Oil Field Unadulterated Skinny in West Texas

Info Update:​

It appears that I did not have 100% of the info needed to give an accurate account of income possible. I was going be what I had seen and heard to date. I now have new information to pass along both from talking to other drivers and seeing my own paycheck.

There are some companies that pay by the hour (not many) and some by percentage (85% pay this way +/-) After my last paycheck I can say this much (I get 25% of load).

Some loads pay as little as $70 and some as much as $150, it is a crapshoot as to which load you get (Note: I am going by the company I work for). So if I do the math right that comes out to $110 average per load. So if you are having very bad days and only do one load each day (I work about 20 days out of the month) then 20x$110 is $2200 per month (Note I don't know anyone this lazy). 2 loads would be $4400, 3 is $6600.............. You get the picture.

Now, if you think you are going to come down here and do 4-5 loads each and every day to fill your wallet, you are smoking something and I demand you share!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3 loads is the average, though truth be told there are good days (4 loads) and bad days (1 load), but all in all it is good money.

For the company I am with we work 12 hours per day and if you are able to 1 day each week you can work to 16 hours. We operate by the 70/8 rules.

 

The last job I had was 4 months on 2 weeks off, 12-20 hours each day, no DOT, no FMCSA, no Log Books. Sometimes start at 12 noon on Monday and finish at 3 or 4 pm on Tues. The longest I went without time off is 6 months.

I will be ###### if I will do something like that again. A quote from my favorite movie comes to mind. Han Solo: What good is a reward if you’re not around to use it? Same goes with money. If you drive yourself into the ground trying to make the all mighty dollar, what good is it if you work yourself to death? I treasure my time off.