You should go to work. If you need money, having employment in hand will make you much less desperate and much less likely to starve or freeze to...
You could also go to work on a pipeline. Laborers there can start out earning $2,000 per week. I've never heard of a driver making much more and...
The job was quasi-OTR. I had to sleep in the truck. I received roughly 5 loads per week. I earned around $750 per week before taxes. The best...
Here's a thread about frac companies. Should be better resource for current lists of companies hiring drivers, new and experienced. Many will help...
Beware of frac sand outfits offering to pay 25%. My first couple of job prospects in the EagleFord dealt with these. I grilled one of the guys...
The company is Circle Bar A and they're out of San Antonio, TX, serving the Eagle Ford. I only worked for them a few weeks. They owe me more than...
Nice. I think I made around $500/wk my first few months with May. Lots of sitting.
@tony, How do I find turnover rates? That would be an excellent way to compare companies!!
The other thing that would be good to know: how much driver pay does an employer steal. I hauled proppant sand around the oilfields for a little...
@STexan, Agreed. It would be great to have some idea how often my truck would be in the shop and what I'd be earning during that time ($0,...
What will it take to change your mind in the future? Will they make you quit and reapply?
How do you know what you're worth? I'd compare driving jobs, but most trucking companies (literally, >50%) refuse to post their pay scales. They...
How much more can you make? The very best OTR jobs I've heard of offer $80k. I'm hauling tankers in the oilfield now and the best of these jobs...
A friend recently put me in touch with a journalist who's researching an article on the 'driver shortage.' I contacted him and suggested that...
Go to the oilfield there in PA. You can haul water (they use lots of water to frac and that water comes back out of the hole with hydrocarbons)...
Are you sure God put that sign in front of you? A driver recruiter could have been responsible. They're not in touch with God. I checked and...
Haha! I'm glad I sifted through this post. What a fantastic comment!
July 2012 was the hottest month ever recorded in the USA. Buy yourself a couple of those $10 fans that plug into your cig lighters. Be sure to...
MTC cares about drivers' health. I recently received a trip that required lots of hand unloading. My dispatcher was able to work with me to...
As luck would have it I just had a chance to use the ten percent rule. This trip had me deadhead from Colfax, IA to Waseca, MN and drop the load...
