Plains Drivers

Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by Ben Gunn, Jul 24, 2014.

  1. Ben Gunn

    Ben Gunn Medium Load Member

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    Finally got the call back from them. My criminal and background came back clean and now they want to schedule a physical and drug test. Does anyone here haul crude for them , or know someone that hauls crude for them? I've heard a lot of good things about them through word of mouth, but I'm looking for some first hand info.
     
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  3. twentyninetimes

    twentyninetimes Light Load Member

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    My boyfriend and i talked to a plains driver in sidney, mt recently and he said he loved it there. He has been there for six years and said he will never leave. But he also said that not all yards are the same. The word is to stay away from the williston yard but the sidney and watford city yards are good. Both my boyfriend and i went over to the watford yard, he filled out an app and was offered a job, i picked the brains of a couple drivers and talked to the boss.

    While talking to the boss one of the night drivers happened to be sitting there and told me of the good yards in texas (i asked him about texas) he has worked down there. I cant remember the one he told me about but midland wasnt one of them. It was a yard somewhere east of midland i think. Personally i think its a good company but you need be careful which yard you go to. Go to the actual yard and talk to the drivers. Btw....he said he no longer works down there because the money is better up here in siberia.
     
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  4. cmbks21

    cmbks21 Medium Load Member

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    word is you change your own tires
     
  5. bknight

    bknight Light Load Member

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    Id agree about avoiding the williston yard if dale is still there. If you call and ask for directions, he threatens your job. If you call because you are having a mechanical issue, he threatens your job. Etc, etc. I started out with them based in Stanley and made it a month before I left. And I came from 8 years of military service so I'm used to ########. Take it with a grain of salt though, your experience could be different.
     
  6. TLeaHeart

    TLeaHeart Road Train Member

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    Plains in Wyoming is a top notch company, and almost impossible to get a job with, nobody leaves.
     
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  7. wtxiceman

    wtxiceman Bobtail Member

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    Plains has a small yard on west side of stanton now..

    Portable building and a few trucks.

    You can see if from the interstate as you exit going east.
     
  8. Ben Gunn

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    That must be a satellite yard because they have a large yard in Midland on 158, just east of I-20.
     
  9. wtxiceman

    wtxiceman Bobtail Member

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    Big yard in Midland

    Also saw one today in big lake on 67.
     
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  10. Mad Frenchman

    Mad Frenchman Light Load Member

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    they have a yard on 2469 just on the outskirt of Mertzon. (30 mi west of San Angelo)
     
  11. bbq247365

    bbq247365 Light Load Member

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    Plains runs commission, avg days drivers in a Midland district earn 85k/yr+, night drivers 100k/yr+, $3500 quart. Bonuses. I know a man who works out of Odessa says he loves it. I have heard though that Plains makes you sign a paper that states you can't say anything negative about the company. I do know you have to change your own tires and the equipment is trashed due to drivers trying to get rich in one shift. The benefits are decent. My two cents.
     
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