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Yep I don't think they cared one bit, working 114 hrs this week I just finished up on. The only thing the company man wanted to know was how quick can you rig up and start pumping that cement lol...

PS I don't think they cared about the 80 hrs last week either and neither did I to be frank... Moe Money!!!!

 

thanks for your info! what do you suppose upper management is up to? are they trying to figure out ways to remove money from the drivers pocket? just trying to figure which general direction conditions are trending. i just arrived today in san antonio, start knocking a few doors tomorrow.

 

I try to keep a positive outlook but when my supervisor who just transferred to the Midland yard tells me his boss, who just hired on, wants him to go on more ride alongs and he wants to see the drivers getting written up. I think that is a way to deny drivers their safety bonuses. I am one of the few drivers left to get a new truck and trailer. The company is almost finished upgrading the fleet. The Freightliner I am driving is having issues on a regular basis. This contributes to a lot of waisted time and added stress. I'm not opposed to turning a wrench once in a while but this is getting to be too much. I hired on to haul crude oil not deal with a whole lot of Micky Mouse truck problems. It's starting to get old.

 

Finally someone who tells it like it is!

 

pathfinder1361

Good luck with your job search. If San Antonio is anything like Midland you will be working by the end of the week. The nice thing about oil field is that its easy to find work.

 

So if you were offered 6 on, 2 off, 10-12 hour days, "home every night", (like you'll make any use of THAT!) at a SALARY of 1100 a week, with tanker training,
straight out of CDL school, would you take it? I'm thinking I may do just that. It's a start, even though I could get more hours, and probably even better hourly.
Depending on whether it's 10 or 12 hour days, it works out to between $12.50 (72 hrs/wk.) and $15.72(60 hrs/wk.) an hour IF it was paid with OT,
I'm betting you see a lot more 12 than 10 hour days.

 

No doubt you will get a call from Sun Coast within a day or two. As long as you do not have too many tickets or points on your MVR, nothing really terrible on your DAC, a Desent CSA2010 score and can stand the scrutiny of a background check. I'm sure Sun Coast will offer you a job. It will kinda be like One Shot, One Kill kind of a thing.

 

My pay scale is based on commission. I work 5 on and 2 off then 5 on and 3 off.

I really like getting 3 days off. However, I'm paid twice a month and some months I work 19 days and others I work 20 days. We were just switched over to this schedule last month. I would like to get 22 or 23 days to work every month. That would add at least $500 to my monthly gross. 6 days on and 2 days off should give you 24 working days per month. Sounds like a good way to maximize earning potential.

Myself , sometimes 5 strait days is enough. Anyone else might be ok with it.

 

Jerry, the number of days doesn't matter in this job I'm considering, except they get more hours out of you for your flat $1100 a week salary, up to 72 in fact, if you worked 6 straight 12 hour days. Those weeks, I'd be talking about the $1100 a week a lot more than I'd be talking about the crummy $12.50 an hour.

PS: This is down near Corpus, not Midland, so there's that to consider too.

 

I wouldn't drive for salary. Salary is very risky in the oilfield. There needs to ve a cost to the employer for requiring more of your time than you had planned. What if you worked six fourteen hour days for 84 hours. That would ve closer to ten bucks an hour. If you don't have any experience I would keep looking cause you'll find something better than that.