Jobs in ND Oil Patch

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I like Stanley, it's a nice town.

 

yeah !! i remember that was one o the companies i apply last ebruary .the lady said oh !! we hired anotherdriver on your position . i dont know how their background check works even when i have 2 years otr, no tickets. last time drove was dec 2009. sorry no money or reresher course

jvar7829@yahoo.com

 

Not sure who this post was towards. Not that many pay $30. I don't believe that power fuels has that many at that wage either. I've spoke with many power fuels people that claim to be paid $25ish. You are really getting peoples hopes up if they think they can come up here and make $30 off the street. Taco Johns is paying $15 so I agree that $17 is on the low end but reality is not $30.

 

I will take Taco John's,at least till Winter is over..Less stress,no mess..

 

Haha. You might be onto something there!

 

Hey id like to know what oil tanker drivers are making out there...

 

80-120ish.

 

I want to start by thanking everyone that has participated in the forum. I have learned much already.

I am a 54 year old male starting new in some ways and hoping to maximize my earning potential over the next 6 to 8 years. No formal commercial driving experience to put on a resume. Grew up in Alabama working on tractors, running bush hogs, pulling drag blades and such. Worked on a logging crew using chain saws, operating skidders and even driving the old Mac on a few occassions. Worked with Diamond M drilling in La. for a year, starting as a roustabout and moving up to lead tong.

While all of that was when I was much younger I am still young at heart and fit enough to strike out on new and challenging adventures, including those that are physically demanding. (In recent years I have traveled in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan, India and even Baghdad, Iraq engaging all kinds of people in discussions about religion. <In Iraq our team brought in some stuff for pediatric care and other miscellaneous stuff. In Pakistan I worked with a team of men in the mountains building temporary shelters for those folks after a terrible earthquake.> I mention this just to indicate that I am serious about new challenges, doing things that most people wouldn't consider and am not easily put off by difficulties.) While most of my work life was in non-related work, I am still comfortable around construction sites and other industrial environments.

I am an excellent driver. I am able to handle vehicles in a skid, 4-W/D's in wicked mud or treacherous rocky revines and other adverse conditions. I know enough to not twist a drive shaft in two or to be harder than necessary on a vehicle in any other way.

I have been self-sufficient and solved my own problems with little to no help my whole life.

Now to my question - with a brand new CDL (with Tanker, HazMat and Double/Triple endorsements), what are the chances I could get hired on if I showed up in N.D. with my steel-toed boots and started looking for work driving a truck?

 

I have an interview with Missouri Basin Well Service. Does anybody know what their company provided housing is like? More specifically do you have to sleep in a squadbay like room with other people or do you get your own room?