How many loads are you doing per week? Ive heard a few drivers saying there's a lot of short hauls. Thank you for the information, stay safe out there.
dude my current company i work and mind you its local there is always an issue with our trailers. flat tires, lights out etc. and then they expect you to just take it if its on bad shape. so half the time i end up having to switch to a different trailer and waste time at the yard because the shop can't fix anything we tag out.
I've worked for Covenant Transport for 9 months and just got my application to Martin approved yesterday. Not happy to hear they use omnitracs thats what we have here and it does suck but I'm used to it and have a Rand McNally tablet backup GPS plus Trucker Path on my phone which is what I used before getting the GPS. I've had them freeze, crash, refuse to restart or start at all and randomly restart in the middle of the city.. No fridge is different but not a big deal. I just need the truck to run. I've had 4 trucks in 9 months and my current one is back at the dealership while I sit here getting 50 bucks after every 24 hours of shop detention. Well I will on payday if I remind them. If you don't ask for it they don't give it. When I started and my first two trucks went in the shop I didn't know you were supposed to get $50 per 24 hours in the shopand didn't ask for it. I'm so over it here. Tired of no communication, tired of waiting up to 6 hours for a load sometimes longer, tired of my trucks falling apart and being nasty af. And if you send me to recover a truck that's sitting at a dealer "fixed" while mines in the shop and I tell you hey, tires are sh1t, lots of rust on many parts, inspection sticker missing, fluids are low, engine sounds sus, mattresses are worst I've seen, and you tell me nothing you can do about the mattresses now call breakdown and get that stuff taken care of and get rolling. Then fight me over tires rejecting the photos the shop sent when you respond 2 hour later making them retake and waiting another 2 hours to respond. After they finally approved them and the shop got them on I'd been sitting in the shop bay from 1130 to 1800. Finally get a load, run from PA to IN. Supposed to meet another truck to repower another load. Now I got 3 blown bulbs. I try to swap out myself and doesn't work. I'm at a pilot and my company won't work with them they want me to go to a TA but its dark so they get a guy to come to me. He shows up 2 hours later and tells me those bulbs that are blown aren't supposed to be on. I show him how they're on at the other side of the truck... he says ok and pulls out two other bulbs not the ones I indicated. I again argue for the other bulbs. He finally gets it in between vapes and takes the new bulbs I couldn't get to work and does the same thing I'd already done. Obviously nothing happens so he says he has to make a call and gets back in his truck. Comes back over starts messing with the fuses nothing happens or changes so he gives up tells me since 3 bulbs blew in his opinion a circuit board in the headlight assembly is fried and I need it replaced there's nothing he can do. He says I'm still d.o.t. legal which I have extreme doubts about. So back on the phone I go. I message fleet team with the update and call breakdown again to wait on hold for another 40 minutes. After I explain everything again and the new developments (you have to tell the whole story every time you call they have no idea what your problem is even though you explained it to 1 or 2 people already depending how many times you had to call) they say I'm not legal and shut down for the night and go to the closest TA in the daylight. I find the location thanks to my GPS and call them to ask for wait times. He says he can get me in about noon. Now I'm a team driver and my recent and 3rd co driver is female. So when she's in the sleeper I have to stay in the front. I sat in that drivers seat for 13 and a half of my 14 hours waiting out the night and got us to the TA right before my clock ran out. Its about 0745 or so and I check in right away so I don't get pushed further down the line. New eta when they can look at the truck, 1900 tonight. We tell fleet team and they give their usual response "call breakdown" and get a new location. So first I call the next closest TA he says they got no techs at all and are turning trucks away. Great. Somewhere in the middle of this they had taken us off the load so we're back to sitting not getting paid anything. Nothing for waiting and nothing for driving to these shops. So they decide to make an exception and send us to a loves that says they only have a 4 hour wait. We get there, check in and wait and wait and wait. My partner checks back and they say oh we only have one mechanic today we're not even looking at vehicles with your type of issues today. You've got to be fin kidding me. So we call breakdown again. This person says idk why you went to a shop in the first place this issue can only be fixed at a dealership. OMFG. They say they have two other recovery options for us while this truck we just freaking picked up from a dealership a couple days ago goes back to a dealership. So we decide on a location to go to but its night, and we can't drive. By the time the morning comes around we explain whats going on to the day crew who says oh no thats incorrect there are no recoveries in this region at all right now. Fine whatever we go from IN to IL where the dealer is. Guess what there IS another truck there. The level of incompetence, idiocy, I can't take it anymore. Idk why I just told you all this. If you made it this far thanks for listening to my rant lol. If this is how trucking is at every company then maybe I need to find a new path because a fat paycheck one week doesn't make up for nothing the next two I can't keep doing this.
