So how does one leave the oil field?

Nest egg is money saved for lizards and booze right?

 

And maybe a little gambling money!

 

Who needs a 401k when you can hit the jackpot on a scratcher?

 

Or go-fast bits for cars/motorcycles and firearms. Pick yer poison.

 

The oil field is for one thing, and that is paying off debt (if you have it) and saving cash. Living like what you could make at 'home'. If you start living off the oil field money, and most do, you will not be able to transition into a 'normal' work salary.

 

Oil field prayer: " Dear God, Please let there be another oil boom, I promise I won't blow it all next time." Lol...

Like they said tho, you're going to have to trim up to go home. The dollars you seek just aren't in everyday trucking.

Watch the resume's too. Your current finds out your looking he might retaliate with a good bye. Been known to happen......

Good luck

 

… just don't buy your tickets in Illinois, they stopped paying winners! They are still selling them though ...

 

Same boat here I was working for chevron in Bakersfield good job . I am making alot less out driving and working more hours. Wait for the boom that's all I can do.

 

I think I've delivered acid to Chevron in Bakersfield. Delivered to a couple of places there. Loads of acid from Tennessee to Bakersfield.

 

Lots of mining

Lots of mining in New Mexico, so quite a bit of tanker work in dry bulk. I think Groendyke Transport and Coastal Transport hires from New Mexico also.