do you want to go to work in the ND oil feilds

Ezrider_48501 · Dec 5, 2013

kdc1899 said: ↑

great info. Where are y'all getting internet? Wifi out on the road?
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kw9's rock said: ↑

The thought has crossed my mind more than once this past few weeks! I'm going to give it 12 months to get the experience and then look at buying another truck. The money is here for sure and the work is steady year round doing this infield work so I think it wouldn't be too far out of the question to get into another truck of my own. I need to gain some more experience and knowledge before I do make a purchase but I'm already itching to go to KW and lay down some coin on a new W9!
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that's smart learn the ropes and the ins and outs and the little things you learn threw time. its a whole different ball game in the oil feild vrs over the road. and real easy to tear a truck up out on these roads. after a year you should have a pretty good handle on things

QualityMike · Dec 5, 2013

kw9's rock said: ↑

this will be my 7th load for the day so far, hoping to get an 8th if I can. 8 loads a day is approx $450 pay for me as a driver on percentage. Takes me about 12 hours to do 8 loads in a day.
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How do you get 8 loads per day? With driving to the site and working the tanks, I was lucky to get 3 per day. The best I ever did was 5 and that was from a high producing LACT.

seabring · Dec 5, 2013

QualityMike said: ↑

How do you get 8 loads per day? With driving to the site and working the tanks, I was lucky to get 3 per day. The best I ever did was 5 and that was from a high producing LACT.
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I work in the Bonnyville Alberta Canada area, I do infield transfer from the lease to the cleaning plant, it's not very long distance from the leases to the plant. I only put around 200 miles driving on the clock each day.

Chuck_1994 · Aug 8, 2017

Ezrider_48501 said: ↑

I always see lots of questions about people wanting to come work in the oil fields. I figured i might start a post about my oil field experiences.

i have seen all weather from 100 degrees to -20 (been living in nd for years so used to the weather) but when your standing on top of some tanks 20 feet tall in the middle of a open field in driving wind blowing rain or snow. your getting soaking wet or freezing cold it brings a whole new meaning to what nd weather can offer.

I have wallowed threw mud almost to your knees dragging hoses you get covered in mud soaking wet with no readily available shower. (witch will lead to another topic later) I have had to be drug up muddy hills hauling fresh water to frac sites by a bulldozer.

I have been dispatched to suck the bottom out of a pit that is ready to be filled in. they want every drop of water removed that can be which means sucking up muddy slurry with oil and everything else in it. it can be some pretty nasty stuff. you must avoid sucking up stuff that will be a pain to get rid of later. sometimes you must almost refuse to load some stuff that you will never be able to get rid of at disposal sites. always try to keep your hoses as clean as possible because whatever gets on the hoses will in turn get on you.

I have had to take care of bodily functions that just cant wait in the middle of a open field as there are often times not even a out house or porta poty available. make sure you keep some TP in your truck. you will never realize how nice a shower and a bathroom is until you become a oil feild driver. There was even one instance it was right at sun rise about 4:30am i pull into a well site and my morning movment was inpending and could no wait. so i grab my tp and head out into the near by grassy feild. I start to do my bisness and look to one side of me and see a baby calf about 20 feet away and kinda give off a smile (gotta try to enjoy the little things right) well around this time i hear some trampling off to my other side turn my head and mamma is charging at me at full speed. this leaves me trying to pull up my britches and running towards the truck as fast as i can.

You will be tired, ALOT. you put in a lot of hours always whenever you have a opportunity to sleep take it. this is one thing i cannot stress enough. You need to know your body as well, if you are too tired to continue safely you need to do whatever you have to to catch a couple zz's witch will normally only be in few hour stretches at a time. if you have to call dispatch to get someone to cover your workload while you do this do it. however catching a couple hours whenever the opportunity presents itself can normally avoid this. weather it be at 4am or noon. or even if you don't necessarily feel tired at that moment you will normally be at some point of sleep depredation and be able to fall asleep at any time you lay down. it is easy to get caught up in the money and want to run past your safe point, you need to learn to recognize this and run safe as #1 priority.

There are times you might end up sitting in a remote location for over 24 hours. always make sure you carry a supply of food and water with you at all times. a large inverter fridge microwave laptop or tv/dvd player will make this time much more bearable. i also have mobile broadband internet, works well although alot of times you will deal with poor signal and dial up speeds but still is great for taking away the feeling of isolation from the rest of the world when in remote locations. A lot of the time you spend sitting on remote locations will serve as a great time to catch up on sleep as well.

Showers and grooming. sometimes you may have to go days working in dirty conditions without showering, shower facility may be hard to come by at times. this is one thing i feel is a basic human necessity. always carry some baby wipes and a electric razor. a shave and a good wipe down can make you feel a bit more human again but nothing ever replaces a shower. remember your not shutting down at TS's every night were you have facility's to take care of such needs. you will also be working in dirty conditions which adds to this basic need.

unwanted showers. Always make sure when you go to disconnect your hoses that there is no pressure on them or you may end up with a very dirty shower containing god only knows what kind of harmful stuff. installing a bleader valve on your fittings off your truck can help eliminate this risk. also make sure that your hoses and fittings are in good shape and the clamps and bands are in good shape, i have seen/had hoses break or come apart while unloading not only showering you with unwanted god knows what. it also turns your hose into a dangerous projectile capable of inflicting serious injury.

Spills. you must always take great caution to never spill anything even if you are hauling fresh water, it is good to get in the habit of never spilling a drop. couple drops is bad a cup is too much. its not only a environmental concern but depending on what is spilled can result in costly clean up and even termination, iv seen it happen. you need to take great care to make sure nothing is left in your hoses before disconnecting. and take great care to insure you don't spill anything. before driving off locations make sure all valves and vents are tightly sealed. if in doubt of what to do other drivers will almost always lend a hand or advice.

Directions. you will often find yourself receiving poor directions, often times there are no street signs and plain wrong directions or directions that are to vague, when possible check your dispatch directions against a good paper map, trucker maps are about useless a good county specific map and some state specific maps can be a valuable tool. you can also take these maps and draw in lease roads and location names for future reference. when being dispatched to new locations if you know another driver who has been there before it does not hurt to give them a call and ask to confirm or give more specific directions. in my experience almost all drivers are more than willing to help each other out. the longer you have worked a specific area the easyer it gets to find your way around.

( i will add more to this thread later) also if you have any more specific questions i would be happy to do my best to answer them.
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Are you required to shave as a trucker at that company?! Been trying to figure out, please reply.

Ezrider_48501 · Aug 8, 2017

the company i used to work for in the oilfield no longer exists but no i didn't have to shave most would require you to shave esp now days for respirator fit.

Chuck_1994 · Aug 8, 2017

Ezrider_48501 said: ↑

the company i used to work for in the oilfield no longer exists but no i didn't have to shave most would require you to shave esp now days for respirator fit.
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