Oil Field Truck Driving Jobs (Williston, Max: relocate to, area, company)

[Headed2northdakota]

Originally Posted by RockfordNativenowSeattle

Okay let me offer some advice on how things work there ma man... If you take your hazmat in another state and get the X on it then you get a 90 day issuance here and you have to pay the $89.00 to the TSA Again to do your finger prints and clear you... So I reccomend that you wait till you get to texas or another state for that endorsement unless the $89.00 isn't a big deal and the company is going to pay for it ...

GL also BIG HAL in Pampa is looking for people......

Thanks didnt know anything about pampa , Texas but im looking you are seattle 206 @ the trucker forum right? Some great info over there. Thanks again.

[Tundra dweller]

Maxxum petroleum needed people to drive remote fueling trucks and I think Baker Hughes needed people to operate some delivery trucks. Other than that the Class B positions are limited. And of course you need to apply online for them and you might/might not ever hear back. If you are in the area, you might want to knock on some doors of companies that operate hydrovac trucks.

If you are looking for anything, just to get your foot in the door, you might try checking with companies that service porta-pottys. Once you get established in the area, you can try to upgrade your job.

Sorry I don't live in the area so I can't give you any better info than that. I have a class B myself and keep an eye on the situation from Fargo.

[HighPlainsDrifter73]

Originally Posted by itsMeFred

About two months ago, my husband transferred his license from Nebraska to Kansas. When he did so he picked up his doubles/triples. So his license showed "NT." (He'd had a tanker end. since he first got his CDL)
At the same time, he started his TSA paperwork for hazmat, so when that came through a couple weeks ago, he got his hazmat, too.
Now his license shows "XT"

Apparently the "X" refers to the fact that you have both tanker and hazmat... Not sure why they do it that way.
I wish he would have been fully endorsed while still in Nebraska. I'm curious if they do "XT" or "HNT"...

So far as hauling loads, my husband has hauled everything from water to gravel to grain to equipment to cattle and buffalo.
He thinks livestock is probably the load that makes a driver. Unlike liquids where you can somewhat predict the "slosh", livestock will start moving around of their own volition. There's no prediction.
Plus, you rarely load in a nice, concrete load-out area. You're usually in someone's pasture or corral. It's often muddy, and you had to back a quarter mile around the pens, stack lot or Mama's petunias in order to get to the loading chute. (Which is a pretty small target on top of everything else)

Thanks Fred. Ya, I think it varies from state to state on the endorsement lettering.

I can only wonder what it's like to haul large live animals!

[HighPlainsDrifter73]

I read a couple of articles a while back that there is a shortage of school bus drivers in the Bakken. The pay for school bus drivers is pretty low compared to what drivers in the oil fields make and that's what has created a shortage.

[RockfordNativenowSeattle]

Originally Posted by Headed2northdakota

Thanks didnt know anything about pampa , Texas but im looking you are seattle 206 @ the trucker forum right? Some great info over there. Thanks again.

Yep that's me hehe

[multipurpose]

My husband has his CDL for approx 26yrs 2 speed ticket, with no accident he is looking to get a job drive with a Oil Company if any one know how he can obtain a job please email that information to [email]ottawa@comporium.net[/email]

[itsMeFred]

Read the thread. There are a number of suggestions!
(however, no employer actually visits this board so far as we know. Ie, it's doubtful anyone will be emailing you)

[gogonorth]

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.

My husband has had 30+ years CDL Class A, spotless record and wants to become an owner-operator in Williston. We know nobody there yet. We currently live in Oregon. What advice would you give him currently for becoming an owner-operator? What companies are contracting with them prevalently in the present? We would really appreciate any help you would be willing to give. Is there any particular niche area that is not being filled as much that the oilfields need?

[kychlo]

Originally Posted by gogonorth

My husband has had 30+ years CDL Class A, spotless record and wants to become an owner-operator in Williston. We know nobody there yet. We currently live in Oregon. What advice would you give him currently for becoming an owner-operator? What companies are contracting with them prevalently in the present? We would really appreciate any help you would be willing to give. Is there any particular niche area that is not being filled as much that the oilfields need?

It's slow right now and his chance of getting on as an owner op with no oilfield experience is slim to none. There are some fly by nights out there that may hire him but he'll get paid in 90-120 days and lose money and his mind in the process. Tell him to drive for a company and see if he wants any part of the oil patch. MBI is not as bad as was posted previously. I know people that have been there a long time. Power Fuels, Falco, EnerMAX, Plains, Black Hills, are all good local companies that are probably hiring drivers.

Company drivers can make 80-120K and not have the owner op headaches. I don't recommend trying to buy a truck and jump into this game.

[lindafdale]

I have dump truck . What company would you refer me too.

John