Schneider Oil Field Truck Driver Jobs/ The Texas shales and beyond

Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by Rockdoctor, Jun 4, 2012.

  1. pokerperv

    pokerperv Light Load Member

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    wowo6057 same boat here, so my plan is go tanker regional out of Wooshaven Mi for about 6months save little cash then Texas with little help from the relocation money.
     
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  3. SJ1985

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    Hey our plans sound pretty similiar I plan on running Western Regional for 6 months and then moving the family Texas relocation money+ more options for where you want to work not just the specific location that is taking recent grads.
     
  4. pokerperv

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    Newbie_2012, We have to do what we have to do, but its not all bad the experience, going regional helps a ton, good luck to you and hope to see you in Texas.:biggrin_25520:
     
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  5. Rockdoctor

    Rockdoctor Medium Load Member

    Yes the relocation bonus comes to you 60 days after you have been hired. The way is usually works is you start training in Dallas on a Friday and then the following Thursday you get your driver number if you have passed all written and driving tests. Then you head to Houston for 2 days of training and begin training in Victoria on a Monday. Schneider pays you every Friday so that Friday you are in Victoria you will get your 1st check which will be for the training you did in Dallas and Houston. That pay is $625. The next Friday I started receiving regular paychecks for working on the account.

    Had someone ask me this yesterday so thought I would address it. Schneider will reimburse you for gas to travel to Dallas and Houston. If your training begins on a Fri they will put you up in the hotel starting on Thur. They pay for the hotel, the hotel provides a huge breakfast every morning, then when you are at the OC Schneider provides you with lunch from their cafeteria. They do the same thing for you in Houston with the hotel but that OC is small and has no cafeteria so they buy you Subway for lunch. When you go to Victoria they put you up in a hotel for 2 weeks. They were giving new hires on the Victoria account 5 paid "personal" days too.
     
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  6. JahB

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    I'm curious how this will play out too, though the checks will come when they come and it isn't critical to me. The training week pays $500 and starts on 6/18 with a paid hotel, gas to get there, and two meals, then the following week they'll put me up in a hotel in Midland for two weeks, which is when I start getting paid the normal salary. My real concern is finding a place to live more permanently. Looking at what's available to rent, I sure hope I can find ANYTHING in the area. Seems really tough to get an apartment there. Almost all there is on craigslist is invitations to get on waiting lists and scams. I guess I could get a FEMA trailer and park it in a field somewhere with a generator, a water tank, a latrine, and outdoor shower, and my Verizon wifi hotspot. LOL
     
  7. wowo6057

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    Thanks RD
    Now that puts it in a different light. The recruiter I talked to said 100.00 a week for the time in Huston (said I would go there not Dallas) then 150.00 a day for training. Training would be however long it took me to catch on. Free hotel in Huston with Breakfast and lunch. I was told by an employee they will give you a SNI com-data card as soon as you get there and you can draw off (200 a week) which they take out of your first check. It will take me about 400 dollars to drive there (taking my pick-up) and what ever else so could probably do it on $600 - $800. (fuel and stuff to get there) I will leave the family behind and come back for them later so will need to just keep me going till all kicks in.
    Where does the 1100 a week or 220 a day kick in? The recruiter I talked in said about 4 - 6 weeks. I am ready to launch but have a car payment and can not go 30 - 60 days on pennies. Please give me some good news. Also said I may hire in to a place called Ceuro, it's closer to San Antonio. I need to tell them yes or no soon, have very few lose ends to tie up here. Could move this Friday, lol
     
  8. kdc1899

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    I've got some sand haulin contract drivers up here that have shown an interest in the schnieder thang in Texas. Do you know what oil companies that have hired schnieder to haul in texas. Is it crude, water, sand? Do you need hazmat if they have sand work? What companies does schnieder haul for where a placarded tanker is involved?
    I may get you some refferals yet. Lots of texans up here missin home.
     
  9. kdc1899

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    These guys have tanker endorsements and hazmat but no tanker experience. I see schnider haulin frac companies equipment but where in texas is schnieder hiring for oilfield tanker jobs? What oil companies are schnider pullin tankers for.
    Thanks again

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  10. JahB

    JahB Road Train Member

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    Schneiders doing mostly sand and crude, from what I can tell, kdc1899, both in the Permian Basin and the Eagle Ford Shale.
     
  11. kdc1899

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    Thanks. So the sand is for drillers/frackers. Who is schnieder hauling crude for?
     
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