Looking for the scoop on Bridger out of Stockdale, Tx

The wage base limit for 2018 is $128,400, meaning the most you'd pay for the Social Security portion of self-employment tax this year is 12.4% of $128,400, or$15,921.60. However, total self-employment taxes could be higher than that amount because of the 2.9% that goes toward the Medicare portion.......yikes!

 

Just read that pilot flying j is buying bridger

 

Check out Thomas The Trucker videos on YouTube.

 

EXACTLY!

 

The problem with Thomas the Trucker is he came from OTR, went to Bridger and now he is trying to act like he knows the history of Bridger. Sorry Thomas but you are actually doing people a disservice leading them to Bridger.

First Thomas leads them to the sand side. Said they make way more than a crude hauler. Maybe sand at Bridger makes more than the crude haulers at Bridger, but if he thinks $5K a week is blowing it out of the water for a crude O/O, he doesn't know the overall industry. $4-5K is kind of a joke for an O/O in crude in West TX. I knew guys making almost double that in crude.

Now Thomas is trying to talk up the crude side at Bridger, saying he may go over there for stability. Again, the guy needs a history lesson. Did you know Bridger got hit by a train inside an offload station and subsequently were banned from that facility? Then a lot of O/O for Bridger suddenly found themselves without work.

Did you know Bridger tried to buy another carrier to gain access back into the facility they were banned from but were not only unable to gain access back into that facility, Bridger was also unable to keep the contracts intact for the carrier they purchased? Why? Because ultimately certain producers know their reputation and would rather not be associated with them!

Bridger is a truck leasing company first and then an oilfield service company second. I hand it to the management at Bridger, they are enriching themselves off the backs of drivers trying to break into the oilfield. They are playing the game and laughing all the way to the bank.

So please, don't think I'm some disgruntled ex-Bridger driver here to bash them, truth is I never worked with them nor would I be associated with them. At best Thomas is ignorant of the history of Bridger and is leading people down the wrong path by mistake. At worst, he is a self promoter trying to earn referrals and channel people over into his other business, drop shipping or whatever internet sales nonsense he keeps bringing up.

SO DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR. If Bridger is your only way to break into the oilfield, STOP, and look for another way.

 

You hit the nail exactly on the head!

 

And I watched TTT. He's a dumb ###.

 

Most of the time in the oilfield and any other good outfit they don't constantly have to advertise they're looking for drivers. I'm in the Marcellus and all the good companies I'd pull for have never been talked about on here. There's tons of fly by night sand companies and the few good ones its a who knows who to get in good