10 Months Later In Trucking"Question for the Community"

There is a post that talks about work in the oil fields for drivers in Texas. Type Texas oil in the search column

 

ive been in the plumbing bussiness for 24 years and it has always slowed down in construction around election time. peapole are waiting to see whats going to happen before they spend money. just hope the right one gets in there. not trying to get political are anything but ive had enough change.

 

Tanker/hazmat usually stay busy year round & pay is good.
Try Google: tanker trucking jobs Seattle, WA

 

I guess I missed something, you have 10 months total driving exp. and you drive for halli in the tanker/cement div. but you have hauled steel plate as well. Either way I can tell you here in Tx and in N.D. bulk trlr drivers pneumatics are knocking it down, They are everywhere here outside of Austin. They offered me 30% of the load, leave late sunday/early mon. get home tuesday am, leave wed.am get home thurs. am, leave fri. am get home sat. am and bring home $1100.00 to $1250.00 after tax a week. Not a bad deal. Of course you may be used to more $ than that but sure cover your butt now, have a plan, any one of us could be walkin tomorrow you never know. Good luck

 

Well that opens up your options a little. Even with all the endorsements it might still be hard to get on with a co. willing to pay you what you are worth which is quite a bit it seems. Unfortunatly otr/driving exp is what they look at not endorsements. Heck you could pull a vacuum trlr a bulk, a flat or stepdeck, really if it were me with less than a year but with skills I would choose what I would want to do most then start researching to see if it pays you the minimum you can live with. Once you get a year to a year and a half it opens up, 3 years the sky is the limits, when I hit 10 verifiable they were chasing me, well not a lot but with your rough environment skills in a dangerous field you shouldn't have a problem coming up with a back up plan, hopefully you won't need it. Be glad, you are actually ahead of most other drivers with the same time driving. Good luck.

 

No problem... with what you have done if you word it creatively, don't lie but be creative you probably qualify to pull way more than me and I've been driving for years. Welcome to Tx. Hope it's good to you and your family. I know I enjoyed Ft. Lewis for a while but it rained 28 days straight. Was glad to get out of there!

 

you should be able to get a job hauling crude oil or water in the eagle ford shale area in SE texas jobs pay very well.I haul crude oil we do 12hr. shifts and make $360 a day working 4-1 right now