Posted: 2/12/2006 7:15:02 AM EDT
| OK, as some of you know, I was recently unemployed. Well, I started a new job with Marten Transportation last week. Anyone driving a truck will love this company. My starting pay is 20% higher than I was making at the previous company. Benefits are awesome (med, vision, dental and life insurance, 401K and stock options). They put me in a 2006 Pete 387. I mean, everything is awesome. Now, I won't deny that there are a few things I don't like. The log books that they use are a bit of a pain in the*. The trip reports are also a bit more of a pain, but all in all the benefits greatly outweigh those 2 little nuisances. Of course, once I get used to their paperwork, that will no longer be a problem either. Pictures of the truck will follow as soon as possible. Anyway, I am one extremely happy camper right now!!!! |
| I miss TN too. I am currently living in southern IL. At least in FL, you have nice weather (sans hurricanes) and decent gun laws. I can't even buy a box of ammo in this state without a firearms owner ID. What a crock of unconstitutional shit!! But, things are looking up. Plans are actually ahead of schedule and I will be moving to NV some time this year. |
You know why the "grass is always greener" on the other side of the fence? Because it sits on top of the septic tank. And you know what that is full of!  I only heard once about Marten, and that was not to run for them. Of course, that was like 9 years ago from an old crusty driver. Did he have a clue what he was talking about? I dunno. Glad you found a company. Just remember one thing about that beeg shiney Petercar... "Chrome don't get you home!" 
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I don't know how they are currently; I quit almost 6 years ago. But when I drove for them: they expected you to have a clean truck, but they wouldn't wash it or pay for a truck wash, you you had to either wash the company's truck yourself, or pay for someone to do it For every load you picked up they reimbursed $1.50 for getting the truck weighed to make sure it was legal. It cost $7-8 to scale out. The Ontario terminal took 3 days to service my truck Owner-operators could refuse loads if they didn't like them. I was a solo company driver (forced dispatch), so it seemed that I wound up with the crappy loads that were left after owner-operators got good loads, and teams got high-mileage loads. When I went home I had to drop off my trailer at a drop lot, and when I headed back out, I had to go to the drop lot to pick up a trailer. About 75 miles each way (unpaid). $8/hour to do local work 28cpm with 4 years experience Grocery warehouses SUCK. I now pull dry vans. |
It's a 387 peterbubble. The only chrome is the grille (and aluminum wheels which I still need to polish )
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