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Old 07-17-2014, 11:01 PM
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It's been about 4 long years since I logged onto CAD last. I'm doing good though. Back in 2010 my friend convinced me to pack up and leave the nice and toasty weather in Phoenix and head to Boomtown (Williston) USA!!! Didn't have much going on so I said sure why not go get my piece of the pie. I got a job real quick with a small company hauling production water from the wellsites. Well the money was not only good for me at $27/hr but for my boss also. So at the end of 2011 he buys a couple crude tankers and yours truly gets his turn to haul as I call it "ND tea"! Long story short I lived it up for 3 1/2 years and made almost exactly $295,000 in just those 3 years! So ya for all you wondering...the money is there you just gotta work for it. Let me tell you, I thought I was a decent truck driver! Well ND will humble you in a quick second and it humbled me in my 1st night out on my own after training!!!! How I'm here today baffles me but I thank the big man for it. I went up there like everyone else-for the money and to gain tanker experience as I've always wanted to haul fuel. About a year and a half ago they built a Loves T/S up there and they snatched me up before I could even ask how much I will make. I made it through my last winter which just passed and I had about enough of old man winter in ND. So I got me a transfer to the beautiful state of Texas and moved down here back in March and have been loving every second and every gallon of sweat I produce!!!! It's taking me some time to get used to this humidity but I'll take it anytime over ND's -45 degree winters!!! Life is good, life is good. So hey to all that remember me and a hello and good to meet all the new CAD members. Also I'd like to say good job to all CAD personnel, the site looks beautiful! Keep up the great job! Well I'm gonna go haul me some ethanol now so hammer to the pedal and the floor to the hammer...or something like that😝
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Old 07-18-2014, 09:17 PM
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Welcome back, Wimpy.
I hope with the transfer, you can still get paid on Tuesdays.

glad you survived last winter in N.D., but don't know how you can go from that to Texas.
I don't know of any animals that can do that. Your last sentence sounds, like you may be going into shock.

I've seen this before.

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Old 07-19-2014, 09:27 AM
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Road hog, funny you say hope I can still get paid on Tuesday. Well Tuesdays are the end of my weekly pay period so ya I guess I do get paid on Tuesdays in a way. As for moving down here after being in the frozen tundra....it's definitely taking some getting used to just like it took some getting used to the ND ball chattering cold! I think I'm still thawing out though but like I said I'm really enjoying it here.
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Old 07-19-2014, 12:32 PM
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You seem to be back in your element, so to speak.
I was brought up in the north, and love the winters, especially now that I'm retired.

I spend much of my time in a vacation cabin, right on the lake.

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Old 07-21-2014, 12:42 AM
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Welcome back wimpy!

Where in Texas? Any chance it's DFW? If not, have you ever been to any racks around the DFW area?

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Old 07-21-2014, 12:58 AM
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Wabbit just moved to Dallas

I hope it's cooler than Wichita Falls

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Old 07-21-2014, 01:00 AM
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Lol he's slinging groceries tho. I'm getting too old for that.


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Old 07-21-2014, 01:10 AM
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yeah… that's what happened to
Twilight, Ridge Runner, Windwalker, and a few others…
at the Moose Lodge

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Old 07-21-2014, 01:33 AM
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Ah, so that's where they went.


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Old 07-21-2014, 01:41 AM
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I don't think that I could take the cold in North Dakota all the time. I have enjoyed all the cold from that part of the world just passing through. I would not want to do it with a steady diet. There are some good paying oil field jobs in west Texas and further south in the Lone Star. I am glad to hear that you are enjoying Texas. It does get pretty cold in the panhandle and around the Metroplex, but nothing nearly as cold as North Dakota.
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