Part time trucking in DFW

Absolutely, OTR which I absolutely despise is actually better. If I want to be a night driver I can be a night driver and can only get but so creative with the logs on the standard 11/14 clock actually forcing me to get rest whether I want to or not lol. Here I can go literally days straight with zero sleep and all said and done I actually end up making less than most of the OTR guys. The only advantage is the week off. OTR after 2 weeks on the road they might let you get 2 days at the house. That and we normally have plenty of time to get to the job once we're loaded and we're on the clock so it's no big deal if you stop and get something to eat on the way. You're not being forced to keep the left door closed to rack up miles.

 

It's kind of the same with sand hauling though except for the being on call part. If you got hours you run loads then once you run out of hours you park it. However once a job finishes it might be a couple of days before the next well goes down hole that you're sitting there. If you've been super busy then that can actually be welcomed. Then if there's a lot of storms in the area you might get limited because anytime there's lightning they shutdown the pad. Other times they might only have but one or 2 wells for everyone to work so you only get but so many loads that week. Then there's the times where you are super busy. So some weeks you'll make over $3k and other weeks you'll only make $500

 

Best oilfield job if you're in shape and not afraid to work and get your hands dirty is probably frac. They love us because we have CDL's unlike most of their guys who they've been trying to get to get their CDL's. They need people on their crews who can move the horsepower to the next job they're rigging up. Which is actually better for the CDL holder in my opinion because you got that truck cab to yourself going out to the job while your other coworkers are packed like sardines in the frac van. Everyone is out for rig up and for rig down but once the job is pumping then it's 12hr shifts. You're in the hotel when not on shift. Then squeezing into the frac van with the rest of your crew when it's time to go out on shift.

 

Good questions, if I can't find any damage then I can't find any damage. If I do find damage then I will show pictures and video to the homeowner and it's up to the homeowner what they want to do about it. If they want to let me take care of them they can or perhaps they might want to call someone else for another opinion which is understandable. I would do the same thing. There's tons of homes here and with the amount of hail we get each year pretty much all of them have damage. Those homes aren't going anywhere and neither are we so there's no need to use pushy tactics. We're not storm chasers with a limited time to make money before moving on. It's better for us in the long run to build good relationships with our local communities. As for gutters and what not that isn't my lane. Once I've got the homeowner under contract the roofing crews will figure out what all needs to be replaced and there's people who will work with the insurance companies. Of course I will drop by periodically to check in and keep that good relationship going with that homeowner.

 

The thing I had to quickly figure out is that in sales you sell yourself more than you sell the product. People buy from people they like. So when I approach your property I'm looking for something to talk about. So when you open the door I'm going to compliment your beautiful bass boat in the driveway and ask you a question about it. "Hey, that's a beautiful 18' bass master. Is that a 300hp Mercury outboard? I bet that thing really gets up and goes!" and I'm going to get you telling me all about it. Eventually you'll be telling me about your favorite lakes and showing me pictures of your catches. I'll try to throw a joke in here and there to get you laughing too. My goal is to take you from wanting to kick me off your porch to wanting to invite me in for a drink. Then once you've warmed up to me and we're almost like friends then you'll be a lot more likely to let me on your roof. Then even if you don't decide to sign with me that day, even if you ultimately need another opinion you're going to remember me and probably keep my card so good chance I will hear from you later. Greatest thing about it is I'm learning skills that I can use anywhere. Let's say all else fails and I fall back on trucking. Maybe that company has a pile of resumes for only 2 openings but let's me come in to interview. I'm going to approach that hiring manager the same way and be extremely likeable.

 

Lol well, we don't have any gypsies paving driveways. If you tell me that I'll let you know that we are a BBB accredited business that's been in business for a long time and invite you to look us up and read the reviews.

 

Well, if your roof is damaged you want to get it fixed sooner rather than later because you only have 1 year to file a claim. However you probably don't know it's damaged until someone gets up there and inspects it. Once you know it is damaged you'll want to work with a legitimate and reputable company in your area. I'm there to help you with that process and yes I do have a financial incentive for helping you through the process. If we were going around doing shady crap don't you think word would eventually get out? Do you think we'd still be in business after so many years? Would I be inviting you to please look us up on Google and Yelp to read our reviews if we were doing shady crap? If that were the case our reviews would be horrible. Fortunately they aren't. Lot's of companies come and go but only the ones who deliver real value stand the test of time.