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Training: Oil Patch vs OTR

Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by Leviathan Tube, Apr 20, 2014.

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  1. Apr 20, 2014 #1
    Leviathan Tube

    Leviathan Tube Medium Load Member

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    I've read a lot of advice here regarding the importance of getting the best possible training from your first employer after CDL school. There seems to be a consensus that many of the most critical skills needed to keep oneself and others alive on the road must be learned during that phase of one's career.

    As I evaluate entering the trucking industry with an eye towards oil field work, I wonder, Does the training given in that unique environment translate to skills needed for OTR driving?
     
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  3. Apr 20, 2014 #2
    bknight

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    I can promise you that you'll learn how to back a trailer.
     
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  4. Apr 20, 2014 #3
    GSOK

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    OTR will be cake after working in the oil field.
     
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  5. Apr 20, 2014 #4
    cmbks21

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    I back up once a day
     
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  7. Apr 20, 2014 #5
    cmbks21

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    I couldnt get hired by anybody good because ive been in daycabs. I would have to "retrain"
     
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  8. Apr 20, 2014 #6
    Leviathan Tube

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    You mean going from oil field to OTR?
     
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  9. Apr 20, 2014 #7
    GSOK

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    I want your job! I back up 10-12 times a day. Makes bumping a dock look like nothing, that's for sure. Aren't you up here in the Bakken?
     
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  10. Apr 20, 2014 #8
    cmbks21

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    Permian basin. Crude oil. I back up more than once a day, just never pointed towards nothin. Back ip to get around a truck. My backin skills have almost dissappeared. Its sad I know
     
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  11. Apr 20, 2014 #9
    cmbks21

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    Yes........
     
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  12. Apr 20, 2014 #10
    cmbks21

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    Im sure you would have a better shot for otr up there because it snows and there's ice. When it ices up down here we freak out....
     
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