I like the way you treat your truck taking your time and not getting everything wound up so tight. You have a caring professional approach .Here in Missouri we have grain trucks that just have to gear down with loud exhaust brakes, make a big show, and let us all know how big of a man they are. They ruin the quality of living in many small towns and seem to get off on it.
Thank you, I learned at a young age to take care of your truck and it will take care of you. I’m not into the loud exhaust, not interested in listening to it all day everyday.
Nothing like how we do it in Pennsylvania lol. Tight roads and no shoulders make things tricky. Our trucks are as wide as the lanes that we're passing in. I'd be in heaven driving on thise kind of roads lol
Tanker work is the best,nice weather and beauty of a day.I hauled fuel for chevron for 20 years till they turfed us.I now haul grain feed truck tankers and that’s got to be easiest job I’ve ever had.
Hey Nick! This is great video! I recently took a job dispatching for 1845....great job with great people....but now I get to see what my drivers go through on their hauls....thank you so much!💜
@Erik Satie nah bro.. the contrails produced by certain air vehicles will expand to cover the entire sky after a few hours of sitting. i've never seen a real cloud expand like these select few contrails
Interesting in seeing this side of frac’ing nice job .i run the front half with a end dump hauling raw frac to the place that turns it into 40/70 or 100mesh then once it’s made I haul it to where you would pick it up
+Nick Duncombe Hey nick,I'm really considering getting my cdl but only doing local where i will be home every night if possible and not OTR.. Just wanna know if you think it's worth it? I'm 30 with no wife or kids so either way i will be alright,lol. I see plenty of people needing cdl drivers left and right but don't know if there is much money in it..
+Nick Duncombe If you also know the best and quickest way i can get my cdl without going to a school for it for many months that would awesome as well...
Thank you! Yeah I made a promise to myself I wouldn’t chase work. I save money for the slow times. I have two little kids I feel I need to be home with them. With our oilfields here I can be home every night.
I drove a vacuum truck in the oilfields for many years. That was in the 70's. Then moved into hauling hazardous waste locally and then otr. I always made very very good money. I was able to buy three houses cash through the years and did retire early a few years ago. I got tired of all the increasing regs!
alfred selle Just facts my friend. Drove for over 40 years. Is that bragging too? I thought my little story was just enough to confirm to the newer drivers, that money can be had if you work in the right industry and work your ass off. Is that bragging? Anyway, you Hava great day. e
Snow flake? you one of those that hates the truth of reality so you automatically need to say something negative? Yup sounds like a todays snow flake to me. The man was simply saying work hard and it pays get over it snow flake cause har workers of today consist of these idiot zombies that walk around with their phones attached to them all day
David De Jesus no need to justify to idiots like that. Work hard get payed well and play hard. I'm just about 30 years old now and have worked in the oil fields as a mechanic and make a lot of money. Some get jealous some envy but most won't work the hours or time away from family that I do. I love it and plan to leave it eventually. Take care
Please keep your eyes on the road. RR 33 S of Garden City, Texas...if you don't mind. Sitting at the end of the line with a load of concrete culverts on a drop deck dove tail trailer a "guy", I won't say who, but he was about 7'4" who got out of the truck he ran up on mine with and jerked his wheel at the last second so my cab and I weren't flattened by his W900KW with a sand frac trailer. I could have really done without that . OTOH, he didn't seem to really care although both rigs had to be hauled away as did I...in the ambulance. It was really fun strapped to a back board with a damned deputy sheriff talking non-stop while I was in agony. I still pay for it every day.. The giant truck driver is still probably running over other trucks with his ear pods in and his phone in hand. You gotta love that. DPS asked me did I have on my seatbelt. Shit no I said, I'm still alive ain't I? Idiot govt. mandates seatbelts in big rigs when most of the time you'd be better off to be "out" of it.
try putting a pie plate with arm and hammer bakin soda in the floor of your truck or if you dont have carpet just sprinkle on floor. Will take out petroleum smell big time. If arm and hammer can cure Northern Jersey smell , is one powerfull aid!
How long did this one run take you? Also, how many hours of driving on average without traffic did you have to do between the loading and unloading areas in previous jobs?
This run takes four to four and a half hours to round trip. Drive time is an hour and a half each way, so three hours. Here in Wyoming traffic isn't an issue, I only have three stop lights to deal with on this run.
