So you want to haul crude oil in the badlands of ND?

Crews are up here working from TX, LA and everywhere else on rotating schedules. Right now no one cares where you live as long as you show up for your shifts. I know guys from Vegas and Cali up here for two weeks then they fly home for a couple weeks. If you can find a gig like that, give er hell.

 

I live 12 hrs away so I work 6 on 1 off for 3 weeks then I take a week off..

 

I came to work right out of school with no prior driving experience but I had a good driving record..it will depend on the company and their training abilities in place

 

I'm just in my first week of training/school, so it will be a while. But thanks indeed for the update, AC22. Yeah, I figure I'd need at least a season to acclimate to a new career AND a new climate, so I won't be hittin' the badlands till mid-may at the soonest.

And to tell the truth, getting experience offroad appeals to me. Less people to run over with any mistakes!

With this offer coming to me from a friend of my family and all, I look at it as a unique adventure opportunity. And Lord knows, what with a couple reactors in Japan going permanently offline now, the world is gonna need more oil.

Dakota or bust!

 

The badlands comments are getting a bit carried away. The Badlands are south of Watford City, ND and are absolutely beautiful but they aren't where "ALL" the oil is. Some is there but really the majority of activity is near Stanley and Williston. Flat, flat, flat. Killdeer has "mountains" by ND standards but the driving in ND is mainly flat. Don't let the BADLANDS scare you away. Most work isn't there.

 

It must pay pretty good if you are buying plane tickets every couple of weeks. What kind of pay are we talking about if you don't mind me asking.

 

get your offroad experience first. worry about OTR later, if you can settle for pulling poverty wagons. in 25 years in trucking from a canadian base i have never had a single otr job that paid half of what the oilfield pays. oilfield= working your bum right off for a set schedule, then scheduled days off. when i was otr i was perpetually too broke to think about taking a day off.up here in the patch i was working 15 on 6 off. i couldn't use up my holidays, by booking our holidays around my six, all i needed was to book 1-2 extra days and i could have a week in hawaii or whatever. until we stop using hydrocarbons for fuel i will never to back to the abuse, ###### pay,and never ending days away from home of otr

 

I am heading to Williston to start OSHA training school on Tuesday for a couple days ,then to Medora for more training, So in a couple weeks will be trucking.Absolutely can't wait.It will be nice since I will be working 2 weeks on 1 week off, and I live only 5 hours south of Watford City.

 

One of the best quotes I've seen on this thread. ND is not like over here. It's not an uncharted area. Good roads for the most part. Hauled many OD loads up there w/ no unusual problems. The oil patch can/will put you in many unusual and sometimes bad places. The extreme cold is the worst thing ND has. Broke down in Stanley once. Called dealer in Minot. Was closing. Took order and credit card #. Left parts exactly where he said he would. Got ride w/ nice driver. All he would take for lift both ways was nice dinner. It should be that easy everywhere. Another thing I noticed there as well as WY, CO and a few other places was the large # of dopers. Lot of folks can't pass drug screen. Another reason they are so desperate for workers. But overall I really enjoyed heading up there. Backhauls were hard to come by. But we made enough going up to cover a DH. And could usually find something before getting all the way to DFW area.

 

Well the mud is officially here! Trucks buried up to the fuel tanks! 40 degrees and nearly all the snow gone and now we have a possible 6+ inches of snow coming tomorrow. Gotta love ND! AND none of the problems are in the badlands, it's on the flatlands.