oilfield rookie wannabe!

ya..I,m just itchie.... working a 8.25$hr 36hr a week job and about too loose everything.... have just enough to get though CDL class at Central New Mexico Comunity College..I really want to had a good base to start with in this field of driving.. No four weeks here,s your CDL.. now go tear something up... schools.. I thought about what I wanted out of my traning and CNMCC.. was the best chose for me... a little long as far as time is concern $$$..but I wanted to learn about being a "Professional" Driver.. and have as many endorsments I can get coming out of school..I won,t have much money when I,m finish classes,so i,ll need to be employed as soon as I out of school ( one week or less) or have the opportunity to be head hunted out of school But goad is to work in the oil patch...even if it means i,ll have to sleep in the back of my truck... make a hand or git on the lamb...I like oil movie!

 

I spent many happy hours at propane loading racks around the Hobbs area.

 

if you think they are going to hire you to just drive truck YOUR WRONG! you will carry iorn in knee deep mud, hang in a derrick making connections. pressure up 8 5/8 casing to 900lbs and pray the collar holds and trust me it does not a lot of times.150lb head will blow out of site and come down.you will see people lose their life in front of you and if you are lucky only lose a few fingers. if you still want to call ALLIED IN BORGER,TX. JUST GET OUT BEFORE YOU STAY TO LONG!

 

While most of the first part of this is true you don't just drive truck the rest is flat not. Oil companies take safety very seriously and a lost finger will shut a rig down for a day and a lost life will shut them down for a week while costing them hundreds of thousands of dollars. While it is still a dangerous occupation it is much safer than it was thirty years ago so really if that's your experience roughnecking in the late 70's and early 80's you really have no idea about the patch today.

 

thats true. it was 35 years ago,when doing the job meant giving away whiskey, boots and gloves.but indeed ive seen 4 people killed from trying out the geronimo line,caught in the chain useing tongs and fires.all preventable. just dont take safety for granted as you can still get bit from guys not getting the elavators latched,or in general taking shortcuts.

 

how about an update man lol?

 

First thread I read all the way through. Hope your still doing well and that you have not been captured and held for random by the cartels. Be careful down there and just don't dilly dally alone down there on the border. Very little of what goes on hits the media. Our southern border in increasingly danderous. Don't let anyone fool ya. Great money but please heed my warning! Befareful near that border. My cousin works in law enforcement down there and its enough to keep me away. Call me a punk ,wimp, I don't care. Lots of guys make a very good living in that area and never even see anything crazy so hopefully you fall into the group. Great thread

 

Gald to see ya back back, keep the updates coming.

 

Don't sweat driving around a location like that too much. I started out driving in the yard a little over 25 years ago, never went to a school.(mind you this was before the CDL) But looking back was glad to cut my teeth where I got a good feel for things before I hit the road. I didnt make a lot of the same stupid mistakes I saw a lot of rookies made back then because of it.

Sounds like you are getting along well and starting to see hard work paying off. The long hours will get easier to cope with in time. Keep the updates coming and good luck.