Questions Concerning North Dakota ????

I would check out the Minot Daily Newspaper. I think they posted all their jobs in that one. Not sure on the rent. I called talyor liquid company and they told me that you can make $250,000 a year but the catch is you have to find a driver to drive the truck when you are not, so you have to pay an emplyoee also you are responsible for the maintenance, and fuel, as well as health care for the employee work mens comp etc

 

I grew up in eastern NoDak. There are no 'real' mountains in ND but you could encounter some steep local roads. Be fore warned, there is nothing to do but work in NW NoDak and with winter quickly approaching, be prepared for sub zero temps. Coldest I ever saw was -85F with wind chill.

 

Rumor has it that KEY has pissed off HESS. HESS was ALL of Key's work in ND. They have a few hundred trucks in ND and everyday that are nearly that many sitting in Tioga. Williston yard is full too. I'd check out Badlands Power Fuels or MBI Energy (formerly Missouri Basin Well Service). Key has new equipment, and housing but they are known for hiring subpar drivers and have not been very well managed in the recent past. Key has been recruiting guys from Afg for a few years to come to work in ND. Most start at Key then jump ship to a better company. I have nothing personal against Key as I have never worked there but I see with my own eyes their trucks sitting nearly every day. Power Fuels and MBI running hard daily. Your choice....

 

So you are taking about leasing a truck on with Taylor. The question was about hiring on with Key as a company driver. Two totally different things. Company drivers don't make $250k.

 

I am up here with Key and Hess is not our only accounts. Hess has distributed their work out more as to not put all eggs in one basket, nothing about pissing off. Hess is big on safety and Power Fuels killed a guy not to long ago by running him over on location. Sounds like that would piss em off to but they still spread the work around more than they did a year ago.

It is slow and we are going through management changes but it is slow for everyone. Power Fuels and MBI trucks are sitting on yards as well. Some are bigger Co's so obviously will have more out. Look for your housing choice to be high on your list of priorities as well, some live like rats and some get paid more but get charged more for housing. Two weeks on 5 days off must be coil tubing or workover rigs , I am in fluid management. How many turns depends and varies don't matter you are on for 12 ..90k with OT when it picks back up maybe. No mountains but some locations have steep entrance hills and some have chained up in the mud