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Dose any one have any contact info for possible jobs doing this??
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Don/Shar wrote:The Texan wrote:Don/Shar wrote:Y
This was Halliburton Fracing.....the biggest one in business. They don't even feed their own men. We had a couple meals but from the crew putting the tanks and pipes. Believe me I don't want to be on the pad with the frac happening and the sand castles about 30 foot from us. Very loud and dusty. The noise wasn't too bad inside (we are really good insulated) but ouitside wow. Didn't have a problem sleeping.....1 at a time. Tomorrow night I will have my wife back in my bed.
We had a gate in LA with Shell/Halliburton and they did cater. They ran 2 shifts and had catering for each shift. We had more food than we could handle.
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Don/Shar
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abusman40 wrote:Don/Shar wrote:The Texan wrote:Don/Shar wrote:Y
This was Halliburton Fracing.....the biggest one in business. They don't even feed their own men. We had a couple meals but from the crew putting the tanks and pipes. Believe me I don't want to be on the pad with the frac happening and the sand castles about 30 foot from us. Very loud and dusty. The noise wasn't too bad inside (we are really good insulated) but ouitside wow. Didn't have a problem sleeping.....1 at a time. Tomorrow night I will have my wife back in my bed.
We had a gate in LA with Shell/Halliburton and they did cater. They ran 2 shifts and had catering for each shift. We had more food than we could handle.
Well Halliburton here did not cater....I asked one of the workers and they told me Halliburton was cutting back on everything. We now have coil tubing in and they had a caterer one day....great steaks. When we were in Artesia Wells the fracing crew was Weatherford and they catered twice a day, had some really good meals there.
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glenntwo
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Are there many job openings in LA? What are the licensing requirements? I'm kinda headed in that direction and could get there pretty quick if a company needs a single that wants to work.
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Mfar1234 wrote:Ok, as dangerous as it is that i may get my head bitten off I gotta ask.
"If they have been breaking the law since 2009 or so - and it has reached several million dollars." Would it make sense to say that "maybe they are not breaking the law?"
I think you may be right on that. Having had experience with being a 1099 sub (in another line of work), I don't see any problem with this being legal. I think it helps if you look at the job as being more of a "piecework" or salary type job instead of as an hourly one.
On the subject of getting a massive tax bill from the IRS? They can't tax you for money you didn't make. However, if you do get a cash settlement for lost wages (not very likely IMO), they are entitled. I would treat that as icing on the cake and give the guv their cut and let it go.
And if you can't find enough write-offs for that 1099 to make it look like you are just breaking even, then you and your tax person aren't trying hard enough.
And i may be stating the obvious, but here's one more thought: You have to consider the use of a generator, water and septic as part of your wage package. When you do that, I think the total package comes more into line with what would normally be expected. AT 70-100 a day for a FHU pull-through spot in most places, I would say that free water electric and sewer plus 125-175/day is a pretty nice deal. Not as nice as the company getting 450-500/day for putting a guard out there, but they have to make their money too, and without them you wouldn't be on the gate, and even if you were, you would have to provide your own amenities. Leasing a gen and a honey wagon ain't cheap, and it probably takes a long time to make the contacts to line a job like this up, so I figure its a wash.
All things considered, I wouldn't mind dropping what I do now and doing a little GG'ing for maybe 10 months a year. Sounds like easy money and I don't have to commute thousands of miles like I do now.
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Heh, I see what you did there.
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daverich
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Question about non-potable water. I have seen gate guard ads that say so many gallons of non-potable water. I know what non-potable water is.
I am guessing you use it for the toilet and showers. Now you have it in your water system. I guess when you a finished you can sanitize with bleach. But I don't like the idea of having it in the pipe in the first place.
What am I missing here?
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WellShooter2
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daverich wrote:Question about non-potable water. I have seen gate guard ads that say so many gallons of non-potable water. I know what non-potable water is.
I am guessing you use it for the toilet and showers. Now you have it in your water system. I guess when you a finished you can sanitize with bleach. But I don't like the idea of having it in the pipe in the first place.
What am I missing here?
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Non-potable means don't cook with it or drink it. It may not taste good and hasn't been chlorinated. i.e. it is not certified by any agency. Doesn't mean it's bad water or it will hurt your rig or even make you sick.
If you have ever lived in the country and used "well water" you have used non-potable water.
I use "drinking" water purchased at Wal-Mart for coffee. Showers shave and toilet on non-potable.
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