Hauling Crude out of Williston Area

how do i get started ???

 

GOOD LUCK, I've done everything imaginable from sending resumes, to going to the annual "Job Fair", to even finding an inside connection. Bottom line is that a couple of years ago, it didn't take much more than a pulse and a CDL. Now all they want is drivers with OILFIELD EXPERIENCE, or a few years pulling heavy haul, flat or tanker. Best of luck to anyone that can get in up there. Yet another shattered dream for me.

 

I went there for 8 months and had a lot of experience driving truck and pup and transfer dump truck. I had a lot of experience driving off road and you will find it is much more difficult than driving on pavement. I made good money but it just wasn't worth all of the drama that I saw.

 

Your dreams shatter pretty easy. If you're hireable in non oilfield jobs requiring a CDL and experience, oilfield jobs are a dime a dozen. You might have to work up to that crude hauling job, though. So, what's so bad about that?

 

I'm wondering what you mean by all the drama......... I would love to have a little insight on that.

 

Ok you have 20 guys living in one house and one or two fridges to use, and some if you are lucky have a washer and dryer. People argue over cleaning up after they use the kitchen bathroom you have people from all walks of life most have no business being away from home. You will get a lot of otr drivers who don't have experience driving off pavement and don't want advice on how to drive in muck that is several inches deep. I am talking about driving for a couple of hours to go 20 miles to get to a well and no signs because trailers have removed almost all of them. Dispatch giving you directions to get to a well there were no maps because the roads are too new well goat trails really with baked clay called scoria sprinkled over sloppy slimy clay. Then you can't turn around and you have to back up the tanker in the dead of night. Someone plugs the toilet and let it run all over the bathroom floor until the sewage starts to intrude into your living quarters. Or someone makes a big mess in the kitchen and leaves you with dishes to wash before you can fix yourself something to eat. You go ahead and do it because the only restaurant is slammed with business. You start your day at 430 am or pm I worked nights and I would generally be off the clock by 9am. You have Oil field exemption for a lot of the tasks you do so forget about the 70 hr work limit. In Watford city a 60 year old woman without a hump was called a watford 7 that is if she wasn't dragging a oxygen tank. That would take her down to a 6.8. People will eat your food steal your boots that are rated for 150 below. You have to buy fire resistant clothing or frc and they will be stolen if not tied down. I was in Minot when it flooded in 2011 and a guy who worked days was supposed to evacuate volunteered to work and the company was going to move his stuff for him. Well he worked and management showed up decided it would be too much work to move his stuff. So they removed all of the company stuff and left his stuff behind. Two days later it was under 27 feet of water and he was left with literally the clothes on his back. I have friends that are still there and I think the living conditions are getting better but Dickinson is a great little town compared to the others I worked out of. Oh yeah very few women I only saw one female truck driver I think it is because they are much smarter than us. When I left Minot because of the flooding and went to work for a small company and there it was nice but of the three of us in the mobile home he didn't want to share the bathroom with me. He was just odd I cleaned up after myself but he didn't think I deserved to have a bathroom. Then after a couple of days he was trying to get into my room at 3am I unlocked the door and before he could enter the room I took the safety off of my 45. He went to the owner and said I was a nut case and the owner fired the guy. He was by far the strangest man I have met and came close to being a very dead man. So yeah there is drama with a lot of fairly decent people in desperate situations living in bad circumstances and doing a very dangerous job.

 

I knew as soon as I heard about the "man camps" up there that it would be like that. All you have to do is listen to the cb radio for awhile and you get an idea of the type of people you would be living with in a man camp. No thank you.

I've decided Texas is better even if it is a little less money. At least you can find a place to live in most places.

 

You are soooo right brother

 

Yikes and ........ holy moly!