Sick man! I’m over here in California kern country area in the oil fields too it’s picking up nice over here I’m a crane operator/flat bed driver out here wanting to get my own truck and haul soon barley gonna be 22 so waiting for a couple more years or so because insurance is probably going to be HIGH
I work with a company called 1845 Oilfield Services we all sand right now there's unlimited work there's very few drivers you can make if you own your own truck 6500 to 10000 a week
OO are a good breed to have on location, fleet drivers are not so much. Speed limit is 20 here and I will get your job if you speed! Good luck and safe travels!
Judging by the interior of your cab, you good Sir are style'n & PROfile'n!!! Gotta keep a powerful audio system to help keep you awake on those 15 hour days. Hay'ell yeah!
Hello there! Man that’s a big bug splat!! Not sure if you have used this method of cleaning bugs, but a good glass cleaner and nice sharp acrylic ice scraper works the best for me! Good luck with your load rates! Have fun and stay safe!
I have ten years frame less dump trailer experience hauling all aspects of demolition materials. I have a clean MVR and would be interested in doing a stint in ND.
Where did all the good work go....been doing plastic resin bulk, it is slowing down as well....things are looking bleak in the southeast these days. Hope youre still doing well man.
Too bad that rock springs Hallibortion dried up. I think Slumberger left Rock springs also. I worked down there around Granger in 2019 and last year around Pinedale/Labarge area. Things aren't looking too good in the patch.
I'm suppose to start hauling sand in the Bakken Basin on the 26th. I'm kinda nervous.. since I've never had to deal with the North Dakota winters. The lady said I can average 3-6 loads a day. They only operate 100 mile radius from the terminal.
I have CDL A , not so much OTR experience but I have heavy equipment , dump trucks and various other vehicles experience plus mechanic and hydraulic equipment maintenance and looking for oilfield job . Any suggestions ?
Halliburton backing policy is indeed two spotters, I was my crews “sand boss” for about 9 months. I basically handled the ordering, coordinating and backing of the sand! At one time I had like eleven trucks backed in place, and all had different sand and three quarters of them didn’t speak English!!! Keep safe and don’t ever listen to the green hats, they don’t know what the hell they are doing!
I had herd that felons can be truck drivers for expedited and that theirs a company (cr England I think?) That has a school that will take pretty much anyone who applies and you can either pay for the class or sign a contract to drive for them for a year and at the end of a year you can leave or drive for them still or drice for them and get a truck and they finance it for you. Any knowledge on this? Think I got the cr england name wrong but somethi g close to that.
Was offered a job hauling Frac sand in North Dakota average their drivers make he said was 5,000 every two weeks before taxes not sure what to think of that never worked the oil field before kinda think that is a lot for sand hauling but I don’t know
If you have time would you be able to do a quick walk around of that trailer. I have seen them around in Wisconsin but don’t know anything about them. I know they haul fracking sand in northern Wisconsin but are those the same trailers they sometimes haul powered cement in?My second question is and don’t think I am mad or anything but what is it with everyone and this frac sand I thought they were starting to use something else besides sand.
I was surprised hearing he had laid his truck up for a while since I was under the impression there is a massive shortage of Big Rig drivers in the states. I would relocate from Scotland to the USA/Canada and do big rig driving if there was enough work. Any comments or feed back welcomed.
The main reason I parked the truck was because I have two young kids, and I don't want to be gone from home. Over the road trucking does not appeal to me and I didn't want to go out of my area to work in other oil fields so I waited until the local work picked back up.
Nice!! I haul shipping containers from paper mill to ports in Savannah ga and s.c. What camera are you using for filming safe travels fellow trucker!!!
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Libertarian TROLL I'm trying to get my CDL license in a few months. You say You Haul containers from South Carolina to Savannah how much money can a guy like myself with no experience working for a company and coming out of Charleston South Carolina going to Savannah earn per week
It really is good work. Yes you can legal three loads in a day most of the time. If you get held up on location (have to wait for other trucks to unload, or wait for room to unload) it can mess you up. Three loads will usually take 13-14 hours with out getting held up.
Good Video... that's how it is except for when the roads to the oilfield are so bad that your truck shakes apart! I have lost a power steering pump and all of my stuff off the dash! it can be insane bumpy ride!
pretty clever sand castle there it looks like an up righted truck. when they are done with them and need to move them do they just upright them down and drive away with them?