Sheesh you been through a lot! I thought I was goin through a lot with my last company ! I went through 5 trucks with my last company. Yeah ofcourse I’d read the whole thing you took the time out to watch and comment ! But with marten they do a 30 day safety inspection to make sure you really won’t have any break downs and if you do they pay I think 280 or 260 for break down pay for 24 hrs.
@@TheMoeeShow Awesome thanks that's my main concern. I just want the truck to not be disgusting and to be able to run consistent miles. Home time is not a big deal I just need to run. I haven't set up my orientation yet but I hope to jump over middle of next month.
@@Road-Peasant work for covenant now. Switching to marten soon. Covenant is aight. They’re equipment is pretty shitty tho but not as bad as some other companies. Pay is pretty mediocre compared to what I’m seeing with marten. But Overall they’re a good starter company
It’s that way at a lot of bigger companies especially those that hire students and inexperienced drivers on a regular basis. But it’s not that way everywhere. Ya just got to investigate and find out the good vs the bad. I am sorry you went through this but as a 33 yr OTR veteran of 61 yrs of age it gave me a chuckle, thanks!😂
Answered my biggest question…NO refrigerator! I have to have that storage for cold stuff. How do you spend 5.5-6 days with no fridge. Ugh I was going to start next week but that has me thinking. Thanks for the video man!!!
Do you ever have trailers that track down the road, or dog leg to the right? That’s one of my big pet peeves with companies that have great trailers but worn out suspension and bushings.
A lot of the doglegged wagons are because drivers hitting curbs etc and the carriers often don’t pay to have them aligned, just lubed, greased and repaired as needed.
On PC issue II didn't happen for a long time but what time I wanted to go to the store so I called safety and asked him if I could go on PC And told me yes they turned it on and they never turned it off so I still have it I told him I would never abuse it Try calling safety I did or I think it was a log department
At Covenant I've always seen the option in our omnitracs but they told us not to use it unless its a situation where we were out of hours and security or someone like that forced us to move. In my lowly 9 months experience I haven't touched it once.
i don't think they shave miles off. some companies pay Address to Address, and others pay practical miles. but not everyone pays for practical miles. but either way your still making damn good money instead of working some minimum wage job.
@@TheMoeeShow you was complaining. I'm just a older driver. I'm at Marten and the best thing they did for me was get rid of the shelving behind the passenger seat so I can put a taller fridge with straps. I cook my own food. I've had trucks that come with their own fridge. They are too small to put anything in and I'll be at Walmart every other day buying groceries. If you dont want any comments don't post bitchass
@@TheMoeeShow be careful being a vloger. Their's a another Trucker that has a podcast that goes by the name of lockoutmen. I responded to one of his videos and he proceeded to put me on blast. He put my email address and said a few words. 2 months later we ended up at thr love's in Nashville. Don't talk shit
Young man I ain't trying to troll you at the least, but I've been trucking for over 20 something odd years and been doing OTR trucking almost most of those years, and there should be a little small space built in space in there just so your refrigerator can fit... I know what kind of trucks Martin run, they're using newer model Kenworth's and there are specifically design for those refrigerators to fit, now the refrigerator isn't all that big but nevertheless you can put a refrigerator in there and still adequate enough room space... Again, l not trying to put salt in your game youngster, Norm I'm trying to troll but I'm a veteran out there and over road, and I know that those trucks are built with the cubby hole and a power line specifically for a refrigerator to fit in only there's no way in the world if you get the right size refrigerator to fit inside that cabin space that you should not have no room in that truck it just ain't so... Part of having room in your truck is neatly maintaining your space which I'm sure you do by the way but you sitting here saying when you put the refrigerator in you ain't going to have no room no, put the right kind of refrigerator that fits inside the cubbyhole and Martin provide trucks that fit inside the cubby hole... That's all I'm saying Young man, no disrespect...
None taken big dawg ! I appreciate the feed back. I was able to get it figured out to where I could put the fridge in there and have my space. This video was just taken when I first noticed so I ain’t do to much looking around for a fridge
@@TheMoeeShow Yeah l hear you, but most importantly l want you to be safe and never be in a super rush, plan your trips ahead and take your time getting there... Especially in the winter, you picked a great career take care...
