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OverTheRoad
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:13 pm Post subject: |
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| Marten Transport the reefer company from WI recognizes local experience. :) |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 6:26 pm Post subject: |
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| OverTheRoad wrote: Marten Transport the reefer company from WI recognizes local experience. :) Really??..u sure about that??...do u work for them??,,,can u give me a lil backround on them?? |
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OverTheRoad
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:38 pm Post subject: |
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| Yes I am sure, I picked up the phone and asked them. No I don't work for them. I was going to a few months ago but decided not to. Call Rod at the OR terminal. At the time I talked to him I had 6 months with Swift and 5 months local. He put me on with a year experience, .36 cpm. Not to shabby. They were going to fly me to the terminal for orientation. If you want more info about Marten, do a search. There is a few Marten drivers here. Some Ex Marten drivers also. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:41 pm Post subject: |
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| OverTheRoad wrote: Yes I am sure, I picked up the phone and asked them. No I don't work for them. I was going to a few months ago but decided not to. Call Rod at the OR terminal. At the time I talked to him I had 6 months with Swift and 5 months local. He put me on with a year experience, .36 cpm. Not to shabby. They were going to fly me to the terminal for orientation. If you want more info about Marten, do a search. There is a few Marten drivers here. Some Ex Marten drivers also. ok, somthings not right, the ClassADrivers - Comparrison list says 4 months, there website says 1 yr....ur saying they accept local, r we thinking of 2 different Marten Transports?? |
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OverTheRoad
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:55 pm Post subject: |
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| The ClassADrivers site is not always up to date. Call them, talk to Rod and find out for yourself. You might have to go out with a trainer for a bit, you might just walk in and after orientation you get your own truck. Just ask them. Marten Transport, Mondovi WI. Same Marten. Go to their website and find the OR terminal and talk to ROD. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 8:57 pm Post subject: |
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| OverTheRoad wrote: The ClassADrivers site is not always up to date. Call them, talk to Rod and find out for yourself. You might have to go out with a trainer for a bit, you might just walk in and after orientation you get your own truck. Just ask them. Marten Transport, Mondovi WI. Same Marten. Go to their website and find the OR terminal and talk to ROD. i went to Marten's website, they say 1 yr, but ill call tomorrow..i've already proved Company websites rnt as accurate as they claim...lol |
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OverTheRoad
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| True, your best bet is to just call them. You might want to be nice and ask politly for a job, don't go talking to them like they owe you a job. They tend to not like that. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 9:55 pm Post subject: |
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| OverTheRoad wrote: True, your best bet is to just call them. You might want to be nice and ask politly for a job, don't go talking to them like they owe you a job. They tend to not like that. who should i say refered me?...PM me if u dont want to say here.. |
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OverTheRoad
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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| No don't worry about it. I wont get anything from it. I don't work for them. Its no problem. |
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RoadRunner9501
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| Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2005 10:49 pm Post subject: |
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| oh, ok,.,.i just figure if you did, and i got in, i'd give u all the credit possible...lol... |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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RoadRunner9501 wrote: OverTheRoad wrote: True, your best bet is to just call them. You might want to be nice and ask politly for a job, don't go talking to them like they owe you a job. They tend to not like that. who should i say refered me?...PM me if u dont want to say here..
Tell em Randy Martin referred you |
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OverTheRoad
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 1:17 pm Post subject: |
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| Yeah Randy and I go way back. :roll: :roll: :wink: |
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yoopr
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| Posted: Wed Oct 19, 2005 10:20 pm Post subject: |
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| I remember when Randy ran around on his Blue Harley-wonder if he still does-I think he's about the same age is me |
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Windwalker
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| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2005 7:29 pm Post subject: |
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There is one thing I do see missing. How about a rating system. Sort of an answer to DAC. The more complaints you hear on here about a company, the lower their listing number goes. Say, no complaints, listing is a 10. No good comments, but a lot of bad ones and the listing is a 1.
I've been out here long enough to know that there are companies that I WILL NOT work for. But there are other companies that I don't know much about. And those just coming into the industry have no idea at all. With that, they could look for the highest number and try to pick one of them to work for. |
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Windwalker
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| The hauling hazmat is going to be the one that will get much tougher. And I'm having a problem with that. Get fingerprinted, have a background check done, and for what? There were fourteen foreign drivers that the FBI identified as having connections with Al Qaeda, and Homeland Security still approved them to haul hazmat. What's the point of fingerprints and background check if they're going to allow terrorists to drive hazmat? |
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