Dry Van To Reefer
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Does Marten run both reefer and dry van? I thought they were a reefer operation? How much exp do you have? check into barr-nunn they have per mile and another option for example 200 per shift 90 per load. Not verbatim but thats a round about figure. Best of luck!
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Both. Intermodal as well (53’ steel dry goods containers and Reefer containers)
Does Marten run both reefer and dry van? I thought they were a reefer operation? How much exp do you have? check into barr-nunn they have per mile and another option for example 200 per shift 90 per load. Not verbatim but thats a round about figure. Best of luck!
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
I have an opportunity to switch from dry van to reefer with another company. What is the learning curve to make a change like that? I don’t want to do a lot of night driving. What aspects are harder or easier?
Mr. Bruce K.;
Are you anywhere near Burlington, Marshfield, or Oak Creek? I don't know Wisconsin like y'all on here... just like no one (besides maybe Canaan) knows Ohio (and FL) LoLoL !
Tom's company IS HIRING drivers; am drivers. In all 3 areas. You'd just have to drive a Mack Pinnacle Auto and sleep at home, haha! There's a few Int'l manuals in the fleets, used as spares. Tom gets one on occasion, because many newer hires have the restriction. It's fine.
~ Anne ~
ps: I answer e'mails, too !! Hahaha!
pps: It'd be one of these, ... like below. You could always go to HighwayHammocks.com if you prefer to sleep in the truck, haha! I almost bought Tom one, for the live unloads. (They're not 'too' bad, really. He just loves to nap!)
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
Schinder has plus or minus 10k trucks and they can't find you one? I find that hard to believe, they've offered to fly people to their truck before but they can't get you in one?
If not, I think you need to. Waiting a month is ridiculous IMHO.
It is completely ridiculous! Crete would never make me wait that long, my truck was expected to be in the shop for two days not that long ago and I was already offered a loaner truck to keep me running and be routed back to my truck once it was done. It is completely unacceptable to wait anywhere nearly as long as Bruce is waiting, and I wouldn't stand for it, I would've already found another company. I can't afford not to be working for an entire month or even weeks, when a company the size of Schneider has extra trucks around the country.
I know I did a few truck recoveries when I first came to Crete when my truck was in the shop, it was a way for me to keep moving and working.
Does Marten run both reefer and dry van? I thought they were a reefer operation? How much exp do you have? check into barr-nunn they have per mile and another option for example 200 per shift 90 per load. Not verbatim but thats a round about figure. Best of luck!
As G-Town answered, they run dry van and intermodal.
Last year Marten reduced experience requirement from 1 year to 6 months. Michael started with them after 7 months at CRE.
Intermodal:
Transporting freight using two or more transportation modes. An example would be freight that is moved by truck from the shipper's dock to the rail yard, then placed on a train to the next rail yard, and finally returned to a truck for delivery to the receiving customer.
In trucking when you hear someone refer to an intermodal job they're normally talking about hauling shipping containers to and from the shipyards and railyards.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.Reefer:
A refrigerated trailer.
I agree. As someone who’s worked for Schneider I’m having a hard time believing there isn’t more to the story here.
Schinder has plus or minus 10k trucks and they can't find you one? I find that hard to believe, they've offered to fly people to their truck before but they can't get you in one?
I know with knight, at least with my terminal manager, she a had a loaner lined up for me before I even knew I would need one when Edna popped the DEF sensor.
Terminal:
A facility where trucking companies operate out of, or their "home base" if you will. A lot of major companies have multiple terminals around the country which usually consist of the main office building, a drop lot for trailers, and sometimes a repair shop and wash facilities.
Your right, there is a lot more to this story. Not all my down time was Schneider’s fault. They use a company called First Source Solutions to administer return to work cases. Working with FSS is like trying to run through knee deep mud with concrete boots. Going through the process with them took at least two weeks. Also at the start of December I had a week of unscheduled time off. However, I do think Schneider has been dragging their feet somewhat. The good news is that I’m now cleared to return to work and will have a truck next week on Monday or Tuesday. And that is because I followed the advice from PackRat and G town, etc. and raised a little ruckus.
I agree. As someone who’s worked for Schneider I’m having a hard time believing there isn’t more to the story here.
Schinder has plus or minus 10k trucks and they can't find you one? I find that hard to believe, they've offered to fly people to their truck before but they can't get you in one?
Dm:
Dispatcher, Fleet Manager, Driver Manager
The primary person a driver communicates with at his/her company. A dispatcher can play many roles, depending on the company's structure. Dispatchers may assign freight, file requests for home time, relay messages between the driver and management, inform customer service of any delays, change appointment times, and report information to the load planners.New Reply:
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Michael drives a lot of days for Marten as well as a lot of nights, but more days, it seems. When he delivers to Nestle in Utah, he drops and hooks, but the live loading at suppliers usually takes 2-3 hours. He mostly hauls boxed frozen foods, yogurt, etc. He once hauled to a Mexican Food DC in southern Washington and they unloaded him in less than 20 minutes and they said that was normal for them, so it varies a lot. When he picked up a load at a Michael's Stores DC near Jurupa a couple of days ago he said there were a lot of Marten dry vans there. When he drops a load at Nestle in Utah, he needs to make sure the refer tank is at least half full, I believe. He once had to get a refer repaired but it didn't affect his load.
Dry Van:
A trailer or truck that that requires no special attention, such as refrigeration, that hauls regular palletted, boxed, or floor-loaded freight. The most common type of trailer in trucking.