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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Harold196, post: 2747665, member: 36551&quot;]<i><font size="2">I live in North Dakota, The answer to your question is....&nbsp; unless you actually work on the Oil Rigs or work for Hailaburton... its not what is advertised... There is an extreammily high cost of living there in the ND Oil Patch.. if you can find an apartment its going to cost you between $ 2,500 and $ 3,000 a month..if you have a camper, its going to cost you about $450 a week with NO Hook-ups.. Camp grounds with Hook-ups are charging by the head.. and averaging over $2,500 a month also... There are also Man camps, the last i heard , they are going for $75.00 a nite time 7 equals $ 525.00 a week.. thats a 6X8 room with a bed and small closet and desk.. showers and bath rooms are shared..</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">Wages.. a driver averages $18.00 to $23.00 Per Hour..</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">Truck Owner with a Side dump or belly dump trailer&nbsp; $ 105.00 Per Hour, NO Fuel Surcharge !</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">Truck Owner and rent a tanker trailer , $ 145.00 Per Hour, Tanker Rent $ 35.00 Per Hour and NO Fuel Surcharge.. To get paid the companies will charge the Owner 5 percent of their invoices off the top or wait 120 days for the oil company to get around to writing you a check..</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">Mean time you have racked up a $100,000 dollar Plus.. fuel and expence bill...for the Month..</font></i></p><p><i><font size="2"><br /></font></i></p><p><i><font size="2">I hope that this helps ya... if you do decide to go... make #### sure that you have a place to stay.. and forget about hotels/motels... they are booked up for the next year.. unless you may want to drive 120 plus miles each way to work everyday...</font></i>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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