Alberta oilfield driving jobs

Holy crap! That is mud!

 

Just had to chain up!!



My yard right now. I've had my tridrive buried bumper deep in it lol

 

Thanks. No wonder I've got just an answer to almost 200 emails and job applications sent, the hr folks were having fun on some tropical resorts

 

So does that mean a tri-drive is better investment? Is there any company that specifically asks for tandem drives only? Can a tri-drive be used where tandem drive are traditionally used? Is there any downside to buying a tri-drive? If versatility is on mind, is tri-drive a good choice? OR is a tri-drive unequivocally considered off road tractor only???

 

Seeing a lot more tri drive - tridem tank setup around, they will go through a lot more mud, but tire wear is way higher, the overall length and turning radius sucks. you need a permit to run a tri drive in Alberta. Having said all of that they seem to look like the patch solution of the future. but I am only one observer

 

No permit required as long as you are within RTAC specs.

 

Anyone care to do a little 'crystal balling' and predict what the job market and wages for oilpatch driving work in AB/SK will be like going forward into 2015 ?

Looking at getting into the industry by next spring, read this thread front to back a few times and this industry seems to have staying power. Very exciting times...

 

@prairieboy Whould you recommend a tri-drive for fluid hauling? Can a tridrive be used to pull B-train (instead of a tridem trailer)? Or does it have to be a single trailer (unlike B-train) that a tri-drive tractor can pull? I mean to ask if the laws and regulations permit two set of tridems (one on tractor and other on lead trailer in B-train) next to each other, so close together? Any down side to tri-drives? Thanks

 

Co-op refineries ran some b trains with tridems on both trailers. Don't know if they still do. Must have been a real stoneboat having that much dead weight behind the tractor. A real load on the drivetrain too

 

Co-oP was a special permit. You can run B's and Super "B"s as long as you are within RTAC Spec. I got 6 new Supers flats built with 24 inch pin setting. Normal has been 36 inch. But now the law has changed and you can run an extra meter with B Trains.

26 Metres/85 Feet.

But remember, BC/Alberta have different weights on tri Drives. 24,000 BC and 23,000 kgs in AB.

Also, you MUST have 27% of your drive axle weights on the steering. ie; If you gross out 23,000 kgs on the drives, you must have 6,210 kgs, on the steering in AB. BC if you're 24,000 x 27% = 6,480 on the steering. Now, if you're only 20,000 on the drives you only require 5,400 on the steering..


I would buy a tridem in a New York second as you will see the demand for them grow like crazy. (We are now up to 15 tri drives with more to come.)