Oil Fields vs. OTR for a new driver

Sounds like you have a pretty good handle on the basics of what to expect. There is no "typical answer that applies to most". Living in austin, you'll get --by-- the house often with most van carriers who hire new drivers. However getting BY the house and getting TO the house are 2 different things. From an OTR/regional standpoint, you'll probably need to consider a carrier with Houston terminals and leave your personal vehicle their, and drive home for time off. Although some carriers might allow you to perhaps drop in San Antonio and bounce to Austin for a "few" days off. But what a recruiter tells you can happen and what really comes to fruition might be two different things. So assume the worst case scenario for "quality" hometime with OTR/regional, and in the oilflield, that's a different matter altogether and I suspect you're aware how that may work.

 

Oilfield is terrible for home time ! I came home Xmas morning and left Xmas night. I made decent money, but really that much more compared to OTR. the other issue is most oilfields won't take a newbie. Most want a year some 6 months . Just my 2 pennies

 

Okieron is correct in my opinion also.Have worked oilfields for the last year and a half.You work 12 to 14 hours a day,usually have a daily commute of up to an hour each way.So most of your at home nights are spent sleeping.You will be at them same leases almost daily,becomes boring quickly.The way I see it is if OTR is what you would prefer to do you will not be happy doing anything else.

 

I found Key responsive in Giddings Texas, they actually answered the phone this morning ~ for OTR you can look at Schneider & FFE but if you want to be at home with the kids neither OTR nor EFS will be a cup of T for you,....to target O/O I ->STRONGLY<- suggest FFE, Schneider and some others ~ for what it is worth there are three towns in EFS North Half that have listings worth digging = Victoria, SA & Giddings ~ the patch can be danger but probably not a lot of monotonous

maybe you should try owning the trucks & hiring drivers