Workin' in the oilfield in Midland/Odessa, Tx.

Ok, I will let you know what I find! I'm thinking that West Texas is going to be running longer then the rest of the locations but I'm not sure.

 

A real BIG thanks to ya for that starsonwindow be looking forward to that info

 

I'm here stopped in a few places, and doing more! We will see.

 

I was at Texas Freight in Midland for 10 weeks. Save yourself alot of grief and just stay away.

 

Nah, I'm not going there! I thinks I got me a gig running a water truck to the residences out on the rigs? They checked my MVR and they say my Physical card is no good, I have proof that it is. Certified copies of everything! I let my physical lapse a few days and they suspended my CDL but reinstated it as soon as I brought in my new card and long form, go figure right!

 

Little Ant, If you are bringing an RV you better find a place to park it before you get here, it is real crouded here, I would go to the Craigslist and look up spaces that may be available, that would give you a good idea what you are looking at. Take Care See you here!!

 

I have been moving rigs for a long time and for advice to new folks... Don't consider this if you want a 70 hour rule, if you are afraid of manual labor or just plain are lazy.If you want a tidy job in a politically correct enviornment, this is not it.

Last year as a company haul truck driver I made $106k, not including my per diem and housing allowance, and anybody with some determinationation and willingness to learn can do it. I did ND, the pay was great but living expenses eat it up.West Texas where I am is booming as are South TX, WY, Southeast New Mexico is busy, and OK is picking up. Stay away from Arkansas as you might make 20 an hour after 5 years.... California is picking up but again, cost of living factors. If you have HazMat, EVERYBODY wants to hire you!!!

The work is hard and demanding, and you can kill yourself real fast if you cannot stay focused on EVERYTHING around you on a rig move. Lots of companies will let you put an RV on the yard which is what I do to live rent free. Most every nite we get in early enough, steaks are on the grill, none of us live on top ramen....

 

I tried craiglist and got nothing but scammers, some of them very serious ~ I now do all the work of looking for rv parks myself using search-engines directly

 

I was wondering if that may be part of it!, I found a few of those too, They said they had a unbelievable job and that they would tell me all about it for a fee! I wasn't that stupid, and they went away about as fast as they arrived!