Nick Duncombe thanks I saw you weren't wearing them in the beginning of the video so I just assumed you weren't required and then I see you Don your frc's in your respirator
I have Wrangler pants and shirts FRC about two weeks worth. Would not wear anything else except my FRC jumpsuit in highly dangerous area's only. It gets hot 7n them in West Texas but it is what it is.
Was a frac hand for Halliburton out of Williston ND,truckers had to wear frc , steel toe, hard hat,the usual PPE , had to chock tires and set fire extinguishers on ground front bumper driver side, and yep respirator at all times...any guff from driver at all and they were kicked off the location and then usually fired from the truck firm..big red was a hardass .
Wathing that hood shack on your w900 and seeing those 389s makes me want to find a decent 389 myself and reguster it as not for hire farm use so i can drive the damn thing...
Yeah. Im dying in this field. I eventually want to do frac sand hauling, heavy haul, etc... my 58 mph truck is killing me. Anyways, like your videos. Keep it up!!!
Chino Mex You know it’s really a toss up. I’ve known of a lot of owner operators going broke. In the oil field I think you can make more than a company driver, But you have huge maintenance bills.
Would this be a hard end of the industry to get into without owning your own truck? I know a lot of guys say you buy your own truck but not everyone is suited or even wants to buy a truck and worry about maintenance costs, fuel expenses, ifta, taxes, etc. If there are company driver positions out there, what could one expect to make on avg?
Are you an owner op contracting in loads with Halliburton? I grew up over the road, my dad hauled just about everything you could imagine. This may sound stupid but my goal is to retire from my current career field with everything paid off and own my own truck and to be able to take loads as i please and have the ability to park it for awhile if need be as you discussed in the beginning of this video. Thank you for uploading and i would love to see longer raw footage of your trips personally but each to their own in this ADD society i guess. Be safe driver.
Nick I live in Houston and have been offered a job hauling sand for a Texas company. Would like to know more info about it from a driver who’s already doing it. How many loads are you able to do in a day when the weather is decent like it is in the video, how much $$ can a company driver make in a week on average, how demanding are your superiors, what are the tips that would come in handy for a driver who’s never hauled sand before, aside from the actual work how is life as a sand hauler different from OTR, etc thanks in advance
Every area is different, here in Wyoming the money is pretty good right now. The tough part about the job is your on call all the time. I’m not sure how it is in your area but where I’m at I haul two to three loads a day witch will average 10-14 hours then I’m off for 10 hours then I’m on call. We don’t really have a scheduled witch can be tough.
That's what I'm doing in Ohio. Not cans though, running boxes. You guys out west have huge pads! Drilling and fracing on the same pad. Wow. What sand do you all use out there? We primarily use 30/50 40/70 and 100 mesh.
There has been talk of boxes. These pads have around 20 wells on them. They drill two side by side move over about 20 feet and start drilling again they frac them right away.
The oil field picked back up where I live. The demand for trucks went up because companies left the oil field or shut their doors. With the demand higher the rates came up.
www.kbtinc.biz this is the company I’m contracted to. They are always looking for company drivers, not sure if they are looking for owner ops. Located in Rock Springs Wy.
The first six minutes months I spent lots of time in the mountains enjoying life. I helped my rancher friend and put a roof on a neighbors house. Just some odd work here and there. My wife has a pretty good job and I had saved quite a bit of money. The next six months I worked for Old Dominion doing local P&D.
Just discovered your channel and you have some great content. I got three questions for you, 1. Does hauling sand require a tanker endorsement? 2. Do you still run logs even if you just went that short distance? 3. On a scale from 1-10 10 being most likely, how likely is it for an 18 year old with a CDL to get a job hauling sand? Thanks.
Thank you. You do not need a tanker endorsement. Yes I run a log book because some days it will take me 14 hours to get done. If you don't run a log book you have to stay under 12 hours. It's probably going to be hard to find a job being 18, because most, if not all insurance companies will not insure you, sorry.
I wish you clean that bug off your windshield. I've cleaned my phone screen off three times and it just won't get it. LOL What area are you in? that looked Alot Like Wyoming.
I like the way you treat your truck taking your time and not getting everything wound up so tight. You have a caring professional approach .Here in Missouri we have grain trucks that just have to gear down with loud exhaust brakes, make a big show, and let us all know how big of a man they are. They ruin the quality of living in many small towns and seem to get off on it.
