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Is it worth going to the oil field as an trucker. And how do you get into that field

Apply for the jobs. Some oil companies are accepting new driver applicants to be "frac drivers" and water truck drivers. So there you go, you'd have your foot in the door.

In N. Dakota, the cost of living is very high, so while the pay looks good on paper, you'd have to decide whether or not it was worth it to you.

The work is hard, the hours are longer than most drivers' hours because some or all of it is off-road and therefore companies can tweak the hours harder. I've a friend, new driver as of Dec '13, up there making over $28/hr (I have no idea how the high end of the pay scale was obtained by this person) with overtime after 40 hours but it's a very sweet deal, living with someone who's paying all the rent and utilities, so in this case, the money is really good.

If I were there, paying $3k/month in rent, with all my kids, it wouldn't be worth it to me. Other areas like Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Pennsylvania, have oil fields in areas with more "settled" economies, so while the pay might be less, the cost of living might be too.

Welcome to Trucking Truth, by the way!

-mountain girl

I live in southern Ohio and they are starting drivers out at 17,-20 an hour the company I work for has several class but water trucks and roll off trucks.however just on my short road trip today (probably 30 miles) I seen 5 signs of companies hiring A&B drivers the rate I gave you was just from the company I work for I have heard many drivers say other places pay more and that class a drivers make more than B drivers so that just a little insight

Keep an eye on the oil prices.... If it goes below $80 a barrel I would expect to see a slow down in the drilling. On the other hand they are WAAAAY behind on the pipelines to the wells so there will be work for a few years yet.

On another note... Gotta love the new NAPA commercial on the radio.....

"You use the oil your dad used. He uses the oil grandpa used. But no one uses the oil great grandpa used... Whale oil is illegal!"

I just turned down an oilfield job in Williston ND. It could have been nights, days or both on a rotation schedule. It paid good and you had to work 70+ hours in a 5 or 6 day week. It entailed a 3 hour shuttle ride each way every day to and from the site, and usually no more than 15 mile trips one way driving. The company housing was 800 a month + utilities, either in a townhome shared with 3 other people or a "man-camp". The "recruiter" didn't want to give me any information unless I filled out an application, and I wasn't going to fill out an application without some information. My guess is she got paid based on the number of applications she could generate, and after leaving 3 messages on her phone number without a callback, she started emailing me. We finally talked on the phone and her **** poor attitude was enough that I was able to simply say ok then, no thank you. I think there are much better jobs out there than this particular one, but most North Dakota jobs seem to be endurance events and I am not so young so I don't really want to work nights in 30 below temps at 14 hour days, then go "home" to a "man-camp".

Phil

Okay. Thank you guys. I'm new going to swift for my class a. Then after an year I won't to go to the oil field. I was on YouTube and the person said he made 2500-3400 an week

My family works in the West Texas East New Mexico fields and are doing better than ever. There is also lots of talk from them, atleast on the fraking side of oil, that the bubble is about to bust. Probably just hearsay, not sure.