Advice on driving deal with Friend in Oilfields on % Split

Don't do it. I did the very same thing with bro in law! Big mistake, it ruined my chance being o/o and put me in bad financial shape. so i got out of it. Lucky for me fedex heard i was back working local and ask me back. My partner was great at first, ready to work. Then slowly started not wanting to drive and wanted sleep all the time Anza and go home a lot. Lucky for me the truck was in his name. We left on good turns and he wanted go on his on. He lasted about month. So skip the head aches. Good luck

 

Yeah, man. I wouldn't do it.

 

Freinds and money does not mix.

 

It's not going to work!! Five years ago when oilfield was booming, I called around and asked if I could team with my dad, they always gave me a response like uhhhhh. I guess. It wasn't till I got to the oil fields that I realize nobody works teams! Oilfields is a 24/7 solo job. The other driver in the sleeper will never get a chance to really make money. Plus the dirt roads are horrible!!! And the noise at frac sites!! Your partner will never sleep lol

 

Is this a troll post or for real? A Cascadia for oil field work? That plastic piece of #### will be a shambles in short order it's not a suitable off highway tractor. Your idea is very hairbrained. Your friend is basically going to drag you down because he has the exact same practical oil field experience and skill level as you.

The best he can give you is advice on how he was a failure. I can summarize that already. He couldn't manage money, period. If you can't do that nothing else matters. Most importantly you don't have enough capital to start this venture. You need a pile of cash to risk on this. $6,000 ain't gonna cut it.

 

Those leased roads will ground that cascadia into
Dust long before your done paying for it.
You won't be able to afford the truck payment
And the repair bills at the same time.

Don't waste your time in the oilfields right now.
Wait till this E-LOG thing kicks in and see who's
Left standing with consistent work.

Whole lot of fly by night outlaw companies in
The patch, with frac sand leading the way
By a large margin.

 

Look the worse thing next to a cheap owner is one who is allowing a friend drive a truck for him. It is not a partnership, it is an employer/employee arrangement with no means to cover the work if he leaves.

By the way, the split should be 60/40 with the bigger amount going to the person who is paying for fuel.

You need a good contract lawyer who belongs to a firm that he can tap for advice on legal issues in business because there ain't no such thing as a trucking lawyer.

 

Nope nope nope. Don't do it. You're looking at the wrong industry, the wrong truck, and the wrong business partner. You don't have anywhere close to enough startup capital to cover the first thing that goes wrong, and something will go wrong. Heck, you will barely be able to cover the first tow truck bill when you get that Cascadia stuck on a muddy lease road.

1. Oilfield is possibly one of the most hot or cold segments of this industry. When it's hot it's really good, when it's cold it's flatline (especially for sand). It can go hero to zero almost immediately, and faster if you make some sand boss somewhere mad at you. Right now, it's lukewarm-ish, not nearly hot enough to jump in, knowing nothing about the industry.
2. A Cascadia is not a good offroad truck. You need one, preferably made of metal, that wasn't spec'd out for mega fleet onroad operations. Wrong motor, wrong gearing/rear ends, no ground clearance, likely no locking differentials, and the list goes on. Pass.
3. Don't go into a business venture with someone whose current gig is falling around his ears like this. Save your sanity and your money. Just don't do it.