Alberta oilfield driving jobs

1st Timers Personal Packing List For the Oilpatch:


Gentlemen, Speedloader proposed a great idea for those of us who are new to the oilpatch.
Please post what you think a guy needs to survive and live as comfortably as possible. Anything from clothing to personal electronic gear.

Thanks in advance.

 

Only thing I had on my list was shorts. Eh. Pipeman lol.

I kinda waited till I got out there to buy anything I didn't have. Company issued coveralls and hard hats and gloves. I already had boots. Isulated jeans were handy to have when it got too cold to wear shorts and that was rare lol. For personal enjoyment I would suggest a laptop or something for your downtime or waiting since it can get pretty boring.

 

And speedloader, stay away from car haul out west! Lol my territory

 

Yer Ocean might be bigger, youngster, but mine's newer !!

 

Take a few books, they're easier to re-charge !!

 

Hard to harass the car haulers online with a paperback

 

I had a small converter that plugged into the cigarette lighter to charge my laptop.

 

Boots depend on what you are doing. If you are an oil hauler or VA. Truck you're in and out all day. If you're fracing you drive in street shoes and put your gear on at the lease entrance. My choice is a top line pair of lace up redwings.my present pair is used everyday since Sept 2007 and still going strong. Still waterproof, still good grip, still comfortable. Great bargain 300 bucks for over five years of use. Pants generally jeans almost everyone supplies the coveralls hardhat etc. Reg t shirts, for cold wx FR Helly Hansen heavyweight hoodless sweaters and longjohns. If you get into cementing the ground is always muddy when rigging out no matter how dry the wx so just get a really good pair of rubber boots. My choice for rubber is the fire fighter style insulated boot sized large enough to wear a Baja books liner. I wore them year round and still got nearly 2 years out of a.pair

 

Hoodies are not allowed where I work. Almost all my sweaters have a hood, so I just tuck it under my coveralls.

Id say the most important pieces of gear are thermal underwear when it gets cold. Not long johns, but underarmour or carhartt style.

Rain gear is supplied by my employer.

I own 3 different pairs of boots. Summer, winter and fireman style rubbers. Don't skimp on warm breathable socks, wet feet are cold feet. I wear wool blend socks, not cotton.

I have numerous carhartt bib and jackets that I brought with me but can't use. They are not fire resistant. But my employer has winter coveralls and if I want they will order me a bib and jacket for a small fee of $60 a piece. Considering the cost to buy fire resistant winter gear, it's a steal.

We are supplied hard hat liners (nomex) so I would assume anything under it is fair game.

Laptop seemed a bit too bulky to carry around, so I switched to an iPad 2. Does everything I need on the road.

The last thing on the list is to have a good sized gear bag for your personal stuff. You want it to be large enough to carry everything, yet be easy to handle and toss in the bunk. Something with wheels on it is best.

That's my $0.02

 

ya x2 on the hoodie, its apparently a peripheral vision issue, hardhat liners are given to us too...and we cant wear baseball hats under a hardhat....

we have one guy with a headlamp attached to his hardhat with wood screws, how the foreman hasnt noticed or said something i dont know.

get a head lamp thats on/off, its a pita with the multibrightness ones, scrolling thru the settings just to turn it on then off...you only need to see your hands, not 500' away

http://www.buy.com/prod/energizer-trailfinder-hdl2bodbp-headlight-led-cr2032/222409638.html is what i have now, my big $$ super bright ones, i leave at the house to use in the garage