So you want to haul crude oil in the badlands of ND?

That's what deeds are for. When you buy a piece of property it is clearly spelled out who owns the mineral rights. Smart real estate buyers have always held onto the rights just in case some where down the line another generation might want what's down there. People whining are the same ones who speculated on houses they couldn't afford because some dope on Flip that House said they could. Always looking to blame someone else for their problems or ignorance. Their have/are/ will be cases where someone got taken. But overall the oil/gas business is on the up and up.

These greenies you quote told us in the 70-80s to get ready for ice age. Now we're all going up in flames. Quacks. They will take this country down the tube if we let them. I hauled oversize loads to ND for 2 yrs. Nice to see a booming economy in the mess that this country has become.

 

####, it seems like if you own the land. You would own all the land underneath as well. I guess you need to check out what the paper work says when you buy.

 

What kind of water tankers are they using for the water haul? Isit 4000 gallon trucks or 40 foot tanker trailers?

 

No Sir. Most of the time you won't or will have a % of the mineral rights. ALWAYS read anything you are going to sign. And if you don't understand it pay a honeydripper{lawyer}for an hour of his/her time to do it for you.

 

I haul aTanker that holds about 160 barrels give or take..depending on your road weight limits you average about 130 barrels to 150 barrels

 

Yea Ice age and don't forget the killer ozone hole too. Tioga Co. and Philly are like totally different countries. Union thugs and Bunnie huggers are some of the main reasons I'd like to get out of Pa. Philly is as bad as NYC.

 

do any of you guys do this and travel to and from home from a pretty good ways off? I saw an add for a company that is doing 14 days on and 14 days off. I live in Tennessee and was wondering if there are many traveling back and forth on deals like that. The pay was excellent with long hours so money wise it would be worth it i think. Just curious if this is a practical thing or if these companies will hire people from a long distance like myself.

 

I'm just entering school, largely because I have a job all lined up with a friend of my dad's who's working the badlands and the promised pay looks really good. However, I'm nervous about taking on a big task with no experience and I was wondering if it'd be better to get more experience OTR or should I just dive in, since this is a different kind of beast from normal hwy driving anyway.

If it helps, I'm fairly experienced with driving a backhoe as a contractor and the construction trades, but I'm completely new to the trucking trade. Thanks!

John

 

2 weeks on and 2 weeks off are usually the service company or drilling rig schedules, not the trucking companies. Halliburton and Schlumberger were doing the 2 on 1 off schedule. Not sure if they currently are or not. Rig jobs are generally a similar schedule. Good luck.

 

If you are diving into trucking in ND now you are coming at a tough time of year. Blizzard last week had 800 people stranded in their vehicles and now its gonna be 40 above this week and there will snow in the morning, ice in the evening and MUD by the end of the week! I'd say coming in June once things have dried up but now is as good as any to learn how to drive in ND weather. If someone will hire you with no experience, I'd jump on it! We require 1 year of driving experience (offroad ideally) before we'll even look at the person.