Alberta oilfield driving jobs

OK I'll be sure to check in again with you around May time. See how that 18" of mud is working out for ya!

 

Top, if your hauling sand your going to like the snow/ice easier to chainup and cleaner. Chaining in the mud is just plain crappy, especially taking them off.
How are you like FSJ?

 

Snow washes off the truck much easier than mud

 

SuperTrucker Alert! How about you go to "How not to be a Douche Bag" school!

 

I could be wrong but I understood it to be a joke. You may need to not get your tighty whites in a knot so easy. Trucking is not for those whose feelings are easily hurt. 3 years? Sonny you're still a green hand

 

No knots here pal, plus I don't offend that easy. Green Hand? I didn't fall out of the sky 3 years ago, did it ever occur to you that there are other industries that have crossover skills that can be utilized in trucking?

 

If you reply to a joke by calling someone a DB I'd say your knickers are knotted. Sure there are crossover skills. HOWEVER they don't hand out class 1's just because you have some crossover skills. You still have to pass the same road test. The skill it takes to pass the road test is trumped by holding and using that class 1 for 25 years (need to update my info there)better than half of that time on oilfield trails. not saying I've seen everything but likely much more than a 3 year old license. There are very few training classes I can't learn something in because I know that somewhere out there there is someone who has had an experience that I have not. And maybe would rather not have. It's much more fun to learn from others mistakes than to always be the other yesterday I drove from Castairs to Dawson Creek. I was absolutely amazed by the number of semis IN THE DITCH. There was no ice on the road. Conclusion all they had to deal with was low visibility due to snow and darkness. Apparently that was more than they could handle. Conclusion very many drivers could benefit from a "how not to hit the ditch" course. And yes I have been there 20 years ago. Odds are if it hasn't happened to you yet, it's coming if you stay in the patch.

 

Well said. Never over estimate your ability.

 

I went in the ditch last week , that's the whole point of his joke! I have seen my share of varied driving conditions all over Canada and the USA. I've seen just as many "veterans" screw up as I have green hands. It don't matter how much or how little experience a driver has if there ego gets in the way of admitting fault, I know I admitted my fault when I went in the ditch. I've been in Alberta 4 weeks doing this oil work and I've seen more idiots up here than I have in the past 3 years driving truck.

 

I don't think so... mud is so slippery it's pretty much a balancing act to stay on the road. Mud requires steer chains, ice does not. Your company rarely goes out in the mud, once in awhile but they avoid it.

Much prefer mud. hahaha green as grass.