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There is some non- Hazmat jobs that view Hazmat as a plus despite no doing any Hazmat work. Also, there is more to Hazmat in the oilfield besides just Crude hauling. They also need guys to haul, diesel, acid, and misc chemicals. Frac companies generally all have a placard flatbed with a dozen or so totes filled with diesel, acid, and misc chemicals. It's not placard but Frac companies also haul their gel with a tanker. Wireline companies carry explosives as well which require placards on certain amounts.

So yes, I would for sure get your Hazmat and Tanker.

 

Looks like the company I signed on with is going to push up my timeline for crude hauling. They initially were going to run me on coke for a month or so then switch me over to crude, but they let me know yesterday that they are going to start me on crude after this coming week. Seems like they have a ton of crude to haul and the coke is just not as difficult to get people to haul. Good news for me, that's a decent bump in pay and somewhat shorter hours.

 

im so tired of working 3 days a week

 

Why so little?

 

I was wondering how hard it is to find the places to pick up at night and if they have maps to the places you pick up from?

 

This is a thoughtful question! I was able to ride with someone during training and learn where most of the wells are. They did provide copies of hand drawn maps but even during the day it is difficult. Definitely one of the challenges of being in the oilfield! You just have to rely on your maps and other drivers you work with on finding the wells. Once you've been there a couple times you won't have any problems getting back. I suggest if possible not trying to find a new well at night.

 

our dispatchers have directions to all the wells we go to. i havent had any problems finding one.

 

The company usually faxes over a hand drawn map and driving directions. Now sometimes these directions are pretty accurate while other times their far from it. I remember being giving the directions to the wrong well two days in a row! This Frac company was doing three wells in the same area and got the directions for which is which mixed up. Since it was in a hilly area, I couldn't see the wireline crane unless I was on top of the site.

Nighttime can be worse! I'm really good about directions but some fields run miles and miles off the main hwy. Once I set up on location, I could be there 10-40hrs straight and off ten released at night. So remembering my way out is sometimes challenging. Now some of the larger oilfield road systems actually shows up on google maps or GPS. This has come in handy more than a few times.

FYI: it pays to shoot the crap with the sand haulers...for me since I worked Frac sites. If that Sand hauler has been in the business for a couple years, chances are s/he knows every inch of the surrounding area! They have helped me with short cuts and better access roads. I almost got stuck once and started talking with a sand guy...I'm always refueling the Sand Kings. Anyhow, he pointed out another route that was way easier and ran about the same distance....where ever you are Rudy, Thanks!

 

WOW! I finally got here in south Texas and got a heart attack over the motel room prices around here. It's crazy and quite a few of these places are filled up.

So that should mean good things when I'm going around to the terminals tomorrow. I already had 1 company call me back today after I put in an application over the internet last night, so off to a good start.

I'll post my discoveries later on about how things are.

 

How much per night are they charging and where in south texas are you?