December 20, 2005 Mail Stop 3561 Via US Mail and Facsimile Mr. Darrell D. Rubel Chief Financial Officer 129 Marten Street Mondovi, Wisconsin 54755 Re:	Marten Transport, LTD. 	Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004 	Forms 10-QSB for the periods ended September 30, 2005, June 30, 2005 and March 31, 2005 	Commission file #: 000-15010 Dear Mr. Rubel: We have completed our review of your Form 10-K and related filings and have no further comments at this time. 								Sincerely, 								Linda Cvrkel 								Branch Chief ?? ?? ?? ?? Mr. Darrell D. Rubel Marten Transport, Ltd. November 29, 2005 Page 1