Got this Thread site while googling about this subject. Wow lots of good info here on what I am looking for. I will have more questions and comments later. NSP and waterhauler, your communicationbs was very interesting and informative, thanks.

Hey guys, great thread.....thanks for posting about a great job opportunity just curious, I live just outside of Houston but would have no trouble moving to wherever the best pay is. I have been OTR for a year and a half, what would starting pay be for someone like me? Clean DAC, no service failures, no accidents and no tickets. No problem with lots of hours, and if you go over 40 is it time and a half ?

Any benefits? Thanks again, I'll be checking back often, can't wait for your response, it sure would be nice to be at home every night !

What a great post. Thanks u guys . I really enjoyed readng this one.

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Hey guys...I posted a comment about a week ago and "no replies" I'm sure because i am a women..lol But a very very hard working women the kind that can hand unload freight trailers alone, pick up washers and put them in pick ups (and straight..lol) Anyway I can hold my own! I was wondering if there are any women friendly driving jobs in the oil field, sand, rock..ect I have pulled belly dumps in Florida and loved it! Just have been unable to find that here...Any help here would be great..

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we've had a few women work for us. We run vacume tankers in the oilfields. Pretty easy work actually except for the crazy hours and being oncall 24 hours a day for 10 days. For whatever reason none of the ladies lasted long, one had two accidents and then decided she only wanted to work days so they let her go(for not wanting to work nights not for the accidents)
Pretty much anyone with a haz mat can get a job where I work they need people so bad

There are quite a few female waterhaulers out there, a woman can do this job as well as a man. As mentioned earlier in this thread, jobs hauling water are not hard to come by, especially if you have any driving experience. The only problem for you is that you'd be making a pretty hefty commute coming from Carrollton for oil field stuff where all the yards are in Cresson, Cleburne, Decatur, etc.

Thanks waterhauler & medicine man for the replies. I will move closer in for a decent job. Been awhile since I have worked nights but I am sure I would adjust. What company do you guys think I should try first? I will go today and apply to get my haz-mat back...(I let it go since I hadn't used it but twice....oops)

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Before I focused too much on moving closer in, I'd evaluate what jobs are available to you right now compared to what you could get in the oil field. I'm sure some other folks on here might have more info, my knowledge is limited strictly to what the oil field offers, as hauling water is my only driving experience. That might just be the long way around of saying this: Make sure that driving in the oilfield is going to provide you with a better opportunity than what you've currently got.

I know it sounds strange for me to seem somewhat negative after all the positive things I've posted about this line of work, perhaps I'm just burned out already. While I understand there are no "perfect" jobs out there, I'm finding that more and more of the reasons people turn to hauling water (for example) aren't extremely valid. A lot of guys go into hauling water because they were tired of driving OTR and being gone all the time. Well, working 12 hour shifts (especially if it's nights) is VERY similar to being gone. Other talk about how they make more money in this than they can in other CDL jobs. I've found recently that hauling roll-offs (construction dumpsters) for a trash company can pay the same or better with better benefits and a better schedule.

Again, not trying to be negative. It's a good gig, I just don't know that it's all that much better or all that much worse than most others out there.

Having your HAZMAT is always a good thing (I still haven't bothered to get mine yet, I guess it's not instant gratification enough for me), but not necessary to haul water. However, with it you could haul crude oil off of the wells, which, as I understand it, pays a dollar or two an hour better. Fewer of those jobs to go around, but fewer vying for them as well.

I think I mentioned in an earlier post that the companies you might want to look into will vary based on your background/experience, where you want to live, specifically what type of work you want to do, what type of work environment you prefer, etc. etc. It's kind of all a crapshoot until you've been in it for a few months and talked to other drivers to try to find out where your niche is.

Oh, and as far as working nights, it's a beating. One thing that doesn't suck is that you can pee wherever you want. But I don't know if women do those kinds of things

Anyway, I'm happy to answer any questions I can, I'll even try not to be as discouraging in my next post! LOL

Well its been 5 or 6 weeks hauling water now so i'll give an update.
First of all let me say i like it,,the money is good about 900.00 pw take home and could be more if i worked one of my days off like other drivers. There is a lot of turn over "mostly ppl jumping from tanker Co to tanker Co for a buck or two more,,,and only after 6 weeks i had the chance to move to days this week,,i passed because i have 3 kido's and im to cheep to pay the day care bill,,lol. I drive about an hour each way to and from work,,live in Garland and work in Mansfield about 55 miles ea way. The drive adds to an already long day,however in a way it helps because i have time to think about how to be better and relax,,,remember this was my first driving job and waterhauler was correct " this is not for the fant of hart" Why? Well lots of reasons,,like the roads suck!!!! Small two lane roads with lots of sharp turns no sholders or lights,and speed limits of 60 mph. It's getting easeyer everyday though. The wells can be hard to find but Waterhauler gave some great info on that in an earlyer post,,,"thank you Waterhauler!" you'll never know how much you info helped me out! If anyone has any questions please feel free to post,,,,i'll respond asap.
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