Hello Everyone:
Just this afternoon, a recruiter from Marten Transport reached out to me, while offering me a local, home daily position, where I would be delivering no touch freight to several Kroger grocery stores within my surrounding area.
He stated that I would be paid $1800 weekly; but then again, recruiters have a tendency to inflate the rate of pay. For now, I'm just taking what they say with a grain of salt.
My question to anyone in the forum is in regards to what I should expect and I would be happy to hear from anyone who has worked for Marten Transport. For example, do they pay overtime, is the equipment in decent shape, does the management team micromanage etc.
On a personal note, I would much prefer to run tankers/ cryogenics; but nothing seems to be coming up in my area as of late. I'm wondering if I should take this job, or if I should just hold out for a tanker position instead.
Martens Transport/What's The Good & The Bad?
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"O5"( Oconomowoc) you say? My old stompin' grounds. My brother lives in Sullivan. I drove for Brownberry( now Bimbo
) back in the late 90s. I think all those company drivers are gone now. I sold my '72 Peterbilt to a guy in Mondovi. Randy Marten was a drivers boss, and knew what it took to keep drivers. I don't think I ever heard anyone complain about Randy Marten and I come from a time where truck owners (80s/90s) were the biggest crooks. Marten pay was always good. I knew several O/Os that ran for Marten. That $1800 is probably gross, and maybe on the inflated side, but as long as cheese is going west and strawberries coming back, you'll always have a job. I remember when Marten had cabover 362 Petes, one of the few companies that thought enough of their drivers to give them the best. Werner too had long nose Petes, that some of the drivers ended up buying..
BTW, I see Bimbo is looking for a transport driver, starting $28.50/hr., which is a heck of a lot more than I made, and appears to still be a union job. I didn't think they existed anymore. That was all regional runs, I'd check that out!Last edited: May 15, 2026
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