You can afford to go. Get rid of those car payments. Or tough it out for one more winter and get an LTL job in the Spring when hiring picks back up. Plenty of linehaul drivers are grossing $80k - $100k and home every day. Not take home, but man, you (or your wife) will have to adjust your lifestyle somewhat or else you'll continue to be a slave up there 2000 miles from home. It cannot possibly be worth it. Good luck.
So how does one leave the oil field?
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Talked to a younger guy when I was hauling oil down in San Angelo. He was living in the truck, no showers around the area gas station food, etc. Making GREAT money $2600-2800/wk driving for 3rd party. He tells me how hasn't seen home in months and I asked why? He said that his old pickup had a bad alternator and he couldn't afford a new one...lol. I was like wtf? He was sending every penny home. His wife was going through it as soon as it hit the bank. She was driving around in a new Escalade living it up...lol. I think I lost a bit of my tongue that night... bit it clean off.
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Pulling water in the Texas oilfields pays about $18 per hour. The oilfield in Texas has been dead for awhile now.
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I hear you all. I too have gone through the same scenarios. I spent three years in various parts of Texas, following the money. Of course when it was booming, you were able to do that. Towards the end and having worked for like 8 different companies in those three years, my ability to move around and follow the money was limited. I have to say though, I just left and came back to Florida in September and was basically still making the same money as I always did. There is still money in Texas, you just have to know where and what companies are still busy. Take for instance my last company, Coastal Plains out of Stockade, TX. They have 4 yards, Stockdale, Charlotte, Monahans and one in Jal, NM. They are a growing company and work exclusively for EOG. Even during the slowest of times I was with them, I was making at a minimum of $1,400-$1,600 a week. Currently, they are back to normal, with the drivers in Monahans and Jal working a 5/1 schedule, 12-14 hours a day. So, long story short, the money is still there. I don't miss the oilfields one bit, but I sure do miss those paychecks. I've actually gotten out of driving and don't really miss that either. If it hits hard again down the road, I'm sure my fat ### will be back out there, but for now, I'm enjoying being home in Florida, with my family and friends. Good luck to everyone.
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pecos is not desperate... Orla is
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