Great jobs in Texas

Ok. Time for an update. I haven't been here for a while but received a PM recently that reminded me to come here and update. I've been working, it's not my fault, really - it isn't.

Anyway. For South Texas, the oil boom is booming. There's driving jobs everywhere. Oil haulers, water haulers, sand, etc. I see signs all over there place that say "Hiring CDL-A drivers" . So, if one wants to work, there's jobs available.

Crude oil, as I've previously said, generally requires experience - not tanker experience, just driving experience. In Martin Transport's case, it's 3 years.

When I first started out her about 3 months ago, there were maybe 8 or 9 companies hauling crude. Now I can't keep up with all of them. My guess is that that number is around 20-25. I think they all are looking for drivers too.

At the locations where we offload the oil there are 4 drivers on the rack at a time. It generally takes about 45 minutes to offload. Sometimes less, sometimes more. Depending on the gravity of the oil, sometimes a lot more. Once you hook up to the pump (about 37 seconds to do) you then don't have anything to do, so, drivers get to talking. Pay often comes up in conversation. A few companies pay hourly, most pay by the load. Some companies are picking up and dropping off at places that only allows one load in per day. That would be about a 13-14 hour day too, btw. In general, across all of these companies, the pay is around $250/day. Again, some more, some less.

For the month of April. Here are my paycheck amounts. These numbers are after taxes and 401k deduction. I have no insurance money coming out.

4/1 - $1363.96
4/8 - $1489.77
4/15 - $1201.70
4/22 - $1172.75
4/29 - $861.97

There's a 1 week lag in pay, so the lower check on 4/29 is because I had a lot of equipment problems the previous week. And I was home during that last week so my first paycheck in May was only $265.05. If you add those up though, I had an income, to my pocket, of $6080.15 in April. Not too bad for driving a truck IMO.

I'd be happy to answer any specific questions people have, just PM me. Humm... maybe I should start a blog then I could easily upload pictures and stuff.

 

got cha! wow! thank you driver . iwas wondering if you have to have a texas commercial drivers licence. or it dont matter to used an out of state commercial drivers licence , you know how insurance companies are .

 

It doesn't matter what state your license is from.

 

Nice,

So what would insurance run you per check? My company is like 300.00 per paycheck forva family plan

 

I have no idea as I get insurance through my wife's employer. I'll see if I can find out and post but it won't be until this weekend that I'm able to do that.

 

Ya, I get insurance through my wife as well, just curious.

 

I just signed on with a company hauling crude, they pay hourly. $18.00 an hour plus $12.50 a day for pre and post trip inspections and $30.00 a day per diem in addition to the hourly pay. They work a 6 on 3 off, 12 hour shift schedule (yes I know that is 72 hours, you stop working when out of hours), but you are welcome to come back after your 34 hour reset. If you work the night shift ( 6P to 6A ) you get $1.50 per hour more (so it is $19.50 an hour).

So for a 65 hour week working nights, you make about $1750.00 Gross. $1750.00 / 6 days = $291.00 a day; or $26.92 an hour.

They do have Insurance after 90 days, but I have no idea what it cost yet. I use the VA, so I wont be buying it, whatever it is.

Trucks are slip seated daily, so living in the truck is not an option even tho 30 of the trucks are Petes with sleepers on them. Reasonable cost housing is abundant in nearby San Antonio (35 miles). For what you will be making, the commute and the rent is not anything to get worked up over.

If you are interested, email me at DRHinSATX@hotmail.com for the name of the company and my name, so I get a recruiting bonus.

ALSO, tanker or hazmat experience is not needed, but you will need the endorsements before applying, and must have a TWIC within 30 days of hiring on. As far as experience goes, when I asked, the response that I got was "You have to have a class A CDL and pass the road test". No time requirement was stated. All trucks are automatics.

While I do have 4 years experience, it has been spread out over 15 years, with my last 1 year stint being over 3 years old. In the trucking world, that means I forgot how to ride my bicycle and can't be hired under any circumstances... I passed my road test no problems and was hired.

 

Send me more info jvar7829@hotmail.com

 

Oilfield exemption, you only need 24hrs to reset.

 

Be sure to chime in once your 90 Days expire and your still employed