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

Thanks gdyup gal! I knew you'd answer sooner or later
How's it going up there? How you handling the cold?

 

Hello I put in application to go up there . I heard back from the company and they want me up there PDQ. Do to personnal resons I have to wait until April. They have Company housing avaible for $235 per pay period. I am wondering what to bring up there for cold weather gear. any suggestions would be help ful thank you.

 

In April all you need is short pants.

 

Figure ill head up end of january when the colds just kickin in! should be a lot of high tailors!
Jobs will be like shootin fish in a barrel with all the empty trucks an no one to drivem!
"Come on in boys the water is fine"

 

well this year is the exact opposite of last year..we've had alot of beautiful days no snow very little ice great driving conditions..Im really glad about the weather conditions because we just closed on our land and we can still get stuff done on it and get our dry spot & full service spots ready so I feel really blessed for the weather conditions..Wtfrd Cty is just growing like crazy & not enough housing..I cant wait to have my ponies in my back yard again for sure..Happy New Year to everyone

 

well i have read thru a lot of the posts...and written down names of companies and looked up the ph no. and made a ton of calls fri...but due to the holidays didnt get anywhere....CB has a co. that has hired him, even sent him for drug screen, but now say they dont need him yet...and companies that have housing/meals inc. and pay for your travel back n forth??? we waited on this company for 2 wks becuz they told us he would becoming right after the 1st....help......plz...

 

I have a 2009 Kenworth T800 Cummins 550HP. I plan on going up there in April. How is the repair time and any O/O have some knowledge to share?

 

Read back in the thread they answer the question. Mechanics are hard to come by, prices are high, wait times can be weeks, and the bigger companies can pay top dollar, so they get priority.

 

I have been in the Tioga Stanley area. Getting a truck repaired seemed to be next to impossible. I never needed anything but a couple guys I worked with did. Both of them ended up getting towed clear out of the area. Prior to getting towed the one guy tried two shops and waited what turned into several weeks. Both the shops basically charged him big money and then when they got tired of not being able to fix it just told him to come get it.

One main thing from my experience I can warn people wanting to go work up there is to have a solid plan if your truck goes down. Most of us are living in our sleepers and theres no where to get a hotel. So if your truck is in a shop where are you going to stay. Can get pretty rough.
One guys truck broke down end of November and he couldnt get a tow for almost 5 days. So at night we hooked jumper from one truck that did run so he could run a heater at night and still sleep in his truck. Can get pretty rough.