Thank you, I learned at a young age to take care of your truck and it will take care of you.
I’m not into the loud exhaust, not interested in listening to it all day everyday.
It’s not just a job but a fracking adventure 😋
🤑 damn skippy
Don't give up on RUclips. Keep posting videos!
Your Videos are badass keep posting
Nothing like how we do it in Pennsylvania lol. Tight roads and no shoulders make things tricky. Our trucks are as wide as the lanes that we're passing in. I'd be in heaven driving on thise kind of roads lol
I believe I have the easies drive in the country. But, there’s alway a but. The Snow and wind can make it really dangerous in the winter though.
No doubt man. I tell ya it's a whole different world up here in pa. The roads the weather the way we do things all have their differences
No kidding I fracked and hauled sand and water in pa for 7 years
allthings bullets85 well no shit. Where ya hauling now
Kyle Bethel I drive all east of the Mississippi for watsontown trucking in milton pa. Not oilfield anymore
Tanker work is the best,nice weather and beauty of a day.I hauled fuel for chevron for 20 years till they turfed us.I now haul grain feed truck tankers and that’s got to be easiest job I’ve ever had.
Hey Nick! This is great video! I recently took a job dispatching for 1845....great job with great people....but now I get to see what my drivers go through on their hauls....thank you so much!💜
Glad I could shed some light for you! Good luck with your new job!
Haha wolfseek A savage lol
Your videos are legit NatGeo level. Easy to watch and very informative. ❤️🙏🏽
Thank you for an amazing compliment!
Awesome!! I would like to be frac sand hauler to one day.😎🙋♂️
You know what i noticed.... That they spray the city full of metal but out there in the country or whatever.... The clouds look amazing and REAL ...
@Erik Satie nah bro.. the contrails produced by certain air vehicles will expand to cover the entire sky after a few hours of sitting. i've never seen a real cloud expand like these select few contrails
Interesting in seeing this side of frac’ing nice job .i run the front half with a end dump hauling raw frac to the place that turns it into 40/70 or 100mesh then once it’s made I haul it to where you would pick it up
Sweet, glad you got a chance to kinda see the other end of the process.
Haha i legit kept tried to wipe away the egg yolk bug guts from the screen thinking it was my boogers!!!
Haha yeah I never noticed that until after I videoed the whole thing.
+Nick Duncombe Hey nick,I'm really considering getting my cdl but only doing local where i will be home every night if possible and not OTR.. Just wanna know if you think it's worth it? I'm 30 with no wife or kids so either way i will be alright,lol. I see plenty of people needing cdl drivers left and right but don't know if there is much money in it..
+Nick Duncombe If you also know the best and quickest way i can get my cdl without going to a school for it for many months that would awesome as well...
+Nick Duncombe Also,do you know a quick and not so pricey way to get a cdl?
langlang87 Google is your friend. The Internet is full of your answers. Seriously. :)
That was an awesome video! Thank you, Nick.
That’s a nice tractor and trailer. I admire you for sitting out low prices. Not many folks can afford to do that, especially with a nice rig
Thank you! Yeah I made a promise to myself I wouldn’t chase work. I save money for the slow times. I have two little kids I feel I need to be home with them. With our oilfields here I can be home every night.
Nick Duncombe wow! Home every night and good money?
I don’t sleep in my truck unless I’m sitting on location getting paid. It happens but not very often, two or three time a year.
19 y/o starting sand hauling with C&J next week. Stoked
What state? How did you do you get with a company? Pm please!
Did you have any driving experience or did they hire you with a fresh cdl?
I drove a vacuum truck in the oilfields for many years. That was in the 70's. Then moved into hauling hazardous waste locally and then otr. I always made very very good money. I was able to buy three houses cash through the years and did retire early a few years ago. I got tired of all the increasing regs!
alfred selle Just facts my friend. Drove for over 40 years. Is that bragging too? I thought my little story was just enough to confirm to the newer drivers, that money can be had if you work in the right industry and work your ass off. Is that bragging? Anyway, you Hava great day. e
David De Jesus your right. Gotta stay away from general freight. It is cheap and everyone does it for low broker rates. Specialized is where it's at
I didn't take that as bragging bro, your story inspired me & motivated me as soon as I read it. Thanks.
