The Marten website says you have to have hazmat to qualify. Really? Any Marten drivers out there that can answer how hard and fast they are about that? I did not renew mine when I renewed my license in December because I did not have the $300+ for the background check. (I got the original hazmat endorsement before that requirement came into being.)
HazMat?
Discussion in 'Marten' started by kingsson, Mar 25, 2009.
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Cost my husband $80 for FBI backbround check in July....
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Wow, that's expensive. I dropped mine as well because I didn't feel like hassling with X anymore.
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It costs $155 fr background check in KY but my carrier reimburses me . Used to take 60 days to get cleared but is less than 1/2 that now .
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Carrriers reimburse who haul hazmat. Mine does not, so I would have had to pay the amount. I had heard $300 from others in Nebraska, although that may be old. In December I did not have that money to use... or now for that matter... but certainly not when Christmas was coming up. I am tentatively looking into going back to 48 OTR instead of this north east stuff every week (get tired of traffic, tolls, and crappy weather), but with freight so down I may stick to what I have. I had heard Marten was a good company and keeping everyone busy. Went to their site, and it says they require hazmat. Go figure!
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I renewed mine over a year ago, sent in the reicepts and a week later had all cost out of pocket, paid back in a week.
Yes they want you to have it with in 90days. -
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BTW, the Marten recruiters told me that Marten does not haul Classes 1 & 3 (flammables & explosives), but I did in fact haul placarded flammables, just FYI. You are supposed to get your HZ endorsement within 90 days of hire, and there may some re-imbursement, so you should check into that. I got re-imbursed for the $80 background check. I had to provide a copy of both the receipt and my newly issued CDL with the HZ endorsement to get the reimbursement.
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I got my hasmat 10/6/09 in Florida and cost $127.00. That the hasmat test, background, fingerprints. Got mine in the mail. Ky maken some money on hasmat.
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