How is North Dakota right now for those actually working up there?

I'll go in on that bet with you too... I'm looking at the market and talking to a few guys out there and that's what we are thinking too.

 

I remember this guy!!!! It was great entertainment when the rigs would be circulating for hours and the rumble of the gas busters would send you into some kind of hypnotic state. 24 hour shifts with nothing but copenhagen and monster. All in some type of apocalyptic nuclear winter. Even as I lay here in my nice warm bed here in Tampa FL, I still miss it!

 

O I hope and pray that it picks up up here, I’m breaking even with what I could be making at home right now

 

How much more do you need to make to make it worth your while?
They will not pay more just because the price of oil goes up. If they can get guys to work cheaper they will never raise the rate.
They need to be both :
A, short of drivers and
B in a situation where they are losing money because of the shortage
In economics there is a thing called "sticky wages" , they have been able to lower wages in the last two years and that is TOUGH to do since no one likes working for less. If they start paying more they will lose that ground and wont get it back until the next bust.

 

A and B happened in 2012, why cant it happen in 2018. Look whats happening with Iran.

 

Dont get me wrong, that is what I am looking for as well. For me the number is at least 1600 hundred a week and 2k is enough to really get my attention.
Too easy right now to be 1k a week as a company driver otr and not have to live in a mancamp.
I really hope to hit the patch in the spring.

 

I could average 240 per day st home, I’m averaging about 320 per day up here, costs me about 1000 per month to be up here

 

Can anyone driving diesel tanker tell me? Who adds winter treatment into the Fuel?

 

320 would get me out there.
What does a 320 day look like? Long hours? Do you get a nap?

 

12 hr night shift, if your on a rig waiting to unload you could nap