I just realized how dangerous my job is

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Right now, I'm sitting in a loaded tanker truck on a teep hill in the north dakota oilfields, with ice and sleet keeping me from making it to the top. As I was approaching the hill, my truck began to slide in the slippery turn, so I let off the fuel for a moment to regain traction and lost the momentum I needed to make it to the top.

There is a 20ish foot steep hill to my right and a drop off of 30ish feet to my left. My trainee and I had to look around for rocks to put behind the tires in case we begin to slide backward down the hill. My company is going to send out a grader (heavy equiptment) to pull me out. While the money is good here, I'm wondering what the hell I've gotten myself into. I'm starting to think the money isn't worth it.

Just sitting here wanting to tell someone about it I guess. Hmmpf.

Update: they said that they didn't expect me to make it up the hill and were sorry about what me and my trainee had to go through, but appreciated our efforts. They had to get an outside company to get the truck off the hill and gave us both two days off with overtime pay. The grader got stuck worse than my truck and the outside company had to bring in a winch truck and a helicopter, all while paying me to sleep. Gonna stick with it if they keep showing such effort. Its more than I showed.

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  • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
    6 years ago

    whatre yall carryin?

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Salt water produced by the oil wells. It has, for some reason unbeknownst to me a lot of health hazards, so if we spill even a few drops, we have to report it to our company or get fired.

      By the way, I'm picking up on your condescending tone about us dumbass redneck truck drivers. Do my job for one day and then remark.

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      • donteatstuffoffthesidewalk
        6 years ago

        nope i always talks like this and i aint downtalkin no hazmat drivers

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  • lordofopinions
    5 years ago

    All's well that ends well. The company was understanding. Stick with it.

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  • curious-bunny
    6 years ago

    Yup that's north Dakota for ya, it's a shit hole here

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  • CDmale4fem
    6 years ago

    I myself aS out in Minot about 3-4 years ago. I actually didn't mind it, but I was working as a mover. It was cold as hell in oct, nov, and part of Dec. Our supervisor was an idiot. I wasn't making nearly as much as you are, and so depending where you call home, it may suck where you are now, but how bad would it suck to be "home" with possibly no work or very little or only minimum wage.? I would work it for all its worth of I was in your place.

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    • Anonymous Post Author
      6 years ago

      Its all hell. People just don't know what guys like us go though. We just want to go home to our families with some financial security. You and me know.

      I'm in New Town. What's Minot like?

      What's a mover?

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      • CDmale4fem
        6 years ago

        Minot was cool, I liked it. But out there it's so far to anywhere. From Minor was pretty much 100 miles to anywhere.
        A Mover is like when somebody moves, we go in and pack up the household goods, load the truck or unload the truck whichever the case may be. It's a hell of a lot harder job than driving truck. Very physical, demanding, and you got to know how to load trucks and NOT BREAK or damage people's stuff. But the AAACTION MOVERS I worked for was paying the temps the same wage I got and they wanted me to train them. I said BULLSHIT, I want more $$ and they said no. So I quit.

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