Jobs in ND Oil Patch

Man I had a whole message wrote up and then I hit the wrong button and deleted it now I gotta do it again...

Prairie Boy Stanley's OK, it's just crowded and expensive, everyone wants a piece of the oilpatch pie. I don't think it's as nice as it used to be but that's progress I guess.

AC22 I make about 430-450 a night in 10-12 hours. If you can do math that's more than 30. Two of my freinds just got hired on at Walmart in Williston at 22.50 an hour plus 160 a week per diem for food, plus free hotel rooms to stay in. You really think they can pay those kind of wages to shelf-stockers and get drivers out here for only 20 bucks cash? I know I said this before but any driver out here with a good enough record to get hired should make at least 30 an hour. If you are getting paid less you are taking it in the shorts.

9finger oil haulers can make more than water haulers generally because they are mostly paid by the barrel so the potential is there, if they want to push it they can. If you own the rig you make much much more of course, same with water haulers. The oil haulers I know make at least 500 on a really bad day but they work longer, have to log and stay in the truck. I crawl into my own bed every day which I like.

Outsidelookingin- It sounds like you wouldn't have any trouble out here, except for getting hired on. Most of the larger companies require 2 yrs exp or less if it's oilpatch exp. Most of the O/O's and leasers will put anybody they like in a truck however so if I were you I would look for one of them who needs a driver. They're not hard to find they have ads covering the bulletin boards at all the truck stops. If you worked through a winter for a driver and didn't wreck the truck or do anything outrageous you would find a lot more opportunities. Oilpatch driving exp. counts for way more than OTR. Also if you were out here in the winter you would see quite a few openings as the southerners make their annual Tucked Tail Pilgrimage back south when the weather turns to @#$%. You were in Baghdad "engaging all kinds of people in discussions about religion"??? Man, you got a pair my hats off to you.

Iroquois I don't know any MB company drivers, the ones i know are O/O's in the freshwater division and they stay in their trucks since they own them. (And they make over 200K a year too) But all the mancamps I've seen you end up with your own room. I have seen one where two drivers shared a room but just one. Most have a private bathroom and shower. Some have a large shared bathroom with several stalls and sinks and showers like a truckstop. If it is MB's long-term housing however I would bet you will have a private room with your own bathroom and maybe a shared TV room and kitchen. You can always call whoever you talked to on the phone and ask them they are usually glad to answer questions and have probably heard them all before at least once, at least that's what ours is like at Power Fuels. I see a lot of those white Freightshakers I heard their pay is pretty low but like I said I don't know any of their company drivers personally.

 

Asphalt Warrior sorry I just saw your post. That's a low estimate for beginning drivers. If you were to work as much as possible, never miss a day due to weather, breakdowns, or going home on your off week, plus take advantage of all the options for extra money you can make over 100K your first year. You will pretty much be guaranteed at least 60K though even if you just show up for a year and work the minimum. Yes they have all kinds of housing that you can rent through them. They have mancamps, apartments, houses, trailer houses, etc. You can even buy a new trailer house through them if you really want to. Some areas have fewer openings to live at than others. Minot flooded this summer so housing is hard to come by there. But you can make the most money working out of Minot too so it might be worth holding out for a place there, that's what I would do. If you want more info send me a message so I get an email notification. I'm not on here very often so I don't know if someone asks me something or not.

 

Outsidelookingin Hello! I am in the same place as you except for world travels. West Tex. oilfields in mid 70s, automotive and construction since. The old saying applies! If it flies, floats or drives I have done it. All the part that I left out did was cause trouble. I to am armed going armed only waving a cdl with no miles on it per say, also bringing tool box and nail bags. What I have learned on this sight (thank you all) is that you need to just show up! Someone will hire you for something, mech skills, etc. They can't find any trades, mech, etc. I am going to buy a cold weather small trailer with a big heater and maybe add a Wabasto diesel sleeper heater for econ. and go! There is zero housing and I was quoted $750.00 a mo. for a trailer spot, elec, water only with no sewer, so I am going self sufficient/contained so I can stay on the move if necc. until the right thing comes along. Maybe a bobtail to start? I think the important thing is be prepaired for the cold, you can die in that stuff at 30 below! Good luck to us.

 

Appreciate the post man, but are you sure your Walmart numbers are right? The Walmart ad in the Williston Shopper lists starting wage for full-time overnight stockers as $14.20, and doesn't say anything about per diem pay or housing.

 

exactly i checked the http://theshopperinc.net/readonline.html page 55 thats what it says $14.20 plus if you dont pass their computer test you have to wait 6 months to re-apply because they dont do hard copy applications no more. doesnt say anything about hotel room an per diem might be an internal deal.

 

$14.20 an hour can become $22.50 as long as there is overtime involved. Look how LightsoutND does his math.

 

I'd need to see proof about the Williston Walmart. Highly unlikely. And I can do math, no need for the tone. If you are making 450 per day in 10 hours you obviously are paid by the barrel and must be hauling produced water. What are the hourly guys making where you work? Sure as heck not $40 bucks an hour. I have quite a bit of experience on this topic and making less than $30 per hour is not taking it in the shorts. Making less than $20 is taking it in the shorts. Good luck to everyone looking for work in ND and don't let LightsoutND discourage you.

 

This is what Power Fuel is all over the radio advertising for drivers. I'd take the radio ads advice over LightsOutND. This is a RANGE of wages. Some new guys that want to push can make $90 but the average guy will make less than that the first year. $60 is low but most i'd bet most are around $80 - $90.

 

In all seriousness....lightsoutnd, what are power fuels benefits? We've been talking wages but I was wondering what else they offer. When you get a chance that info would be appreciated.

 

Double occupancy. SOme single person rooms will be available in new man-camp for $$.