You the slow one bozo ! 😂😂 I clearly said it ain’t an issue for me so i dont care about not having a fridge. There’s people out there that care about their truck coming with a fridge and you watched the video and commented 😂😂
Was your last company western express
@@kylesidner Naww never worked there
How many loads are you doing per week? Ive heard a few drivers saying there's a lot of short hauls. Thank you for the information, stay safe out there.
dude my current company i work and mind you its local there is always an issue with our trailers. flat tires, lights out etc. and then they expect you to just take it if its on bad shape. so half the time i end up having to switch to a different trailer and waste time at the yard because the shop can't fix anything we tag out.
Bro find another job they gonna get you in trouble
I've worked for Covenant Transport for 9 months and just got my application to Martin approved yesterday. Not happy to hear they use omnitracs thats what we have here and it does suck but I'm used to it and have a Rand McNally tablet backup GPS plus Trucker Path on my phone which is what I used before getting the GPS. I've had them freeze, crash, refuse to restart or start at all and randomly restart in the middle of the city.. No fridge is different but not a big deal. I just need the truck to run. I've had 4 trucks in 9 months and my current one is back at the dealership while I sit here getting 50 bucks after every 24 hours of shop detention. Well I will on payday if I remind them. If you don't ask for it they don't give it. When I started and my first two trucks went in the shop I didn't know you were supposed to get $50 per 24 hours in the shopand didn't ask for it. I'm so over it here. Tired of no communication, tired of waiting up to 6 hours for a load sometimes longer, tired of my trucks falling apart and being nasty af. And if you send me to recover a truck that's sitting at a dealer "fixed" while mines in the shop and I tell you hey, tires are sh1t, lots of rust on many parts, inspection sticker missing, fluids are low, engine sounds sus, mattresses are worst I've seen, and you tell me nothing you can do about the mattresses now call breakdown and get that stuff taken care of and get rolling. Then fight me over tires rejecting the photos the shop sent when you respond 2 hour later making them retake and waiting another 2 hours to respond. After they finally approved them and the shop got them on I'd been sitting in the shop bay from 1130 to 1800. Finally get a load, run from PA to IN. Supposed to meet another truck to repower another load. Now I got 3 blown bulbs. I try to swap out myself and doesn't work. I'm at a pilot and my company won't work with them they want me to go to a TA but its dark so they get a guy to come to me. He shows up 2 hours later and tells me those bulbs that are blown aren't supposed to be on. I show him how they're on at the other side of the truck... he says ok and pulls out two other bulbs not the ones I indicated. I again argue for the other bulbs. He finally gets it in between vapes and takes the new bulbs I couldn't get to work and does the same thing I'd already done. Obviously nothing happens so he says he has to make a call and gets back in his truck. Comes back over starts messing with the fuses nothing happens or changes so he gives up tells me since 3 bulbs blew in his opinion a circuit board in the headlight assembly is fried and I need it replaced there's nothing he can do. He says I'm still d.o.t. legal which I have extreme doubts about. So back on the phone I go. I message fleet team with the update and call breakdown again to wait on hold for another 40 minutes. After I explain everything again and the new developments (you have to tell the whole story every time you call they have no idea what your problem is even though you explained it to 1 or 2 people already depending how many times you had to call) they say I'm not legal and shut down for the night and go to the closest TA in the daylight. I find the location thanks to my GPS and call them to ask for wait times. He says he can get me in about noon. Now I'm a team driver and my recent and 3rd co driver is female. So when she's in the sleeper I have to stay in the front. I sat in that drivers seat for 13 and a half of my 14 hours waiting out the night and got us to the TA right before my clock ran out. Its about 0745 or so and I check in right away so I don't get pushed further down the line. New eta when they can look at the truck, 1900 tonight. We tell fleet team and they give their usual response "call breakdown" and get a new location. So first I call the next closest TA he says they got no techs at all and are turning trucks away. Great. Somewhere in the middle of this they had taken us off the load so we're back to sitting not getting paid anything. Nothing for waiting and nothing for driving to these shops. So they decide to make an exception and send us to a loves that says they only have a 4 hour wait. We get there, check in and wait and wait and wait. My partner checks back and they say oh we only have one mechanic today we're not even looking at vehicles with your type of issues today. You've got to be fin kidding me. So we call breakdown again. This person says idk why you went to a shop in the first place this issue can only be fixed at a dealership. OMFG. They say they have two other recovery options for us while this truck we just freaking picked up from a dealership a couple days ago goes back to a dealership. So we decide on a location to go to but its night, and we can't drive. By the time the morning comes around we explain whats going on to the day crew who says oh no thats incorrect there are no recoveries in this region at all right now. Fine whatever we go from IN to IL where the dealer is. Guess what there IS another truck there. The level of incompetence, idiocy, I can't take it anymore. Idk why I just told you all this. If you made it this far thanks for listening to my rant lol. If this is how trucking is at every company then maybe I need to find a new path because a fat paycheck one week doesn't make up for nothing the next two I can't keep doing this.
