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Two loads all week hauling frac sand

Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by georgeandson, Apr 4, 2015.

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  1. Apr 4, 2015 #1
    georgeandson

    georgeandson Heavy Load Member

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    Well...looks like it's officially slowed so far down I could of made more money this week working at McDonald's.
    We have 80plus drivers on the call list (North Dakota Terminal) and we barley managed to scrap a few loads each all week.
    Every were I look sand trucks are stacked up or not running. I used to dodge sand , water and oil trucks all day and night. Tonight I could count all the trucks I passed on 1804 from new town to Williston on two hands.

    I spoke to a haliburton sand coordinator tonight and he told me that they are getting ready to lay a few more crews off. Soon...
    then he proceeded to tell me that they have a few pads left and they will basically slow to a crawl come June.
    He also reminded me that the Haliburton yard in Minot is shutting down and they are spreading the folks around to Williston and dickenson.

    With th the amount of work I personally have had and watched others get, I'm ready to call it a day for sand. I'm gonna see if I can bounce back on oil until that takes a dump also lol
    those guys seem to be running. Not as much but they are running from what I see and hear.
    But if your considering a change of venue, now is a good time to start looking.
     
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  3. Apr 4, 2015 #2
    FLATBED

    FLATBED Road Train Member

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    The bubble has burst in the oil industry for the time being , lot of equipment up for sale or heading to the auctions right now.
     
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  4. Apr 4, 2015 #3
    tow614

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    With Obama lifting the sanctions on Iran they will start dumping their oil on the market and the price will really fall until Iran starts WWIII and the price will skyrocket..
     
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  5. Apr 4, 2015 #4
    Frghter Century 12.7 Detr

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    Not a good time for Oil work. I saw that big Halliburton plant in Williston. saw how trailers were rented for $5,000 a month and how the big oil boom transformed North Dakota with out of state workers looking for jobs and sleeping in that walmark parking lot. Today that's all changed with layoff's and like the old saying that's say's, the circus does not stay forever in town!
     
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  7. Apr 4, 2015 #5
    georgeandson

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    Ain't that the truth.
    Been here two years and I will never forget when I came out here. It was like one giant construction site with workers throwing cash on over priced items from Minot airport to Sydney mt.
    Now it's like more a homeless shelter lol with fools with no money to fix their trucks.
     
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  8. Apr 4, 2015 #6
    Lepton1

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    Just in the last month or so RigData has shown a decline in total active rigs, down from about 1450 to about 1150. The drop off is pretty dramatic. I'm rethinking whether to take up my brother's offer to come drive flatbed delivering pipe to rigs out of OKC, they've also slowed quite a bit, maybe only four loads a week. Time to look at plan B for a while.
     
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  9. Apr 4, 2015 #7
    Milkman719

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    Im wondering if rents in Williston have taken a dump yet? when those new houses go into foreclosure that will be a sad time. I rather have higher fuel prices at the pump then to see so many good people out of work,
     
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  10. Apr 4, 2015 #8
    georgeandson

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    I'm sure people will make some changes this summer.
    The Bakken ain't what it was last year. That's for sure.
    The writing is on the wall...
     
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  11. Apr 5, 2015 #9
    ryan5464

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    It's slowed to a crawl here in Arkansas too. Sand trucks parked everywhere. Frac crews downsized. Biggest mud hauler went out of business and I still haven't hauled any mud in a week. Only thing going on is dirty vacs and hydrant water. Halliburton lost their mud contracts here. Looking for something else
     
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  12. Apr 5, 2015 #10
    rabbiporkchop

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    Oil and production water is about the only thing left to stay busy
     
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