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jonekatz1 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 205 Location: Western New York

I spoke to a Nice Lady up in Wi recently,
& she told me that Drivers stay out 14 to 21 day's would anyone
know if the is about the Norm or not, Oh by the way is most of there's
freight frozen or do they haul any produce. Thank's :?: :roll:

Any Information would be appreciated :wink:

Barrelburner · Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:09 pm Post subject:

Do they still expect the driver to pay for the truck wash?

Do they still pay $1.50/load to scale out?

jonekatz1 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 205 Location: Western New York

Yo,
Have'nt a clue were you could weigh a Truck & Trailer for $ 1.50
to axle out but eye no U can wash the Equipment at there
Terminals 8) :idea:

TK THE TRUCKER · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 894 Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY

Barrelburner wrote: Do they still expect the driver to pay for the truck wash? No, they don't expect you to pay for the truck wash. They also don't expect you to wash the truck. There are wash bays at all the terminals if a driver wants to wash their truck. However, in the summertime they do the "Match Game". If you check the temperature on the bills and it is different from the dispatch temp, you contact your fleet manager right away and they will give you a Tchek for $25 or send you a Tchek for the amount of the truck wash wherever you choose.

Barrelburner wrote: Do they still pay $1.50/load to scale out?
No, they recently changed it. They will send you a PO for the amount of the scale if you needed it. If you scale a 30,000 lb load don't expect to get a PO as the scale was unnecessary. With the air gages I don't usually scale anything under 42,000 unless I really think the bills are off. If I'm full of fuel I just run the gage on my tractor close to my 34,000 lb mark and call it good. Anytime I've scaled to double check myself no further action was needed and I wasted time and money on a scale. 8) 8)

jonekatz1 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 205 Location: Western New York

Hey Anyone!"

In the Know does Marten Pull any Produce Loads

Quote: Be True To Thine Own Self

TK THE TRUCKER · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 894 Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY

jonekatz1 wrote: Hey Anyone!"

In the Know doe's Marten Pull any Produce Loads

Yes we do. Quite a bit out of California. However most produce loads are put on teams. As a solo I don't see it very often. 8)

SickofDriving · Joined: 22 Apr 2008 Posts: 27

Yeah true but when I pulled for Bluebird as a Solo driver.
They would send me to pickup frozen stawberries from Dole in MERCED,CA I beleive it was headed to rockford,il .
Or franklin,indiana to some bakery there.
Marten does alot of I-80 east and west.At least when I was with them and I always got good miles to.

jonekatz1 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 205 Location: Western New York

Hey T.K.,

I was reading a article recently & it said that if someone hires on with your outfit that the referring Driver would be the reciepient of $ 1,000. how long does the new Driver have to be on for? I 'm also curious if cool air comes through the A/C Ducts by the APU? 8) :idea:

MartenDrvrCA

jonekatz1 wrote: Hey T.K.,

I was reading a article recently & it said that if someone hires on with your outfit that the referring Driver would be the reciepient of $ 1,000. how long does the new Driver have to be on for? I 'm also curious if cool air comes through the A/C Ducts by the APU? 8) :idea: The APU I have in my marten truck kicks out thru the special vent underneath the bunk.And it will only operate in between certain temps.

jonekatz1 · Joined: 19 Feb 2006 Posts: 205 Location: Western New York

Hey T.K. or Anyone,

Familiar with Marten's Midwest regional Op's. I'm told by Marten that U would would be home weekly. Is that accurate, I'm curious what kind of units do they use.I:E Whisper unit or other, I know they use Thermo-King & Carrier units, are the APU units Very noisy. AnY accurate InFo would be appreciated. 8) :?:

Quote: I never Met A Man, I Didn't Like. Will Rodgers

TK THE TRUCKER · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 894 Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY

jonekatz1 wrote: Hey T.K. or Anyone,

Familiar with Marten's Midwest regional Op's. I'm told by Marten that U would would be home weekly. Is that accurate, I'm curious what kind of units do they use.I:E Whisper unit or other, I know they use Thermo-King & Carrier units, are the APU units Very noisy. AnY accurate InFo would be appreciated. 8) :?:

I'm not sure what they mean by home weekly on the regional work. I haven't really talked to any regional drivers. Most of our fleet of trailers are Thermo-Kings, about 70% the rest are Carriers. The Thermo-Kings are pretty quiet and the Carriers are a bit louder. I have a Thermo-King APU unit on my truck and I consider it very quiet, more than the reefer. Time for bed 8) 8)

ChikinTrucka · Joined: 06 Jan 2008 Posts: 128 Location: Maine, Ayah

I see by the job listing description that they don't hire in MAINE. I tried calling to confirm this and after being on hold for 25 minutes, I gave up. Anyone know if that is true or if they'll hire from Southern Maine??
Thanks,
Chikin Trucka.
:withstupid:

TK THE TRUCKER · Joined: 11 Jul 2004 Posts: 894 Location: NEAR ROCHESTER, NY

I couldn't say for sure but I doubt they are hiring in Maine. There's a few loads going into Maine but not much coming out, have to deadhead out of there. Usually recruiting is good at answering the phones. I'll see what I can come up with unless you get a hold of them. 8) 8)

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