ND oilfield vs TX oilfield

I wish it was that easy finding job in N.Dakota. Everybody wants experienced drives only. I've called a bunch of companies there. I'll graduate from Sage Tech in Missoula in a week so I am looking for same thing. If you want just to get your CDL and just get a oil haul job ... it's not that easy.

 

You might be better off in TX. It will be winter in ND in 90 days. You don't want to learn to drive a truck in those conditions. I think there is a list somewhere on this forum of companies that will hire you straight out of school. I think maybe Schneider but really there is a list.

 

A little less than ND. I'll let you know for sure in a few weeks. I'm moving to Corpus next week. The big difference is going to be in the cost of living and the weather.

 

$4.500 and I know that's a rip off. For me it was few hundred cheaper as I have CDL B and DOT medical . Do not make same mistake as I did and go in same school. I think it's some kind of "rule" (maybe law?) that they must provide a student with 150 hours of learning but the catch is that 2/3 of that time you will spend in classroom not behind the wheel. Learning unnecessary ########. Books which they provide are 20+ years old and almost worthless.

That is my goal for now. Texas. I live in Montana so that's nothing new for me. I already drove big vehicles in deep snow but not a tanker which I know it is a mile apart experience.
I would like to thank you Sir Chibob for heads up. Please DO NOT make same mistake as a lot of people who go first and Dakota. Check the availability of house/condo etc. Rent is usually $1200 per week. It all depends where you are renting it and how big the place is. I hope you'll update your status as you get settled there. Good luck Sir.

 

I was thinking jobs in general but it could be either. Other trucking jobs, we don't throw around the kind of numbers you hear in the oilfield. There will probably be a select few, I guess, but overall, and particularly for a beginner, no.

 

Surely you don't mean TX. I am going to Corpus Christi. I've checked the ads for apts there and they go anywhere from $550-1450 for a one bdrm.