Snow flake? you one of those that hates the truth of reality so you automatically need to say something negative? Yup sounds like a todays snow flake to me. The man was simply saying work hard and it pays get over it snow flake cause har workers of today consist of these idiot zombies that walk around with their phones attached to them all day
David De Jesus no need to justify to idiots like that. Work hard get payed well and play hard. I'm just about 30 years old now and have worked in the oil fields as a mechanic and make a lot of money. Some get jealous some envy but most won't work the hours or time away from family that I do. I love it and plan to leave it eventually. Take care
Please keep your eyes on the road. RR 33 S of Garden City, Texas...if you don't mind. Sitting at the end of the line with a load of concrete culverts on a drop deck dove tail trailer a "guy", I won't say who, but he was about 7'4" who got out of the truck he ran up on mine with and jerked his wheel at the last second so my cab and I weren't flattened by his W900KW with a sand frac trailer.
I could have really done without that . OTOH, he didn't seem to really care although both rigs had to be hauled away as did I...in the ambulance. It was really fun strapped to a back board with a damned deputy sheriff talking non-stop while I was in agony. I still pay for it every day.. The giant truck driver is still probably running over other trucks with his ear pods in and his phone in hand. You gotta love that. DPS asked me did I have on my seatbelt. Shit no I said, I'm still alive ain't I? Idiot govt. mandates seatbelts in big rigs when most of the time you'd be better off to be "out" of it.
Wow amazing video and very informative. I'm hoping to make this as my career once I got enough experience under my belt of course.
try putting a pie plate with arm and hammer bakin soda in the floor of your truck or if you dont have carpet just sprinkle on floor. Will take out petroleum smell big time. If arm and hammer can cure Northern Jersey smell , is one powerfull aid!
Ill have it give it a try.
Glad to see a real operator doing his job...done the way it should be!!
Bazz inBulgaria thank you! 👍👍
How long did this one run take you? Also, how many hours of driving on average without traffic did you have to do between the loading and unloading areas in previous jobs?
This run takes four to four and a half hours to round trip. Drive time is an hour and a half each way, so three hours. Here in Wyoming traffic isn't an issue, I only have three stop lights to deal with on this run.
Sick man! I’m over here in California kern country area in the oil fields too it’s picking up nice over here I’m a crane operator/flat bed driver out here wanting to get my own truck and haul soon barley gonna be 22 so waiting for a couple more years or so because insurance is probably going to be HIGH
661!
Cory Shane yep yep
I remember the days when I worked on the Halibroken rigs. I drove water truck.
I work with a company called 1845 Oilfield Services we all sand right now there's unlimited work there's very few drivers you can make if you own your own truck 6500 to 10000 a week
do they have limits of age of your truck?
My truck is 22 years old!
Sean St John What the age limitcof the truck you can own with your employer?
Wow really can you email me?
Can you be a truck driver at 18?
This music makes me wanna walk around in slow motion.
OO are a good breed to have on location, fleet drivers are not so much. Speed limit is 20 here and I will get your job if you speed! Good luck and safe travels!
I spent a few years in ND and TX doing wireline. Seen a great many sand haulers come and go. lol
Compared to the oil patch I used to drive on. That place is HUGE!
Judging by the interior of your cab, you good Sir are style'n & PROfile'n!!!
Gotta keep a powerful audio system to help keep you awake on those 15 hour days. Hay'ell yeah!
Haha thanks man. I don’t really have a system but I’ve got 7” pipes that will wake the dead!
SSsooooo you're saying, "you're exhausted??" Nnnniiiiiiice!
Haha 😂
You might want to check your hinge pins or your bungee straps that hold your hood. there's a lot of movement.
Time for some new bushings in that hood. Make a cowgirl jealous lol
Hello there! Man that’s a big bug splat!! Not sure if you have used this method of cleaning bugs, but a good glass cleaner and nice sharp acrylic ice scraper works the best for me! Good luck with your load rates! Have fun and stay safe!
Thanks for the window cleaning advice.
I have ten years frame less dump trailer experience hauling all aspects of demolition materials. I have a clean MVR and would be interested in doing a stint in ND.
Two spotters?! Dang, this sounds more corporate than a strict corporation.
They were more eye candy for the company than spotters. Just there to stop you when you’re far enough back.
Moving to texas to acquire my cdl. Do they hire fresh blood or do i need year/years of otr
That's one nice looking truck.
