I did over the road for 3 years and now I’m at 3 years in the oilfield. Personally I like the oilfield better, you get paid by the hour. I clear more money in the oilfield than the road by a mile! I haul water.

It sucks because I'd love to do the job but now that I have kids, I'm not willing to miss watching them grow up.

Straight forward and accurate. Thank you !

Thank you for sharing this. It's very important in career decision making.

Great video thank you.

I've never had oil or similar companies refuse to pay me, I've had to sue 3 trucking companies to get my pay out of them.

thanks for all the info

I like how they show the clip of the truck chomped by a low bridge just as he says, “you’ll have more fun”.

Thank you for explaining

I've done both too. The oilfield life is hard, trucking otr was like a vacation even if the pay wasn't nearly as good.

Very good info

I will agree do the research but I drove a truck for 15 years and oilfield crane Operator was the best move I ever made

The correct answer is “FOLLOW THE MONEY”.

$130k is a little high for a frac hand. In Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico or Louisiana anyway. It’s more like $80k to $110k. It’s possible to make more but usually you have to get promoted to supervisor or have 15+ years of experience. I’d be careful with a company that will pay you more than $110k without lots of experience. You’re probably going to be used and abused if you do. Not that any frac job is going to be easy. I did it for 8 years and honestly it’s not worth it anymore. Inflation has killed the value of that $100k.

After spending the last decade in the Alberta Oil patch, I can confirm... it's a horrible life. I'm making the transition to OTR right now. Stability is huge! I am looking forward to only working 10-14hrs a day!

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Good work

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WoW Soo True, I've been working in the Oilfields of North Dakota for about 10 years, came off of OTR Trucking because I was Tempted by all the money I could make in the Oilfields...and from 2012-2015 I was grossing over 6 figures driving a Tanker Truck, then the first Oil Boom WENT Bust and everyone's pay was cut, so I got into Fracking moving all there Heavy equipment while living in a man camp for 2week hitches with maybe 6 days off...then when the Covid19 crash happened, I was laid off last summer and thought the Sh#% was literally hitting the fan, I'm talking "Walking Dead" end of the world stuff...year later everything seems to be calming down somewhat...and I'm starting to distrust the Oilfield, what with all the EV Trucks and cars being produced, the oilfields days are numbered...I'm starting to think that being OTR is a better bet for me in the long run...those long hours in the Oilfield and big paychecks just AINT worth it anymore...I Need a change of SCENERY, 20 years driving a Truck OTR, Local, Overseas, OTR, Oilfield and NOW back to OTR where I First fell in Love with Trucking. ANYONE Can Learn How to Drive a Truck over the Road, BUT Not everyone of those anyone's can actually sit and drive the Truck for months on end...with all the new technology out here there are just too many distractions for the new drivers coming on...just my 2 cents...

Switching from oil patch to highway will be an easy transition but if all you have done is driven highway and you are going to the patch the lease roads and the actual sites will be a challenge for you as the actual rules and sizes of the roads and conditions ( I was expected to drive wher I couldn't hardly walk) to deliver sucker rod and pipe.

Just got back into the oilfields in W. Texas. Did 4yrs in North Dakota during the boom and it was very good to me financially. So far I can’t complain about my new job hauling fuel (dyed diesel) to frac sites/oil rigs. Definitely would recommend it to anyone with at least 3yrs experience hauling fuel and wants to make some good money.

There are trucking jobs in the oil fields I drove a truck for 3 years I. The oilfield and that all I did was haul pipe or water or whatever was need at the rigs

OTR there’s a lot of B1 mexican driver working for .20 cnt for mile they affect the industry for usa drivers

I have gone 6 24 hour days with minimul sleep doing wireline in the oilfields. Resetting your time in the field. It made me physically ill after a while.

True, refinery people they dont work the whole year and still they get more $$$ than a truck driver. If the trucking industries could change the pay, i mean i think the trucking industries deserves a better pay than refinery companies to be honest, they work the whole year full time. Beginners working in the refinary makes that money "half year"

How do you know is the better moment to get into the oilfield? I guess with the situation we live now its not the best time

When the oilfield is booming. There is nothing better in trucking

You are correct we need to Unite

Oilfield is very dangerous, every job application you fill out the whole first page cover sheet is family contact info, who to notify if you die. Trucks flip over, catch on fire, explode....you have to know what you are doing.

11 or 13 hours ? U.s. it’s 11 drive 14 u can work is Canada 13 on duty hours ?

I'm going to CDL school right now I'm planning on going to the oil field starting next year.I have a connection with hauling Water. I would like to know how physically demanding is hauling water.And they gave me a decent home time schedule to choose from.I would like to know how honest is the pay and how physically demanding the job is.

