Most tankers outfits in DFW area require 2 years experience. Some will take one. Haliburton , B J Services, and some others will take pretty fresh drivers to run frac trucks and others that drive to job and them may spend hours working. These are long hours and good pay. But you may only drive a few hours a week and spend the other 50-70 helping produce oil or gas. Good luck.

OK Mr. Breeze, I've got a few questions, or maybe just a nudge in the right direction will do me just fine.

Is there a all inclusive website for this type of thing??? Maybe a listing of all companies...with emphasis on trucking....involved in the Barnett Shale.

I've found a few links, but the companies I'm looking at here aren't on the web that I've been able to find.

Posting web links is considered bad form...so maybe a hint or two on what to "Google" may be of help to a lot of us in D/FW.

I'm no rookie, so anything involving liquid tanker, bulk tanker or flatbed/lowboy would be helpful to me.

Thanks in advance.

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Geez, got tired of dirty oil drums, and clean full ones too. Not even sure I could upright a knocked over 400 # drum anymore, w/o a towmotor.

Hey breeze,

Is there a website with a list of the companies, the driving jobs, and the non-cdl jobs. What would those non cdl jobs be, are they training people or do they need oil field experiance.

Thanks

Gentlemen, these are brutal jobs. long hours. check out the hours of service for Texas intrastate drivers.

That's what we need, good old fashion hard working jobs that pay darn good, not them stink'n Wal Mart jobs.

Hey yall, new guy here, I happened to stumble across this post through a Google search and thought I'd see if I could help some of yall a little. I'm gonna forget all the questions I'm trying to answer, so bear with me.

As far as where to find these oilfield trucking jobs, most of the companies yall are talking about do not have websites, and the few that do, well, it's barely worth the time applying online, but that's another thread. Unfortunately, the way to get on with most of the companies in the Barnett Shale (Fort Worth area) is to get out go to their yards and try to talk to someone. With a little bit of persistance, anyone with some driving experience should be able to get on hauling water (that's production water off of the wells, I won't bore yall with the details), that's a good place to start. Rig moves and other positions are more difficult to crack into, require more driving experience and usually require a more rounded background than just driving, such as experience running heavy equipment.

I went out and got my CDL just as a way to get into the oilfield and started out hauling water about a year ago, it's my only big truck experience. It is tough to find someone to hire you with no driving experience, but once you get a little, the jobs come easier.

The hours can be a pain. Hauling water and other driving jobs that are based on shifts run twelve hours a day, usually on a four on/two off or six on/two off schedule. Other CDL oilfield jobs might be twelve to eighteen hours a day with various schedules such as fourteen on/seven off or twelve on/two off. The oilfield is not for the faint of heart. I know, I'm tired of not having a life for the last year as I've worked nights hauling water for a few different companies, and am considering getting out of it.

On the topic of non CDL jobs, the easiest way to get into the oilfield without a CDL is go find a rig, ask for the tool pusher and tell him you want to work. Repeat this process a couple dozen times and eventually you will find an opening and you can start roughnecking. Getting on as a roustabout is good too, but harder to find the openings without kind of knowing someone.

Mxell, your chances of getting a job in the oilfield are quite good. However, to do so you will have to be here knocking on doors, filling out applications, following up with companies, taking a lot of run around and getting a lot of "no"'s. Going through a good driving school will get you a lot further in getting some oil field jobs, particularly those on the well side, such as water hauling. And, yes, waterhaulers make anywhere from $1000 to $1200 a week or more, that's from getting paid $15 to $18 an hour and working 60 to 70 hours a week, but obviously all of that depends on the company.

Sorry, I know this has been a wandering, rambling post, but I just got in from work and headed to bed soon. This thread caught my eye and I thought I'd jump in and see if I could offer any additional help to anyone else out there.

Feel free to ask more questions!

I wanta say thanks for the info it is much appreciated. Personally I was wondering about it. It sounds like a hunt for your local guys. I don't guess a guy could easily up root himself and move there on the off chance he might get a job.

While I'm not too fond of uprooting and moving without having a job lined up, I can virtually guarantee you that you would have a job in the oilfield within a month at the very most. Drivers with even a small amount of experience can hire on as water haulers with no problem. I could call my employer this afternoon and quit and have a new job before the sun goes down, and I've only been driving for just under a year. And that doesn't even get into talk of non-CDL jobs.

Don't get me wrong, I completely understand where you're coming from, it's not fun to move somewhere new without a job. It really depends on what it is you're trying to accomplish. If you badly want to live in this area or just to get into the oilfield, then it could be worth it. If you're burned out on the company you're with and already making decent money, it might be a bit extreme. Also, keep in mind that even with online applications most companies will want to meet with you face to face before hiring.

On the topic of online apps, Key Energy, Express, Stallion, Alan Ritchey and Total Oilfield Services are a few companies that come to mind where you could apply online. However, even more companies could be hit by driving down a ten mile stretch of 171 between Weatherford and Godley.

The demand is so high for drivers in the Barnett Shale that anyone looking for a change of scenery could definitely get it.

Again, excuse me if I'm rambling, and I'll happily answer any other questions yall have.

Your inforamtiom is greatly appreciated. The part on that ten mile stretch would give the trip some meanigful direction. I prefer the face to face application process.

Thanks a lot