Bakken Bound

Driver5, Thanks for the advice. They were down on my list as I had a suspicion that something was up by other comments I had seen.

 

Im thinking of heading to nd too, how are you liking it up there so far?

 

Hey brmac, I am in same position you were in. Came to Williston 10 days ago to work for small company. Kinda already regretting decision. Did all my safety training with no pay but free housing (if you can call it a house) and was suppose to be in truck yesterday. So far no work so no pay. Company is leased on with MBI. Can't keep this up for very long. Any chance you could pm me company you are with now and if they are hiring? I figure if this goes on without work another few days I have to find something else.

 

brmac, thanks for the pm. Went thru my apps from a month and a half ago and realized I had applied with them. Talked to Cameron today and he said apps on line get lost so if I am not working tomorrow off to Dickinson for a face to face with him and reapply. No work again today so moving on looks inevitable.

 

I lived in Minot,Nd for four years,and worked at several rig cleaning outfits.The money is great,and the experiences unforgettable.Even though you guys getting there now don't have it so bad because housing is everywhere now compared to when I first arrived.Watford city was a little tiny town with few places to eat and very little housing and now there is plenty of places to dine and lots of housing.I advise all that are arriving that are not use to cold weather to acclimate yourselfs by using less layers at first before it starts getting in the 30's and below so that when the time comes you will not be so miserable out there.good luck out there.

 

I'm in Watford City between Williston and Dickinson and I have to agree with bmac, the living conditions are much better than advertised. I think the infrastructure is starting to catch up with the boom. Good places to eat around here, not sure on housing as I'm living in company housing. They just opened up the truck bypasses this past week which will shorten a lot of load times. There is actually a really good sushi joint here in Watford, decent pizza, a couple Mexican food places and some regular food restaurants. The weather is turning now, shouldn't be long before it's complete misery which is why now is the time to find a job. Workers are migrating south for the winter so most places are in the seasonal oh crap we need to hire anyone who applies mode. Where I'm at we've hired more people with no tanker experience much less crude experience than we've hired people who have crude hauling experience. I've been hauling crude for a little over 3 years, and I can count on 1 finger the number of drivers in my company that I know have that much experience. There might be a couple but I haven't met them yet, only met 20 or so. If you don't have experience and you want to get started in crude, now is the time to get on with an outfit and get that in your resume.