Ohh come on. You make the oilfield look like it's horrible. It is hard work , long hours and pays well. If you do your homework you will be home very day and have steady work .

Hy hello, i want go to Texas to truck driver in oilfields, I'm portugueses may you tell me how type of visa e need and what I need to do see my driver's car accepted in USA please. Thanks bro

I spent 9 yrs running my trucks/vac trailers in the ND oil fields.. my drivers and myself made obscene money..I am a multi millionaire because of the oil fields.. I also feel like I lost 10 additional yrs off my life.. the oil field will chew you up and spit you out ...

Any idea if there are any trucking jobs where you work just 40 hours a week...? Kinda want a life outside of trucking.

can i get oilfield truck job fresh out of school ?

Quit the otr the pays trash. Haul crude oil. And be mindful of how you spend your money the oilfields is up and down some. I wasted 19 yrs otr got overweight ate horrible, I've been a crude oil hauler in Colorado and 8 yrs in ND I'm home daily and make over $130k in 2022. OTR you live in your truck you might make $77k a year average otr drivers are out away from home 300 days a year for an average of $257 /day. Oilfield Work 12-14hrs a day average hauling crude oil $450-575 /day

Do you hire people who are interested in driving trucks but have no experience or license? Do you help with that process and then deduct it from the payment?

Lived in wy worked oilfeild trucking for 16 yrs dont miss it at all. They either want u to live in the truck 100 hrs a week or lay u off you either broke or got money u cant spend cause u sitting in oil patch at 3am . my ex wife reaped all my work efforts while i froze to death and slept on a steering wheel

Am jamaican truck drive and i love to do long haulage trips in usa or Canada. But I dont know how to apply for the work. Can u help me in anyway?

How much does an over-the-road truck driver make on an average with ET transport are there Trucking in Canada or Trucking to the US and back thank-you good video

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Great fuccin video

What’s tons of money to you may not be tons of money to me lol 100k should be average in regular trucking if I work in the oil field I need at least 200k a year or I ain’t working

Worked in the oilfield for 10 years, money was good when we were working but the stability of the industry sucked thanks to the weather aand the political climate

What are the qualifications for an oil field job?

The oil patch in Alberta is slowly coming back, the big projects are going well but the service end is still hurting. It should be noted that the wonderful carbon tax that this government has implemented is to replace the royalties that Alberta use to give out. I now live in Ontario moved back for elderly parents, when we change the government maybe we can get back to doing business instead of dishing out handouts on the tax payers dime and then we can improve the infrastructure of this great country of ours

If you want to work the oilfields and have a family, think twice about their well being without you ever around. I know a guy that works in Midland TX and brags about the money and how his wife is a 10 getting all kinds of plastic surgeries. He gets home to find flowers and gifts that she receives at work from other men. Then he tells me to join him out there because I'm not gonna make my dream of becoming an owner operator OTR. I will keep my OTR job and family intact, Thanks but no thanks.

I've done both and both are horrible ways to make a living. I started out OTR and went in to the oilfields as a floorhand where I'm at now and occasionally I drive. Both these industries ruin marriages, relationships etc. I wouldn't wish either life on anyone. I will say my life is so much better now that I left OTR, you couldn't pay me enough to go back to that bullshit.

This is nonsense. Oilfield is not all trashy equipment. Depends who you work for. ND and Canada have trashy equipment yes. The environment there chews it up.

Wow this makes oilfield sound terrible lol. I don’t know any reputable oil and gas company’s in the northeast that don’t have a 2 week on 1 week off schedule or a 28 day on 14 day off schedule. Yea they make us bend the rules A LOT but you do have your guaranteed days off. And it’s consecutive days off like 7 or 14 at a time not 1 or 2. Yea there are ups and downs in the industry but I’ve never heard of anybody with an oil and gas company on their resume not finding a job within a week or two lol.

So I have no endorsements, 2 years of local experience. Single no kids and live with family. Oh yeah and I'm 28. Who is paying the best? I'm making 700/week taking offers!

I’ll just cut the bullshit for you. Coles notes: oilfield ,long hrs but you are actually paid for those hrs. Over the road, you’ll get a pancake ass and at times make less than minimum wage. OTR companies have a million ways they can siphon your wages from you. You better be a real man if you want to go oilfield trucking but the pay is good and the hrs are long.

Looks like a lonely life being a trucker.

Check into LTL trucking jobs. Lots of $100K+ jobs. And you’re home daily.

I hate Sand Trucks 🛻

Sir Please provide e-mail address to apply for truck driver job, I am from India🇮🇳... Thank you

Lol prison if you have a family

thats no way to live. i couldnt live in a truck and not enjoy my money and life

I prefer oil field TRUCKIN dot don't bother me so much on the res