Sheesh you been through a lot! I thought I was goin through a lot with my last company ! I went through 5 trucks with my last company. Yeah ofcourse I’d read the whole thing you took the time out to watch and comment ! But with marten they do a 30 day safety inspection to make sure you really won’t have any break downs and if you do they pay I think 280 or 260 for break down pay for 24 hrs.
@@TheMoeeShow Awesome thanks that's my main concern. I just want the truck to not be disgusting and to be able to run consistent miles. Home time is not a big deal I just need to run. I haven't set up my orientation yet but I hope to jump over middle of next month.
@@Road-Peasant from my experience here I dont think you’d have anything to worry about
@@Road-Peasant work for covenant now. Switching to marten soon. Covenant is aight. They’re equipment is pretty shitty tho but not as bad as some other companies. Pay is pretty mediocre compared to what I’m seeing with marten. But Overall they’re a good starter company
It’s that way at a lot of bigger companies especially those that hire students and inexperienced drivers on a regular basis. But it’s not that way everywhere. Ya just got to investigate and find out the good vs the bad. I am sorry you went through this but as a 33 yr OTR veteran of 61 yrs of age it gave me a chuckle, thanks!😂
Answered my biggest question…NO refrigerator! I have to have that storage for cold stuff. How do you spend 5.5-6 days with no fridge. Ugh I was going to start next week but that has me thinking. Thanks for the video man!!!
No problem man ! I just ended up buy a little small fridge
Back on the scene crispy and clean had me rolling lol
🤣
They sale a cooler refrigerator I bought one smaller than a regular fridge keep stuff cold it doesn't freeze anything
That’s amazing what brand ? I’ve been looking for a decent one
Buy a Garmin Dezl gps. So worth it bro. And get a mini electric cooler. Will help keep your food cold or warm depending on the brand.
Thanks man I appreciate that ! Any brand you recommend ?
@@TheMoeeShow Not really. I bought mine at a Pilot. I put it on the floor in the bunk of the Peterbilt 579.
@@diesel4lg thanks bro ! Ima check it out see how it looking
@@TheMoeeShow absolutely. Hit me up if you have more questions
@@diesel4lg thanks man I appreciate it !
Do Marten have power inverter in their trucks
Yeah
Do you ever have trailers that track down the road, or dog leg to the right? That’s one of my big pet peeves with companies that have great trailers but worn out suspension and bushings.
The trailers are pretty good for the most part they do inspections on them on the regular
A lot of the doglegged wagons are because drivers hitting curbs etc and the carriers often don’t pay to have them aligned, just lubed, greased and repaired as needed.
》》 I FORGOT.. >> MARTEN TRANSPORT. $70,000 GUARANTEED YEARLY PAY!!! >> THAT AINT CHICKEN FEED FOR STARTING OUT AT A YOUNG AGE!!!
Most people make more that’s just the bare minimum
are the trucks new ? can you choose between freightliner or kentworth ? do the trucks have tv mounts ?
asking because i start with marten next week
Thats exciting good luck ! Put me down as a referral! Driver number 84294 !
@@TheMoeeShow you answered none of his questions lol
@@iguzzlehenny616 lmaooo !! I could’ve sworn I did that’s why he replied
What’s the cents per mile?
Thanks for sharing man! 🙌🏾💯
No problem man !
On PC issue II didn't happen for a long time but what time I wanted to go to the store so I called safety and asked him if I could go on PC And told me yes they turned it on and they never turned it off so I still have it I told him I would never abuse it Try calling safety I did or I think it was a log department
Wow ! I appreciate that ! That’s good to know cause I that would save some of my drive time driving to Walmart !
At Covenant I've always seen the option in our omnitracs but they told us not to use it unless its a situation where we were out of hours and security or someone like that forced us to move. In my lowly 9 months experience I haven't touched it once.
