Smaggs goes to Marten. My Experience with Marten Transport.

Not many weeds growing under your drives

 

I will be joining marten really soon. Do they still give u the option to pick loads sometimes? I am looking forward to this company they are flying me to their headquarters in WI

 

What should I expect at orientation

 

Paper work, video's, road test, physical, meeting various department heads, more paperwork, more video's, lunch, smoke breaks, bathroom breaks, trucker stories from various people now off the road, and from other new hires. If I didn't know better, this reads like a typical orientation.

 

And pray to god they get you home on time,, because they have a pretty good track record not getting some one i know, home, he was even late for his paid in full vacation.

 

Got to the shipper in portland around 6pm and was told the load wouldn't be ready till 8am. No problem, I kicked back in the sleeper and got a good nights rest, then was loaded in the morning. An hour after leaving that shipper $220.00 in detention pay popped up on the QC. Automatic, didn't even have to ask for it. 8)

 

When I was running otr i got home late all the time, but on the western fleet they have gotten me home ontime except one time, and that was only by one day. And i haven't had to swap loads at all to get home.