Need help--thinking of Texas

Houston,you can find a job everyday with your résumé! I'd just rent a room instead of the extended stay plan though. Marten,Transwood,Sunset,Dillon,Containers( suck though) but they're a dime a dozen. You could actually find a different job everyday here. D.O.T. are on every corner ,binoculars in hand juuuuuust to make sure your not using electronics of any sort,so don't scratch your ear lobe,bc you'll get a ticket for that too! Lol I hear you on Fl,I moved out of there awhile back,they are really in the stone ages on so many levels,especially on drivers pay!!!

 

i will be going that way hopefully by the end of this comming week. i have been reading on here for months and have had some contact with people in texas and the biggest problem right now is finding a decent place to live. right now the best i can tell there is a lot of work in midland and odessa and some around san anaglo. i am taking a motor home so can at least sleep. online there seems to be lot of companys hiring in thses areas and with what you have shouldn't be any problem. read the post in the forum about other guys who have already did what you and i are going to do it will help a lot. hope this helps you some

 

So which is it? Or is it both? If you pull the pick-up behind the motor home, you don't need an "extended stay" hotel. In Texas, you can live in the R.V., and drive the pick-up to work (or find work).....save your dough for a deposit and first months rent on an apartment or house.
Just remember then....you will need to find a place to store the R.V. or sell it once you find a place to live.

 

Hmmm. Two different people.
Do not go with Dillon. Worked there 3 months doing roofing flux and a little dry bulk. Well unless $200 a day sounds good for a full 14 hours. But they will hire anyone and will never fire you for anything. Pay is percentage 25% start to 29%. Talk to their drivers. Most dont know what an iphone is.

 

South TX is very busy right now too. Midland/Odessa is very expensive from what I read here on the forum.

 

I am a newbie with a newly minted CDL Class A with Hazmat, Tanker, Doubles/Triples and a TWIC (but no actual driving experience) Within a month of beginning my job search (mostly online) I got two offers in Crane and San Angelo area. It seems that what you are reading about landing a gig in W. TX is true. Housing in Midland seems tight, but the job in Crane has a man camp included with the job offer. One is hauling saltwater - the other is crude.

But, I admit that I only have limited info for you as I report for orientation tomorrow (8/27).

el Cubano

 

You ain't lying about Floriduh!! I've never lost anything there,and dread the day I have to take a load back there!!! I lived in W.Palm,couldn't stand it. FYI San Angelo is not a bad little town,if you want to stay away from the big City life of H'town.