Oil vs water

I'll be coming up on a year in September as a water hauler (fresh, production, and service work) in the bakken. I'm considering after being with my company for a year or two switching to oil or natural gas or propane. What are some of the pros and cons of this move? I've got a pretty decent deal where I'm at but I'm tired of having to do 75 percent of my own truck repairs and maintenance and fixing other drivers trucks especially for only 24 an hour and no time and a half. We do have pretty decent housing though (two people to a 3 bedroom trailer.) I'm definitely looking to make more then I am at the moment. I seem to average 1500-2000 a week averaging 10-17 hours a day 7 days a week. Any advice? I'm not necessarily looking to hop ship anytime soon but as you all know the grass always "looks" greener on the other side.

 

I'm a company driver.

 

I'm currently on my way back to North Dakota from some home time in Iowa. Just got to Watertown South Dakota. The oil company we work with just brought back a drill rig and frac crew and more work over rigs. Their punching like 40 wells this year and we're picking up most of the fresh and dirty water work so we're going to be running hard this year. We weren't able to raise our rates any though. Hopefully we'll be able to later this year though.

 

I was looking at jobs in Texas. Most ads were at 15-22 an hour. I can make 18 an hour driving for FedEx and be home every night. So I decided that Texas wasn't for me. I like the bakken but I'll have my house and car paid off within a year or two and if I'm not making more by then I'll probably come home and run grain or asphalt locally and figure out my next move then. I'm not real interested in running over the road. My girlfriend and I wanna have a kid in two to three years and there's no job worth giving up time with my kid.

 

My girlfriend has a 3 year old son from a previous relationship and is raising a 1 year old girl from a friend of hers. We're currently working towards full custody of the girl but I treat them both as my own. Once we decide to have one or two of our own I'll come home for good. I definitely want my house paid off and such then I'll be home for good.