Oil field work?

Yep. And no. Depends. Do a search on this forum for "Oil Field."

 

Pay will vary by location, experience, work available, etc...

AKA results may not be typical.

this is my first experience in oil field, I began on 8/28, and this stub (what I left for viewing) is from 11/29 (3 months exactly)

 

North Dakota version. Water hauler last paycheck of 2013

 

Yup, ND is alot better pay (but also ###### high cost of living). That's why I put all of the factors in on my post. Also, I am swinging a hammer more often than I am driving.

 

My rent comes out of my check. $125 every 2 weeks isn't exactly expensive. 2013 $107k driving a water truck around isn't bad. Worked 43 weeks 9 weeks off

 

Not bad at all, but as I said, experiences will vary. I know CO isn't paying nearly what Texas is. And the same goes for Texas towards ND.

 

Pilot hires drivers with no experience to go work in Tioga, ND for $100K a year.

i have heard crazy things about that place, not sure if any of it is true.

i know the winters are frigidly cold (-80° and wind chills even worse).

not a lot of women up there and a lot of these places are man camps and supposedly a lot of man on man rape occurs as a result (heard word of mouth, not sure if true or just a rumor).

but the money is good! so I hear.

 

I love the rumors. Lol
-80 temps seem to discourage our neighbors to the south from coming here to flood the market with drivers like in Texas. No habla mexicano

 

North Dakota. Where the men are men, and the cattle are nervous