time at marten i had very few. This is coming from a non union driver

Actually, I'd say he was right on target with the exception of trailer washouts. Marten will fight you tooth and nail to avoid paying for them now. Since they changed the HOS effective 10/1/05, you can have all the reefer work, because I'm done with it!

[Lewis friend]

Soooooo..............Marten does deliver at freaky hours?

Y or N?

[doug33]

Everyone delivers at freaky hours, sometimes convience demands it.I mean if everyone delivered at the same time nothing would ever get delivered.

[jnk2001]

Soooooo..............Marten does deliver at freaky hours?

Y or N?

Yes....Just think of yourself as a high paid gypsy working for a glorified carnival...

[Lewis friend]

i guess i can cross them off the list.

What a shame, they seem like a good company and they have petes.

[mikey4069]

Soooooo..............Marten does deliver at freaky hours?

Y or N?

yes but even dry freight has times where you will del in in the late hrs .

[mikey4069]

If you want an 8-5 job better stay away from trucking.

[TK THE TRUCKER]

Soooooo..............Marten does deliver at freaky hours?

Y or N?

I'd have to look back through my paperwork but I'd say maybe once every 8-10 loads would have an appointment between 22:00 and 05:00 when I was at Marten. I certainly didn't like late night deliveries but most of the time I didn't have much of a problem. If it was a early morning appointment I'd stop at a truckstop then head in close to my appointment time. If it was a late night appointment I'd head right to the customer and more often than not they would unload me early or definitely start by my appointment time and I could still get to a truckstop and get a decent rest.

Most often while unloading late night deliveries I would just got to bed like I would be anyways at a truckstop. It just sucks when you have to get up out of bed when they are done unloading, get your bills and go find a place to park. Probably the worst place I had to deal with was Mclane warehouses. They only take deliveries at night and on most occasions are a pain to deal with.

[kips41]

i guess i can cross them off the list.

What a shame, they seem like a good company and they have petes.

Delivering at odd hours is not a big deal, you just have to learn how to work the night shift??

If you cross out a company b/c of odd hours why drive a truck.

I guess you could always go pull oversize freight as they can only run during daylight hours for the most part.