North Dakota 10 hour rest break in Oil Field CDL drivers

If you need 10 hours to rest and feel you can’t get by with anything less than the oilfield isn’t for you.

Go back to OTR or Local somewhere and let someone who wants to make money have your spot. You don’t belong

Oilfield and working by strict FMCSA rules doesn’t go in the same sentence.

 

LIQUID GOLD STATEMENT!

 

Bakken/Three Forks gold!

 

That sounds like the fastest way to get fired other than wrecking equipment but that's just me.

 

If its your cell phone what's the problem? As for the Qualcomm, silence the sound, and darken the screen, if not totally dark toss a jacket over it.

 

Problem is most oil field jobs are on-call, just like the extra board at any LTL company, meaning you have to keep the phone on and answer when called. It is part of the job, they don't want to waste one minute past your 10 getting a truck rolling when their customer snaps their finger.

Part of the trade off necessary to earn the big money. You want predictable schedules and more than 10 off then find a different type of driving job.

 

What's wrong with it is the fact that if you just ignore the boss, they don't like that.

 

You hit the nail on the head here. We are on call for 24 hours a day where I work. But we get paid for 10 hours minimum, even if we dont get outta bed. But we are expected to roll when called. When a frac job runs out of chems because you didnt wanna get up, you just gave your company a big black eye, if not run off all together. Downtime tickets aren't cheap. The oilfield isnt for everyone.

 

But do keep in mind, that more and more companies are getting strict on HOS issues. yes, even here in west Texas. Marathon, for example will not allow anyone onto their jobsites who have been on duty more than 12 hours. Some trucking company's that only have a small percentage of their drivers that go into NM will put all the drivers on DOT hours instead of TX hours. Yes there are some company's that run rogue, but not nearly as many as years ago. DPS is far more present this time around. If you are coming to the patch as a CDL driver, it best to budget your lifestyle around just 70 hours

 

Lock your door. And don't answer when a trooper knocks on it.