One of the wells up here in PA detected that H2S gas, me being from Florida and having never worked in natural gas I was like "no big deal", then I got on site and had to sit through safety training and by the time I was done I was ready to rent one of those scuba gear sets from the Total Safety guys on site for fear that I might pass out dead pumping off my water if I didn't have it on. Oil field work, whether it be in PA, TX, ND or anywhere in between is like nothing I've ever seen before, just wish I had the Texas weather up here in PA.
I'm a stone cold rookie, gonna work the texas oil fields
Discussion in 'Questions From New Drivers' started by paulcouto, Sep 7, 2011.
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We have wells in oklohoma that have H2S contamantion we cannot get on the tanks to gauge them the pumpers meet us and read the computer and tell us what to pull. I have to agree on the Mack trucks we have two new pinncles that are awsome and one 2004 ch600 that I like to drive its underpowered and does not have a engine brake but it will turn on a dime. The big petes are always broke and in the bay one has a c-15 and is a dogg. The macks with the Mp-8 will eat it alive. The internationals just fall apart.
We have a lease that is on an old mans ranch he has a sign that says 25 mph on the road that passes his house. He came on the lease on started yelling about dust and I was going to jail? I told him hold on I am gonna call the sheriff because he is in an unauthroized area and I can get the crime stoppers reward! He left and has not bothered anyone since.
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Hey Brads6.9 i see your in OK il be on my way down there start working there 2Mar.
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Hang in there Paul, seems like you're getting the upper hand. Been in Texas all my life except for short stints and said the same thing about it once or twice myself. lol Those distractions and hard work can take a guy's energy buuuut, not much I can say about that.....
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Just wanted to chime in and say I'm a big fan of this thread. Wife and I just completed a PTDI certified program with hazmat, tanker, doubles and triples and we have TWIC cards. We are heading down to Texas sometime in mid March and the plan is to haul water.
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You have worked to hard to let lil things like that get in your way now! More times than not, those women like to stay around and leach all the money away from a dude thats making good money. I speak from experience! -
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its pretty cool to actually see the faces behind the replies in this thread, ive noticed we got a bunch of older guys on board now which is good because i think the older generations are tougher, not that i'm a spring chicken either because i'm 44, but ive noticed the younger guys here dont last and i think thats a product of our soft and degenerate society these days.
so i drove for big lake last night since we are so slow here at the moment, the dispatcher named laurie was really super nice and i wish she could dispatch for me every night. anyways, regardless of it being slow here, the hiring has not stopped one bit so if anyone is interested, come on down.
me and hornet are goin to san angelo today, gonna get some philly cheese steaks. i went to the dentist again today and got ready for a crown on the back tooth and then my teeth will be perfect. teeth are important and expensive, so i feel pretty good about spending some money on them while i'm makin the money. i told hornet he should take care of that buisness as well because u never know. if u lose yur job or whatever and all u got is some savings, yur teeth can be put on the back burner and before you know it, yur broke again and thats probably when yur teeth will give u problems and u dont want teeth problems when being broke. i hadnt seen the dentist for 10 years and even though my teeth were full of plaque, i didnt have one cavity which tells me that not eating red meat and sugar is a good thing because i get cavities easy. now i'm stayin on top of my teeth and they look great. feel pretty good about it. it was hell gettin the plaque off, took 3 sessions with numbing needles which is absolutely tramatic to me. i cant stand someone shoving needles in my gums when i have no control over it, thats what puts me into mild shock, so today i had some nitrous before the shots and the nitrous makes me not care......they need to up the percentage of the nitrous though lol, it was very mild but effective enough. ive done nitrous before where it makes the walls vibrate which is a real cool buzz and i guarentee at that point, you wouldnt care if they were breaking yur teeth with a hammer lol. -
I think I passed by Big Lake on my trip. But there was no lake there. What gives? By the way Paulcouto...everyone loves your pretty smile!!
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Just passin through, glad to see ya still updating this....only a week or so left for school, and then about another week or so, till I can get down there to see what jobs are left for me
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