Schneider Oilfield Hauling

[rkeck]

Anyone know what Schneider is doing in the way of "oilfield hauling"? Type equipment, pay scheme, time on/off, etc? I've seen some emails from them looking for "oilfield drivers" in some areas. Some areas seem to pay better than others. I was just somewhat curious if this is new to Schneider or just news to me. Is this just an "experiment" for Schneider or are they in this for the long haul? I've always wanted to move to sunny Casper to work the winter months, 70 hours a week for how much pay and benefits?

[Mackman]

this is news to me

[One]

Specialized stuff like this tends to be temporary/seasonal/dedicated and your job may be subject to a contract your company has with shippers. If you want to get into something like this go directly to a company that specializes in this, not some big carrier hoping to underbid the experts...they tend to fail.

[Orangetxguy]

Anyone know what Schneider is doing in the way of "oilfield hauling"? Type equipment, pay scheme, time on/off, etc? I've seen some emails from them looking for "oilfield drivers" in some areas. Some areas seem to pay better than others. I was just somewhat curious if this is new to Schneider or just news to me. Is this just an "experiment" for Schneider or are they in this for the long haul? I've always wanted to move to sunny Casper to work the winter months, 70 hours a week for how much pay and benefits?

Down here, Schneider's drivers are getting paid $900 a week, plus break time is spent in a motel, while another driver uses the truck. They are using their standard road equipment, which includes using some of their "wrecked" insulated stainless steel trailers, which they have stripped the insulation from, patched the damage up and outfitted the trailers with a vapor vent and belly unload line with dry-break heads. Schneider's trailers can haul about 150 barrels of oil (standard is 180 to 190). Standard crude trailers are aluminum 200 barrel vessels here in Texas. In Wyoming, Montana and the Dakotas the trailers can haul a lot more.....230 to 260 barrels.

They run through drivers pretty quickly. The road drivers that come down to try it out last about 2 weeks.

[rkeck]

hmmmm. I suppose in TX they are attracting a lot of "mexican" drivers who think the money, home-time, and benefits are good. I've lived in South Texas for 45 years and have nothing against mexican's but can't tolerate listening to their jawing tex-mex on the radio endlessly, day after day. Might be better to take my 5th wheel to WY for the winter if that's the driving work I wanted to do.

[crb]

Smith transport has a bunch of trucks hauling water to and from the oilfields in pa.

[Orangetxguy]

hmmmm. I suppose in TX they are attracting a lot of "mexican" drivers who think the money, home-time, and benefits are good. I've lived in South Texas for 45 years and have nothing against mexican's but can't tolerate listening to their jawing tex-mex on the radio endlessly, day after day. Might be better to take my 5th wheel to WY for the winter if that's the driving work I wanted to do.

Actually, the majority of the drivers are white, with a few African-Americans thrown in. Just not that many Hispanics....at Schneider at least. Now.....most of the trucks from over on US83...different story.