So how does one leave the oil field?

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  1. RockinChair

    RockinChair Road Train Member

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    You ain't lying!
     
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  3. RockinChair

    RockinChair Road Train Member

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    I don't have any idea whether anyone is leasing around here or not, but you can try 5 Bros., Paradigm, SS Heavy Haul, or Matrix.
     
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  4. tompetty69

    tompetty69 Light Load Member

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    Thanks a lot. Of those, I have only heard of SS Heavy Haul. I have applied with them, but they seem to be kind of up and down. I'm guessing they have enough company trucks to get by. Since I'm not seeing many owner-op deals there, I had assumed it had slowed down around Hobbs.
     
  5. tompetty69

    tompetty69 Light Load Member

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    Where is Orla? Haven't heard of that one.
     
  6. tompetty69

    tompetty69 Light Load Member

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    I found it on the map. Referred to as a ghost town. Sounds interesting.
     
  7. Haystak88

    Haystak88 Light Load Member

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    ...anything West of Odessa sucks. I've worked all the areas mentioned, Monahans, Kermit, Orla, Pecos, they all are a nightmare. Hobbs isn't worth a crap either if you ask me. Maybe I just hate everywhere lol.
     
  8. Haystak88

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    Orla is North of Pecos and south of Carlsbad'ish. All I ever knew of Orla was it was the intersection I turned either right or left at lol. There is nothing in Orla, except for a taco stand lol.
     
  9. lexi1989

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    Great Minds Think Alike
     
  10. lexi1989

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    I honestly think it is trial and error. Not a lot of newbies go into it with a already established nest egg so whatever ones financial situation is, is hard to say "Save it all". From my experience even 80,000 a year comes with some struggles considering the price of living in todays world with high rent, high house prices, high food, high everything! Then if you have kids, multiply it. The ones who have more of a advantage are single men/women who go into it with no obligations back home and can save a large chunk of what they earn, but even them too have the freedom to spend freely when they are not working. I have been working in booms a long time first in Alaska and I saw many single fisherman earn in one season what oilfield workers earn in a year blow it all in a month.
     
  11. chalupa

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    LOL.....and Pecos is rough, Orla is......
     
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