Thank you. She’s pretty special to me. She’s paid for everything I own, and I’ve had this truck longer than I’ve been married.
Where did all the good work go....been doing plastic resin bulk, it is slowing down as well....things are looking bleak in the southeast these days. Hope youre still doing well man.
Too bad that rock springs Hallibortion dried up. I think Slumberger left Rock springs also.
I worked down there around Granger in 2019 and last year around Pinedale/Labarge area.
Things aren't looking too good in the patch.
RS is a oilfield ghost town
great video man, thanks for the experience
Thanks for checking it out!
Very impressed they are using spotters!
I'm suppose to start hauling sand in the Bakken Basin on the 26th. I'm kinda nervous.. since I've never had to deal with the North Dakota winters. The lady said I can average 3-6 loads a day. They only operate 100 mile radius from the terminal.
The winters are tough up there, but thats why you make more money.
Jordan Barbour I'm a recent grad how do I get into the biz?
I know it's 2 years later, but how are you getting on?
Starting a new job hauling water next week in northern Colorado. Like your vids man, wish there were more.
How's it going?
I have CDL A , not so much OTR experience but I have heavy equipment , dump trucks and various other vehicles experience plus mechanic and hydraulic equipment maintenance and looking for oilfield job . Any suggestions ?
Halliburton backing policy is indeed two spotters, I was my crews “sand boss” for about 9 months. I basically handled the ordering, coordinating and backing of the sand! At one time I had like eleven trucks backed in place, and all had different sand and three quarters of them didn’t speak English!!! Keep safe and don’t ever listen to the green hats, they don’t know what the hell they are doing!
Nice video! If I ever want to know what it’s like to travel at the speed of sound in a big rig - I just your video! Haha.
Haha yeah
Here I am try to wipe off my phone screen and it's really on the truck windshield..lol
Nicc 206 I know right.
Literally just did that and felt like a dumbass.
I had herd that felons can be truck drivers for expedited and that theirs a company (cr England I think?) That has a school that will take pretty much anyone who applies and you can either pay for the class or sign a contract to drive for them for a year and at the end of a year you can leave or drive for them still or drice for them and get a truck and they finance it for you. Any knowledge on this? Think I got the cr england name wrong but somethi g close to that.
Canadian oil patch is doing pretty good as well
That’s great!
Nick Duncombe I live right by a Frac Sand storage facility and they were getting no business forever and now they have lineups
I just realized your a town over I'm in Green River good videos man
Right on, hard core county 4 haha!
Was offered a job hauling Frac sand in North Dakota average their drivers make he said was 5,000 every two weeks before taxes not sure what to think of that never worked the oil field before kinda think that is a lot for sand hauling but I don’t know
If you have time would you be able to do a quick walk around of that trailer. I have seen them around in Wisconsin but don’t know anything about them. I know they haul fracking sand in northern Wisconsin but are those the same trailers they sometimes haul powered cement in?My second question is and don’t think I am mad or anything but what is it with everyone and this frac sand I thought they were starting to use something else besides sand.
I was surprised hearing he had laid his truck up for a while since I was under the impression there is a massive shortage of Big Rig drivers in the states.
I would relocate from Scotland to the USA/Canada and do big rig driving if there was enough work.
Any comments or feed back welcomed.
The main reason I parked the truck was because I have two young kids, and I don't want to be gone from home. Over the road trucking does not appeal to me and I didn't want to go out of my area to work in other oil fields so I waited until the local work picked back up.
There’s NO SHORTAGE OF TRUCKS OR DRIVERS!! That’s political propaganda.
Nice video bro
Blowers are old business, telebelt system 10 minute unloading, and a lot quieter. Good vid.
Daniel Duggan tbelt system is old it's straight sand boxes on the hopper now. I'd say in 3 yrs sand blowers will be completely out.
Travis Mcneil starting to here talk about boxes coming this next year, and that’s why I lease a trailer these days.
No shit.
Nice!! I haul shipping containers from paper mill to ports in Savannah ga and s.c. What camera are you using for filming safe travels fellow trucker!!!
Libertarian TROLL I'm trying to get my CDL license in a few months. You say You Haul containers from South Carolina to Savannah how much money can a guy like myself with no experience working for a company and coming out of Charleston South Carolina going to Savannah earn per week
I have several cameras but I only used a GoPro for this
That glob thats adhered to your windshield, did you hork that up from your lung??
e greenie From breathing the dust and oil mist around drilling sites.