Sounds like you're last company was Schneider lol. Always issues with trailers.
Ha ha probably a sister company lol but I worked for TransAm
Not only that they also shave Miles off.. check your invoice.. I quit cause of that about a year ago!
i don't think they shave miles off. some companies pay Address to Address, and others pay practical miles. but not everyone pays for practical miles. but either way your still making damn good money instead of working some minimum wage job.
Does marten have driver facing cameras?
Na but they do have cameras in the truck facing outside for the front of your truck
Do they have a problem with you talking on the phone and driving?
I personally dont have that problem, however I think if you’re hands free I don’t see a problem !
Next vid don’t wear the ski glasses
A refrigerator!!!! I rather buy my own. This guy complaining about bullshit.
Lmaoo ain’t no one complain corn, I was just saying things I ain’t know
@@TheMoeeShow you was complaining. I'm just a older driver. I'm at Marten and the best thing they did for me was get rid of the shelving behind the passenger seat so I can put a taller fridge with straps. I cook my own food. I've had trucks that come with their own fridge. They are too small to put anything in and I'll be at Walmart every other day buying groceries. If you dont want any comments don't post bitchass
@@TheMoeeShow be careful being a vloger. Their's a another Trucker that has a podcast that goes by the name of lockoutmen. I responded to one of his videos and he proceeded to put me on blast. He put my email address and said a few words. 2 months later we ended up at thr love's in Nashville. Don't talk shit
And we both was driving for JR Shugel at the time
@@alsherrod1 I appreciate that
Thanks for the incite.
Urine or hair test ??
Just urine
Jeeze with trucking those glasses must of been a hole pay cheque huh?
Lmaooo !! you funny ! 😂 na probably a quarter of it tho
@@TheMoeeShow fair enough lol i'm looking at getting my class 1, wasnt hating haha
@@Juliussmoothie I ain’t think you were hating ! Lol and Wym class 1?
@@TheMoeeShow researching more about it still, class 1 to run those 18 wheelers haha
@@Juliussmoothie you could do it !
First it’s not marten transportation it’s transport
Yeah I know look at the video name
Transport is short for transportation ….
Work for swift and problem solve.
🤣🤣🤣 good one
Young man I ain't trying to troll you at the least, but I've been trucking for over 20 something odd years and been doing OTR trucking almost most of those years, and there should be a little small space built in space in there just so your refrigerator can fit...
I know what kind of trucks Martin run, they're using newer model Kenworth's and there are specifically design for those refrigerators to fit, now the refrigerator isn't all that big but nevertheless you can put a refrigerator in there and still adequate enough room space...
Again, l not trying to put salt in your game youngster, Norm I'm trying to troll but I'm a veteran out there and over road, and I know that those trucks are built with the cubby hole and a power line specifically for a refrigerator to fit in only there's no way in the world if you get the right size refrigerator to fit inside that cabin space that you should not have no room in that truck it just ain't so...
Part of having room in your truck is neatly maintaining your space which I'm sure you do by the way but you sitting here saying when you put the refrigerator in you ain't going to have no room no, put the right kind of refrigerator that fits inside the cubbyhole and Martin provide trucks that fit inside the cubby hole...
That's all I'm saying Young man, no disrespect...
None taken big dawg ! I appreciate the feed back. I was able to get it figured out to where I could put the fridge in there and have my space. This video was just taken when I first noticed so I ain’t do to much looking around for a fridge
@@TheMoeeShow
Yeah l hear you, but most importantly l want you to be safe and never be in a super rush, plan your trips ahead and take your time getting there...
Especially in the winter, you picked a great career take care...
@@claydogmadman6295 thanks Brotha appreciate that ! You too take care !
What's up with the glasses 🤓🤓
You like em !? 😎
Change carrers,and become a videographer for Hollywood.
Haha thanks but I dont think I’m Hollywood quality
Buy a fridge n another navigation system. U slow😂😂 talking bout nothing
You the slow one bozo ! 😂😂 I clearly said it ain’t an issue for me so i dont care about not having a fridge. There’s people out there that care about their truck coming with a fridge and you watched the video and commented 😂😂
Marten ordered to pay another driver $100k in refusal-to-haul case
Really? What’s the details on that
Hey detention is now 25$
Oh really !? I need to speak to my fleet manager about this then ! Cause I think I’m still getting 20! Thank you !!
Take off the glasses 🤓😜👎✌️
😂😂
Do Marten have power inverter in their trucks
Yeah