Oil Field Truck Driving Jobs (Minot: to rent, hotel, homes)

[JaxTeller]

Originally Posted by killereagle09

Sup Jax, Texan here to. How long was your CDL Training? How much was it? THanx

My training is gonna last 1 month, totaling 160 hours.

[dave12341234]

FYI, just found out you need to be 23 years of age to drive with a cdl out of state. Im 21. So much for people under 23 trying to find a job in ND if everyone is now saying companys are only hiring if you have a cdl or one year experience, what a catch 22!

[killereagle09]

^^ Ya same here Dave, just Turned 22 last week!

[JaxTeller]

Im 31 .

[JaxTeller]

Originally Posted by boinksters

You should have no problem. Companies here are dying for ANYONE with the exact same liicenses and certs. you have.

Cool man thanks.

[JaxTeller]

Originally Posted by killereagle09

Sup Jax, Texan here to. How long was your CDL Training? How much was it? THanx

It costs 1800 plus license fees. Almost 2000

[3rdgentrans]

Originally Posted by kychlo

Owner operators in many cases are "making" more more than $1000 per day. Would they actually be putting that much $$ in their pockets...No. Most owner operators are paid by the hour or by the barrel. The company I work for pays owner operators $100 per hour. Most days are 14 hours per day. That's $1400 per day but that all not gravy. Trucks are expensive. Fuel, tires, breakdowns, insurance, etc. Owner operators make good money there is no doubt but there's always the chance that the trucking company can kick owner operators to the curb by adding more of their own equipment. If you can get on with the right outfit you can make some serious $$$$. We pay our owner operators every 2 weeks so they have a ton of cash flow. Some trucking companies pay the leasers when the oil company pays them.....which could be 30, 45, 60, and even 90 days! Tough to budget for sure.

Regarding the harassment of out of ND, MT workers....It might be true for some companies but the majority of people working in this oil boom are not from ND. If the company I work for didn't hire out of state workers we'd be about 40 people short. There's no way ND can do it without out of state workers. There just aren't enough people in ND to keep up with the oilfield! Don't listen to the horror stories of mean ND employers. If they employers want to make $$, they need workers! ND/MT has some of the nicest people in the nation. I have yet to hear any of these stories of ND employers picking on out of staters.

It is tough to just show up on a companies doorstep and lease a truck on. Generally you need to know someone who knows someone. We rarely hire guys that don't have ties to someone that works for us. Good luck! Tons of opportunity here in ND. The least your boyfriend can do is try working for someone that leases trucks on as a company driver with the option to add a truck if he turns out to be a good hand.

I own a small number of trucks all in good shape abroad worthy. I would like to put all my trucks in the oil field but I'm running into a wall with who to get in touch with. I've got friends that are running in the oil field. I have got experience in flat bed box refer and some tanker. I would be greatfull to anybody who could point me in the rite direction to get hired on.
Thank you.
M Robison

[keith092280]

Originally Posted by keith092280

I am a 54 year old male starting new in some ways and hoping to maximize my earning potential over the next 6 to 8 years. No formal commercial driving experience to put on a resume. Grew up in Alabama working on tractors, running bush hogs, pulling drag blades and such. Worked on a logging crew using chain saws, operating skidders and even driving the old Mac on a few occassions. Worked with Diamond M drilling in La. for a year, starting as a roustabout and moving up to lead tong.

While all of that was when I was much younger I am still young at heart and fit enough to strike out on new and challenging adventures, including those that are physically demanding. (In recent years I have traveled in Syria, Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Pakistan, India and even Baghdad, Iraq engaging all kinds of people in discussions about religion. <In Iraq our team brought in some stuff for pediatric care and other miscellaneous stuff. In Pakistan I worked with a team of men in the mountains building temporary shelters for those folks after a terrible earthquake.> I mention this just to indicate that I am serious about new challenges, doing things that most people wouldn't consider and am not easily put off by difficulties.) While most of my work life was in non-related work, I am still comfortable around construction sites and other industrial environments.

I am an excellent driver. I am able to handle vehicles in a skid, 4-W/D's in wicked mud or treacherous rocky revines and other adverse conditions. I know enough to not twist a drive shaft in two or to be harder than necessary on a vehicle in any other way.

I have been self-sufficient and solved my own problems with little to no help my whole life.

Now to my question - with a brand new CDL (with Tanker, HazMat and Double/Triple endorsements), what are the chances I could get hired on if I showed up in N.D. with my steel-toed boots and started looking for work driving a truck?

I submitted the above post on Oct 17. Today I have been employed for 1 week driving a vac truck, (Mack with a transport tanker trailer) hauling production water, heavy (salt) water, condensate and more. Love the job. Drove up to ND from Az. Had 4 interviews lined up. (BTW, each company willing to interview me knew I had no experience, but said I would be hirable if I passed their road test.) After seeing the conditions in New Town I didn't even go in for the interview. Williston was not as bad as New Town but I still felt like I wanted to ease into things a little more slowly than that area would allow. I took a job in the far southwestern corner of the state. With 60 hour weeks will make around 70K. The environment here is much quieter and more conducive to ojt. In a few months, once I have enough experience to feel comfortable, I will be able to find much better paying work farther north. Just want to say that it can be done.

One more thing...I found a place to stay for $350 per month! Believe me, the old phrase "you get what you pay for" applies, but it is warm and dry, and has wi-fi. No phone signal, but I stay in touch with the family via skype.

[internationalman]

Originally Posted by keith092280

I submitted the above post on Oct 17. Today I have been employed for 1 week driving a vac truck, (Mack with a transport tanker trailer) hauling production water, heavy (salt) water, condensate and more. Love the job. Drove up to ND from Az. Had 4 interviews lined up. (BTW, each company willing to interview me knew I had no experience, but said I would be hirable if I passed their road test.) After seeing the conditions in New Town I didn't even go in for the interview. Williston was not as bad as New Town but I still felt like I wanted to ease into things a little more slowly than that area would allow. I took a job in the far southwestern corner of the state. With 60 hour weeks will make around 70K. The environment here is much quieter and more conducive to ojt. In a few months, once I have enough experience to feel comfortable, I will be able to find much better paying work farther north. Just want to say that it can be done.

One more thing...I found a place to stay for $350 per month! Believe me, the old phrase "you get what you pay for" applies, but it is warm and dry, and has wi-fi. No phone signal, but I stay in touch with the family via skype.

Well done. Congratulations!

[bbqsmoke]

Planning a move to ND on Dec 30th. Just got my CDL Class A, Haz-Mat, Tanker, Doubles and Triples. Is it a good idea to use one of the job placement companies to get hired or to go directly to companies and inquire? Also, does anyone know what companies do hire with no experience driving?