Experienced but not.

Hey man I'm in the Canadian oil patch so I don't know squat about Texas but I do know up here if you've got a license and can shift then you've got a job. There's just too big a shortage of drivers for companies to get picky. We got kids straight outta high school driving tankers hauling crude here making $80K a year. If Texas is anything like the other oil fields around the North American continent I'd say drive down and start knocking on doors, probably have a job by the end of the day. I recently changed jobs due to the contractor I drove for getting terminated. I literally had a job that very same day. Once you get your foot in the door and work hard you won't have any problems.

 

You would be very hirable. The sleeper truck will be the hardest part to find as most of the large companies will have day cabs. A lot of 3rd party companies will have sleeper trucks, but you almost have to be in the oilpatch to see and find them.

 

Reynolds nationwide they got sleepers . I think they haul milk. I see them all the time . Find something to get you down here then jump to where you think you want to be . The company I mentioned drives from san antonio to somewherw around lubbock . So you will see alot of oilfield

 

True. But I wouldnt recommend 3rd party. Thats a rough life

 

how so? At least where I'm at... 3rd party gets all the new, gravy leases while we go pick up all the 50 y/o stripper wells.

 

Normally contractors get the bad loads . I was talkin bout jumpin from different companies to haul for . Always lost. But I got one for the op. Kimrad out of Amarillo. They have sleepers and you can pretty much stay out as long as you want. They haul crude asphalt and a fertilizer. If theyll hire u that might just be what your after

 

AS has been said you have experience, your hireable. I don't see many "large" companies in the area we are in with sleeper's. Mostly it's smaller independent's or 3rd party?....

Try the large oil/gas companies, that haul out of here to elsewhere. If you can get a Twic card, I'd put in the effort to get it. Most of the water hauler's are day cab's, though I have seen some sleepers....<sigh> I just don't look at the names on the door's. Some belly dump's that are sleepers, but IDK about that one. Most of them seem to either be noob's or have a death-wish.

You've got part of it down though, finding a job isn't the hard part, finding housing can be a PIA though. Travel trailers are the thing here.

 

If you go in Big Lake, you' ll find a job within the day - wouldnt put my hand under the knife but close.
For housing though, that's a whole different story.

Like for exemple they opened an RV park on 67 about 10mi from San Angelo, it filled up within 2 days. granted they are making it bigger but you got the idea.
securing housing is even more so important than the job itself.
something resources (cant get the darn name out of my head) in barnhart is recruiting, and they got a big ole new man camp., there is an RV deal in Mertzon advertising too .

but basically if you ain't in the place , in the area, its going to be a little harder.