Nickduncobe
did anyone scrape their screen when you seen the yellow stuff
Nice there in the summer...what do you do I the winter months though?..wyoming has the worse roads in winter..plus wind..
I do the same work, the roads suck but it’s what we do. I’ve gotten used to driving on crappy roads it not a big deal anymore.
Cool video, and agree super hot track
Trucking V-logs are underrated.
Nice one, greetings from Ireland
Thank you!
Good old Rocket City and Highway 191.
Is mm67 or up on the Mesa?
Looks like your sky light windows are up . Great vid good to know. Thanks. In Jesus name we pray amen.
GREAT HANDS-ON VIDEO ! Post some tutorial videos . Thank You for taking the fear out of the unknown.
Would have liked to see the sand from the silo into the truck don’t know if that’s possible seems cool though.
Looks like great work. Glad to hear the oilfield is picking up again! Could a driver haul more than two loads in a day? Keep up the good work!
John
It really is good work. Yes you can legal three loads in a day most of the time. If you get held up on location (have to wait for other trucks to unload, or wait for room to unload) it can mess you up. Three loads will usually take 13-14 hours with out getting held up.
Nick Duncombe I understand what you mean about h.o.s. limitations. Looking forward to seeing more work vids.
All the best!
John
Nice shades. 😎Nice trip. Thanks for the footage. Those clouds are awesome. Kick that dust up lol. 😁🤠
👍👍😎
Haul sand for a metal fab plant in Kentucky myself. Love it
Just turned 19 wanting to get into oilfield business or something with good pay. I live about 3hrs away for Texas wouldn’t mind moving
Good Video... that's how it is except for when the roads to the oilfield are so bad that your truck shakes apart! I have lost a power steering pump and all of my stuff off the dash! it can be insane bumpy ride!
00 Buck Yeah I’ve been there! Check out my other video hauling water. Ridiculous rough roads
Plan on heading that way as soon as I figure out how to get license renewed without going to school
Secondary muster area... for when primary muster area is all effed up
pretty clever sand castle there it looks like an up righted truck. when they are done with them and need to move them do they just upright them down and drive away with them?
Yeah the frame has hydraulic rams to raise and lower it.
Oilfeilds......
*OIL*
Muraca f*** YEA
What is the blower ? What does it do and how do you use it on your truck please can you explain the blower process on a truck at the oil field
This whole time I thought I had to wipe off my screen! Lmao 🤣 like you know what I mean. Lol
Are you Hazmat certified to carry large bug splatter on your windshield. That thing needs it’s own placard.
They don't require you to wear frc's the companies I've worked with they even required as to where frc's in the truck
Yes were are required to wear fry's, and I do have them on. I just buy the clothing thats fr.
Nick Duncombe thanks I saw you weren't wearing them in the beginning of the video so I just assumed you weren't required and then I see you Don your frc's in your respirator
I have Wrangler pants and shirts FRC about two weeks worth. Would not wear anything else except my FRC jumpsuit in highly dangerous area's only. It gets hot 7n them in West Texas but it is what it is.
Randy Rudder yeah I worked out here in the oil fields in West Texas and I know frc's in 110 heat are a b****
Was a frac hand for Halliburton out of Williston ND,truckers had to wear frc , steel toe, hard hat,the usual PPE , had to chock tires and set fire extinguishers on ground front bumper driver side, and yep respirator at all times...any guff from driver at all and they were kicked off the location and then usually fired from the truck firm..big red was a hardass .
Wathing that hood shack on your w900 and seeing those 389s makes me want to find a decent 389 myself and reguster it as not for hire farm use so i can drive the damn thing...
Frac'in great.
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I'm looking at getting into the oil field. I'm a cdl holder, been driving for prime almost a year. Swinging doors is killing me ughhh.....
I couldn't do it.
Yeah. Im dying in this field. I eventually want to do frac sand hauling, heavy haul, etc... my 58 mph truck is killing me. Anyways, like your videos. Keep it up!!!
Wow thats rough. Now is a good time to get started in the oilfield there is plenty of work.
Nick Duncombe quick question sir. As an owner operator how much money can you make?
Chino Mex You know it’s really a toss up. I’ve known of a lot of owner operators going broke. In the oil field I think you can make more than a company driver, But you have huge maintenance bills.
