Two loads all week hauling frac sand

I seen the guy in front of walmart with the big banner "BOOMS NOT DEAD!!!" with sparkly fresh brand new FR's you know the guys never turned a wrench before or put a callous on his hands.


OP, do you work at Tutle and Tutle? I've been seeing Tutle trucks parked in the same place for days, and theyre the only outfit I can think of that would possibly have 80 drivers.

I haul sand too and we're hurting pretty bad. I miss the days when I could wake up, call dispatch, and go straight to work. I honestly didn't even feel like I was hustling that hard and I could still clear 3500-4000 after taxes biweekly. Now it's a #### struggle just to make 2000. And if it's only gonna get worse from here, then I'm not sure how much longer I'll be here either.


I've talked to other sand drivers and they've said their rates have dropped 10-25%. I feel sad about our 5% drop, I don't think I'd stay around for 25%.

I also imagine bidding wars for frac contracts to start happening, driving rates even lower.

 

Oil boom went bust. Just like I predicted it would, and pretty close to the schedule I figured (I actually thought it would hold out another six months, sorry guys). And with oil, pipe is down. And so is steel. Sucks to be us, I guess.

 

a newbie here, what can the pneumatic trailers be used for if not sand?

 

things got really busy for our outfit haulign frac sand in north dakota. anyone else? Been going all out for like 3 weeks straight now, busy busy busy

 

My husband just went to work for tutle&tutle. The rates are really low. He is sitting most of the time. The truck is getting 68% of $450. They keep telling him things are going to pick up anytime now. So far he has gotten less than one load a day. I keep seeing ads they need 75+ trucks, they can't keep the few they have in PA working.

 

Knowing if oil field work is good is know rig counts. US counts are 1/2 of last year. Currently at 884. That's not good.

 

Should have added a resource for those that don't know:
http://www.bakerhughes.com/rig-count

Rig and well counts updated weekly. Scroll to the bottom for "Rig Count" link.

TA