How about some 2013 "updated" info on texas oilfield jobs/outlook?

i am not interested, but 7 days a week doesnt provide a lot of family time....just sayin

 

would love to know what you found out.... I am very interested in Oilfields, but like you, my Akita comes with or neither of us do....

 

Hello everybody! i just signed up...been lurking for a few days.

Here are my questions.

I like the idea of the crude hauling, but I take it that most of that is done in daycabs? Do any Crude haulers run sleepers?

Can anyone recommend any good water or sand hauling companies? It seems that my limited t/t experience may force me to do one of those first?

I have a Chevrolet high top van that can be setup as an RV pretty quick. I have a rooftop a/c and everything. Would I be abe to park it at a company yard or at a state park or something where I could plug into an electric supply?

I have read reports of it being dangerous down there. What are the dangers? Crime? Illegals? Fumes/gases?

Thanks for any replies...I'm sure I'll have more questions later

 

Here in South Texas there are many Rvs and people who sleep in their vehicles due to high rents. There is not much of a shortage of places there are a lot of parks. It is very spread out so it would be better to find a job forst, then decide where you will be staying. RV parks are getting spendy too around Kenedy area down to Corpus.
Is not dangerous INHO, but ppl here say all sorts of things. I am originally from Los Angeles is hard for me to compare, maybe you can be concerned if you were in the ghetto of San Antonio or valley area. Am not sure if you mean illegals like in danger, but if you do that should not be your worry. Most illegals are here to work and not cause trouble. The troublemakers in these areas will be the gangsters who are from U.S. But honestly I don't see danger here it is pretty clean cut, mellow and ppl are so nice. My only issues here are the heat ad bugs(specifically the Texas size roach)

 

Thanks, that has been my take on the illegals as well. I've heard a few stories, but I have ran TX quite a bit over the years and I have found it to be just as you described. People keep talking about how dangerous it is. I keep asking for specific dangers, but nobody seems to able to tell me that.

 

Nearly all the lease road entrances have a check in guard. They document everyone and every vehicle that comes and goes. They're gated and most of the ranches and leases have the high 8'-10' fencing. I work nights and I feel fairly safe. I worry most about rattlesnakes, scorpions and tarantulas....ugh.

 

heck i doint have to go on the lease roads to have scorpions...they are right friendly here and come visit daily INSIDE my apt.....LOL

 

kill em with a shoe..pick em up with a spoon...(so i can see the sucker) and flush him....had one yest that i didnt kill first and that stinger was going crazy looking for a place to zap.....

 

I drive for a company out of Midland, and for us Big Lake might as well be part of the permian basin. Ive been as far S/E as Barnhart on numerous occasions. Big Lake is a small town, with a few companies that already have established buildings, maybe one or two new things going on. Big lake is busy, but it's nothing like Midland & Odessa area. The big boys are popping up new buildings all along I-20 between those two towns. If your job hunting, by all means your welcome to drive around Big Lake, but I personally would hit I-20 1st. When your here, 93.3 (hip hop) and 99.9 (rock) have adds for CDL jobs all the time.