Types of CDL jobs in the oil field?

Hydrovac in the oilfield.Some companies paying $35-$40hr.I know one right now that you can take home $3k a week.It is long hours though and more physical labor.

 

I just got my CDL a week ago and I was picked up today for an oilfield job. The company plugs abandoned wells, hydrovacs, hauls cement, water, and sand and likely does other stuff I wasn't able to nail down. They start on the low side but the hours are stable in that I won't be working 14's everyday. They also guarantee 40 hours a week in the event the weather isn't cooperating. It's Wyoming so I reckon that happens a bit in the winter. The day of my interview was a "snow" day where nobody was required to show up.

Seems like an interesting job and they had no problem picking up a guy that hasn't had any wheel time except for CDL school in 13 years.

 

My buddy makes A LOT hauling fuel to frac. I ran into him on a pad last week. Hadn’t seen him in years.

 

There are a few sand hauling and cement jobs here. Tons of water hauling positions. Crude transport, hot oil, frac, just about every type of work are in need of peeps. We're almost done with the first quarter budget wise and the companies around here will be starting to get their budgets figured out which means they will be working to spend money before March. If you can get here you will have a job within a short time frame.

 

I read the posts complaining about pay in here and am mystified. The driver I mentioned is taking a pay cut (still over six figures) to move into management where he will work a 2/3, 3/2 schedule and gets two weeks of paid vacation per year. He’ll only work half a year basically. I told him if he ever takes a week vacation he’ll be gone so long he won’t remember where to come to work when he’s done with it.

 

Yep. There is an amazing amount of entry level work out here. I'm loving my new job. I hope you find a good one. Just remember to go to all of the interviews before you choose one. I find that the interviews around here are more sales pitches for why you should choose their location to work at. I haven't seen a drive test or been asked a question yet.

Hydrovac is messy. No one wants to do that here but it pays pretty good.

 

Are these jobs all O/O or company? Is it pretty standard they want 1 or 2 years tanker experience before jumping in?

Thanks to everyone on this thread!

 

It pays pretty good because it is messy and nobody wants to do it.

Back when I worked for a vacuum truck company during the Eagle Ford boom they offered $3 more per hour to operate a hydrovac, and those guys ran an absolutely ridiculous amount of hours.