Where the heck is the money in sand?

I don't really want to go back to the oil patch, but if I gotta I wanna get paid the best I can for the agony of being there.

 

Maybe the question should have been when instead of where.
July 2014

 

Sandbox doesn't have a good rep around here, on the owner ops side anyways. Constantly seeing trucks come and go. I run the same lanes and it seems like you see the same batch of trucks for a month or 2 then a new batch of "suckers" come around. My dad is friends with a few owner ops who work 3rd party carrier. They stopped pulling for sandbox because of being 150k owed to them.

Personally I'd rather pull water with power only authority for 95$ hr than run boxes

 

What kind of pay does PilotFlyingJ & Gemni drivers make in the oilfields?

I noticed they both are needing crude oil drivers.

 

Your probably better off going on a frac or cement crew. Halliburton schlumberger, bj services, otex

 

Oh NO!! A company would never never ever do something like that. Make promises and string people along for a few months until they get pissed and leave, then hiring the next batch of people that don't know any better. That would never happen.

Why in order for them to be successful at that there would have to be a steady stream of new CDL graduates, and guys willing to put everything they have into buying a truck, willing to live in it in order to get their foot in the door. We all know that kind of scenario just doesn't exist in trucking.

 

Pilot crude haulers up here(Tx Panhandle) are making $21-25/hr,housing paid,4/2 rotation.

 

Do they get overtime?
What kind of hours?
What do they average per week?

 

Talked with Pilot recruiter today about diver positions in Carlsbad,NM. She said drivers make $300 day, share a 2br apt with another driver. 5/2, 4/3 work schedule.

 

Yes
12 hr shifts...working 5 to 5 out here
No idea on the weekly average,I just feed em.