Another oil field hopeful...

It takes like 2 weeks to get a backround check completed so be prepared for 14 days of doing nothing related to earning revenue from the very first application approval and job offer.

 

Not sure how long it will take to get that very first app approval and job offer.
Pearsall, George West and many other towns SW of San Antonio are hiring hard for oilfield related trucking jobs.

 

look on craigslist, carrear builder, monster city-data, "indeed" and here.
You should have names and addresses of at least 75 - 100 companies in Texas; west of I-35. You should have called all of them by now so you know which ones you should concentrate on. I would imagine that there will be at least 1 company that will have already started a backround check on ya B4 you even depart on this (minimum) 6 week quest.
Really
It's great to have heart and all but it does sound like your just going out there without at least calling 50 of these companies to see if you can at least get a head start on the 2 weeks it takes to get a backround check completed (after you find a company to accept your application, do an interview, etc, etc).
If your lucky; you're lookin at 10 weeks from today B4 you receive your first paycheck.
That's 70 days of expenses outside of the expenses you have at home.
It sounds like you are lookin 4 advice. My advice is that you get at least one company to accept your application, schedule your phone or skype interview ( a week or so after the app is accepted) and run the backround check ( these companies are running fifty of these backround checks per week. They have a budget for this portion of the HR process. If it takes 3 weeks for the sub contractor to run the check then so be it.).
Even after you pass the backround check it does not mean you will be attending next weeks orientation. There may not be a slot open for weeks.
Know what I mean?

 

I say what he says.. Very good advice!

 

If you have a clean background and mvr you'll be working by the end of next week if you want to. The only companies that are doing stringent backround check are the ones that absolutely have to (crude haulers and operators). Most companies especially out west are so hard up for warm bodies with a license they'll hire on the spot. I would tell you to go to there offices and yards with jeans and steal toe boots on cause there's a chance you'll get put with a trainer that day. I speak from experience. I've done it and seen many others do it. The oilfield is alot different than the trucking industry.

 

4 real ? . thats a good idea

 

It's not so much a stringent backround check as it is the enormous backlog the backround check companies have. No company is going to pay extra for an expedited check. For every 10 B/Cs they pay for there are 7 folks who are not hireable. Those 7 may not be invited to an interview but the hiring company still has to pay the B/C bill on them.
The OP also has no CDL experience and obviously no tanker experience (enormous disadvantage) or hazmat experience.
I'm fairly certain that I was correct to advise that if e is lucky he will get his first paycheck 70 days from the day he starts.
If you know of all these companies that will hire on the spot maybe you could PM the OP so at least he can get some backround checks up and running B4 he even starts out.