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Marten Transport, LTD reviews

2.2
(33)
$500 - $5,000/week

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Salary Surveys

$500 $1,233 $5,000
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Ratings and Reviews

Former Employee - Feb 21, 2023

they purposely act ignorantly to set their drivers up. they tell you to manage faulty equipment instead of fixing the problems . I was driving their truck in a heavy rains so one of my windshield wiper broke so I pull over to the nearest truck stop call their road assistance but they told to continue driving a semi truck in heavy with no wipers to repair shop to go get it fix but I declined this and I told them" if they cant bring down the road service to my location I am not moving the truck" which they later did but since then I became a bad employee to because I did not yield to their set up. Most of their driver that have accident maybe traced to set ups of operation.

Pros

sweet talks

Cons

THEY JUST WANNA WRECK YOUR CAREER AS A DRIVER . DRIVERS DONT GO THERE.

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No Rating
Equipment and Maintenance
No Rating
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No Rating

Former Employee - Feb 13, 2023

Started off good .. Don't matter how much you do for them, the extras & no matter how hard of a runner you are they still don't appreciate you for nothing. Fired me for a accident out of my control & messed my DAC up but one thing for sure i still found something better. Fleet managers ain't worth a D*mn, don't know ABC 123 but play you like you don't no anything. We're the drivers we should be treated with the upmost respect.

Pros

The pay & the schedule, also the dedicated run & weekly minimum guarantee

Cons

Fleet managers don't know Sh*t, Terminals garbage, Fire you for anything

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Former Employee - Feb 6, 2023

Dont do it they will keep playing with your money and their pay is garbage anyways. And will try to find any excuse to not pay you, dispatch is alright and they care about safety, their terminals are garbage the only pro is the space, no trailers always wasting time looking for them , only pilot fueling, your benefits will kick in after 3 months, and your bonus is split in 6 months, just look else were this aint it Also they are awful at getting you home always leaving you stuck out somewhere so you end up getting home the next day about 50% of the time the only positive is that their terminals are located where they run or a few hours away so you can kinda plan for it but those live loads are a killer they will start you smooth d and h and then nothing but lives

Pros

Home time

Cons

Pay

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Former Employee - Jan 20, 2023

Driver beware! Very deceptive in the recruting department, Operation and planning are terrible.Driver managers are ok. Do your homework before considering this company!!!

Pros

Nice managers Nice shop

Cons

Deceptive recruting Terrible load management No chance of making more than minimum pay, even if you ask to stay out longer.

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Former Employee - Dec 12, 2022

Worst experience dealing with a recruiter who was disrespectful, incompetent and a bully. All around bad experience with the company. Think twice about this company

Pros

None

Cons

Everything

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Salary Surveys

Company Driver - 2 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in West Memphis, AR on Feb 13, 2023

$1,325 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 1 Year CDL Experience

Surveyed in Carlisle, PA on Feb 6, 2023

$1,096 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Jurupa Valley, CA on Jan 20, 2023

$1,300 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 5+ Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Tucker, GA on Dec 12, 2022

$1,250 per week

Current Employee

No

Company Driver - 4 Years CDL Experience

Surveyed in Wilmer, TX on Oct 28, 2022

$1 per week

Current Employee

No

Discussions

Marten Transport

mjd4277

Nov 1, 2015

Marten Transport

My former trainer went over to Marten back in January and according to her she loves it. She mostly runs Southeast and manages to get home every weekend.

List of companies with Autos

amtrack

Jun 28, 2016

List of companies with Autos

Marten Transport. Some of the newer Kenworth T-680s and Freightliner Cascadia Evolution models are autos,with manual models in the mix. I wanted a manual transmission in either a Freightliner or a KW after they sold the T-660 I drove but HQ said I had no choice and gave me an auto.

Truck speed

d_bassguy79

Aug 31, 2016

Truck speed

Q: Can anyone driving for marten tell me what speed the trucks are governed to? Thanks.

A: Marten is governed 63 on the throttle, 65 on the cruise.

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diesel drinker

Aug 9, 2016

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Q: Do they have a cap on detention?
I see some of the same drivers come in and out of our DC. I don't think they do that many outgoing, they bring more in. But I see some of them posted up there overnight sometimes.

 

A: The cap is 9 hours. Only a few times I've sat like that but I was paid layover with Max detention. Sat 32 hours once. Max detention and got layover x3. That was a 2320 3 stop load. $1800 run week that week all because the first stop screwed up lol.

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rachi

Aug 14, 2016

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Marten generally gets regional drivers on the west coast home for a 34 after 10 to 14 days out. Thats how it was when i was there. Not enough HT for me. If you came from a big bottom feeder then marten is better.

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KaoMinerva

Aug 9, 2016

Marten Transport ***PAY SCALE***

If it's less than 100 miles or so they pay you hourly at $20/hr or $25/hr.

 

Detention is $20/hr after first our for company drivers and $25/hr for O/O. Stops are $20 per stop

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Cjayn

Feb 8, 2016

Marten Transport 2016

Q:  Marten does not have cameras correct?

A: NO CAMERAS

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Onetime47

Apr 13, 2016

Marten Transport 2016

Q: Anyone have any info about Marten in the NW area?

A: Looks to be legit! I personalyy stopped by the terminal in Wilsonvile and chatted with a couple of the current employees and a driver. I really think running out of this terminal will be great!

Marten Transport 2016

Onetime47

Apr 13, 2016

Marten Transport 2016

Q: I want to go with Marten but am worried I won't get enough miles each week. Anyone know if they get good miles OTR?

A: I worked here for about 4 weeks had to go back to LTL company but I can say the 4 weeks I was there they will mile you up and super nice people to work for

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blackstrat

Jul 21, 2016

Marten Transport 2016

Q: I'm checking this company out to see if I can get on Walmart Dedicated. I'm in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan, but I have seen a Marten truck at the Walmart here. 

Just wondered if anyone has done this dedicated run. I also wondered if I could get an automatic with Marten.

 

A: Yes you can just tell your recruiter YOU WANT AN AUTOMATIC! To my knowledge, all automatics are Freightliners. 

What reefers does marten have on their trailers?

CallOfTheWild

May 1, 2015

What reefers does marten have on their trailers?

They have both TK's and Carriers. Majority is TK, but they do have both.

Most tks are sb400 whispers though newer ones are precedents. The carriers are slowly being phased out. Only significant difference is if they run out of fuel the carriers are a little easier to bleed. They have a bleed valve. Tk you have to have a socket to crack a banjo bolt. Precedents have electric fuel pump.

Feedback on Marten Transport 2015?

gucci2u

Apr 26, 2015

Feedback on Marten Transport 2015?

Marten pays you for your time. You drive. You get paid miles. You sit, through no fault of your own, you get paid detention/layover/average-daily-pay. I know drivers that rake in $1000 a week from sitting. One of my Marten friends jokingly say "Did you get your welfare Po yet?"!!! Marten is serious about the value of a driver's time. Some dispatchers are tight-wads about it, but most follow the rules.

My friend David netted $958.50 on this check.