Leaving the oilfield; looking for a good fit OTR

With your experience, I would suggest pursuing a tanker position hauling refined (gas, diesel, etc.). If you enjoyed the tank portion of the oilfield, that might be the direction to go. OTR doesn't pay well and your lifestyle will suffer. Good luck.

 

Condolences on the passing away of your brother.

May he rest in peace.

God bless you and your family! God bless the U.S.A.!

 

Your best fit will probably be tanker or flatbed.
You may be required to take a CDL refresher course since you haven't driven in a year.
Some good flatbed companies are System Transport and Melton Truck Lines. If these two companies interest you, call and ask what they require. Both have Texas terminals.
You mentioned Swift; that company has a refresher course and a flatbed divsion. You can also go with a private CDL school refresher.
I'll give you a list of a few tanker companies also.

 

Clean Harbors
Foodliner (3 divisions)
trans-system
Miller Transporters
Tankstar
A&R Transport
Quality Distribution
Indian River Transport
CTL Transportation
Tribe Transport (tanker division)
Bulkmatic
Superior-Carriers
Groendyke
Prime (tanker division)
Florida Rock & Tank Lines
Schneider ( tanker division)
Trimac

 

All of those that Chinatown mentioned are good choices. Haz-Mat and tanker is usually great money too. If you want to look into something else with decent home-time, good pay and benefits , you might want to look at food service. I did it for a long time 30 years, and retired in 2011 after working at the same company (GSF) so it WILL be something you can sink your teeth into , make a decent living and be home. My schedule only required me to work 12 to 16 days a month. Main draw-back is , it is pretty physically intensive, but I'm 63 and had zero issues with it. Good luck which ever way you go !

 

Old Scummy, what did you not like about working in the oil fields ?

Was the pay good?

 

You are right about oil patch taking toll. That's why it pays well. Long hours and unusually odd sleep patterns are the norm. Don't worry about QualCom or the rest of that crap. If they use it you can learn it easily. Scales are no big deal if you are doing your job and truck, load, paperwork are in order. Those that constantly dodge around to miss scales are rats making rat money. Fine if you want to be on edge all the time. Not me. I think the suggestions above are all good and am considering them myself after only one yr hauling frac sand. Tanker is sounding good. Have also always enjoyed flatbed, but in TX the criminal illegals have pretty well screwed it up like they have any local sand/gravel hauling. You will do fine at what ever you decide. You're a good man to take off to tend to sick brother. Be a great asset to anyone who hired you. Good luck.