Would this be a hard end of the industry to get into without owning your own truck? I know a lot of guys say you buy your own truck but not everyone is suited or even wants to buy a truck and worry about maintenance costs, fuel expenses, ifta, taxes, etc. If there are company driver positions out there, what could one expect to make on avg?
There are lots of company driver jobs but I’m not sure on pay
Are you heading north on 191? Two lane looks familiar to me.
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Here I am tryna scratching a stain off my phone but it was the bird shit on your window lmao 😂😂😂😂
Are you an owner op contracting in loads with Halliburton? I grew up over the road, my dad hauled just about everything you could imagine. This may sound stupid but my goal is to retire from my current career field with everything paid off and own my own truck and to be able to take loads as i please and have the ability to park it for awhile if need be as you discussed in the beginning of this video. Thank you for uploading and i would love to see longer raw footage of your trips personally but each to their own in this ADD society i guess. Be safe driver.
I am an owner op. I get loads though a trucking company/broker that is contracted to Halliburton.
The first thing that happens when you wash the truck ... a three pound bug hits the windshield. Right?
Just graduated truck driving school considering coming to Dakota to haul water any suggestions guys???
Nick I live in Houston and have been offered a job hauling sand for a Texas company. Would like to know more info about it from a driver who’s already doing it. How many loads are you able to do in a day when the weather is decent like it is in the video, how much $$ can a company driver make in a week on average, how demanding are your superiors, what are the tips that would come in handy for a driver who’s never hauled sand before, aside from the actual work how is life as a sand hauler different from OTR, etc thanks in advance
Every area is different, here in Wyoming the money is pretty good right now. The tough part about the job is your on call all the time. I’m not sure how it is in your area but where I’m at I haul two to three loads a day witch will average 10-14 hours then I’m off for 10 hours then I’m on call. We don’t really have a scheduled witch can be tough.
And this is exactly boys and girls how to take a really nice truck and make it a POS in less than two months.
15 years and 1 million miles and she’s still going strong.
That's what I'm doing in Ohio. Not cans though, running boxes. You guys out west have huge pads! Drilling and fracing on the same pad. Wow. What sand do you all use out there? We primarily use 30/50 40/70 and 100 mesh.
There has been talk of boxes. These pads have around 20 wells on them. They drill two side by side move over about 20 feet and start drilling again they frac them right away.
Quick question is your hood strap down?
What you up too these days?
Haven’t worked in the oil fields since 2019. Done some over the road and currently hauling coal to a different mine power plant.
What changed that you were out of work for years then now you are working with good paying rates?
The oil field picked back up where I live. The demand for trucks went up because companies left the oil field or shut their doors. With the demand higher the rates came up.
Almost went out there to Texas to do just this. I think I'm missing out. Thanks for the vid.
Any jobs hauling sand that are only 12 hours a day?
I worked in ND 18 to 22 hours every day,due to going 120 miles of less from terminal..
www.kbtinc.biz this is the company I’m contracted to. They are always looking for company drivers, not sure if they are looking for owner ops. Located in Rock Springs Wy.
I'm an oilfield driver for 10 years. And now I'm searching for job in rigs
What were you doing when you had the truck parked? Just curious. I need to have somthing to fall back just in case.
The first six minutes months I spent lots of time in the mountains enjoying life. I helped my rancher friend and put a roof on a neighbors house. Just some odd work here and there. My wife has a pretty good job and I had saved quite a bit of money. The next six months I worked for Old Dominion doing local P&D.
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Just discovered your channel and you have some great content. I got three questions for you, 1. Does hauling sand require a tanker endorsement? 2. Do you still run logs even if you just went that short distance? 3. On a scale from 1-10 10 being most likely, how likely is it for an 18 year old with a CDL to get a job hauling sand? Thanks.
Thank you. You do not need a tanker endorsement. Yes I run a log book because some days it will take me 14 hours to get done. If you don't run a log book you have to stay under 12 hours. It's probably going to be hard to find a job being 18, because most, if not all insurance companies will not insure you, sorry.
I wish you clean that bug off your windshield. I've cleaned my phone screen off three times and it just won't get it. LOL
What area are you in? that looked Alot Like Wyoming.
Son of Liberty lmao me to
lord i know where you at i use to live close to the halliburton base
And yes I see the roads are terrible but that's a lot of movement
Damn i hate california so much compared to this would love to drive in a place like this super nicee