Just out of curiosity, if your in stuebenville Ohio, why did you buy tri-axles? Wouldn't that limit your work to PA? I know Ohio has messed up axle weights for tri-axles, im sure you know much more about it than me though.
Questions about the Marcellus Shale water haulers?
Discussion in 'Oilfield Trucking Forum' started by needAbetterJOB, May 9, 2011.
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We load them about a 12" from the top and we make weight..
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Wow, were not even scaling legal "interstate weight" on half loads...now side roads have a percentage scale you go off of and we can legally weigh more on the side roads.
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QC is Quality Carriers, I've only ever seen their trucks on the highway, never saw them working a well site that I have been on.
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Logan, pretty sure I saw you Friday night up in Washington with about 5 of your other drivers, maybe around 6 or 7 if I had to guess? I was with my wife pulling out of the McDonalds on Jefferson when you all passed by.
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Thanks Logan
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I am currently working for a company in the industry. Hauling water to frac sites with a straight truck and a curry-vac container attached to haul the water. 2 shifts primarily exist on this job. A.M. or P.M. usually starts at 6a and goes to 6p, night goes 6p to 6a. drive a standard shift tri-axle truck, usually Pete's, a little off-road driving, but nothing crazy. Roads are good. Money is o.k. for now. 16-20 per hour in the industry. Hours are mad, if you have a family, do not do this. You will not see them. Me, i'm 50, wife and dog, wife does not mind me being gone, personally I enjoy it. It gets a little slow at times, like when the frac is down, but you need that to get your trucks up and P.M.s done for the next long stint. I would suggest that if you do not know how to operate an 8-13 speed transmission, learn how before you apply. You need the experience and 98%of the trucks have manual transmissions. Also, family men need not apply if you want to be w them. You need to dedicate your mind to the haul, which is about 80,000lbs of dirty water at times, spill that by not paying attention and you are done. If you cannot drive rural 2 lane country roads, well regional highway driving or OTR is for you. The good money is not for the faint of heart or for the inexperienced. I hope this helps.
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If you live in, or want to work in western PA for the shale you might as well look at either Smith Transport, Equipment Transporters, or Select, I've only been up here a year now but I can remember a year ago seeing a lot more diversity in companies in this area, now these 3 companies seem to have hundreds of trucks on the road at any given time which leads me to believe they're eating up all the business.
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Smith parks their trucks at the same place we park ours. They leased an entire back lot and have room to grow. Like clock work, every morning between 5 to 530, the night shift comes rolling back in and the day shift starts rolling out. Makes it hard to get through the parking lot some mornings to get out.
Equipment Transport just opened a new terminal in Imperial, PA. Buddy of mine got hired on there. His first day was today. We both quit our last job, some place, exactly one week apart, lol. I left first. I however did give a two week notice, lol.
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