The Texan
Home ... Toquerville, UT .. Summer ... Cascade, ID
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Palladun wrote:I just joined, don't under stand what you are guarding,
I always carry firearms in my unit. ( never drugs or liqueur ) of no kind. You are controlling the entrance to either an energy company worksite, or a private ranch. In some situations you just record traffic in and out and in others, you actually have authority to control access. Energy companies, to be politically correct, are the ones that usually prohibit firearms, while most ranchers encourage having, but not openly displaying one. We worked for one of the companies that was very ANTI firearm, they never checked our RV, but If they had tried, we would have just refused and waited for a new gate through the company we worked for. One gate we worked, both the energy company and the rancher owner encouraged we have one readily available.
Bob & Betsy - USN Aviation Ret'd '78 & LEO Ret'd '03 & "Oath Keeper Forever"
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wciim
Woodruff, SC
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Just wanted to say HI to all! We worked campgrounds for the last 4 years. Now we are working to gate guarding. We have been on the same gate on FM469 for the last 4 months and think we should be here at least another year. We love this job and will never do campgrounds again. One more year, gets our budget/bankaccount where we want it. Then we will gate guard in the winter and play in the summer. It has been dusty on an occasion but not all the time.
All I have to say is since we have to work some of the time WE LOVE THIS JOB! Money is good. From what we are hearing there will be 18 more wells drilled here. Can wait to watch the drilling. We have fiends just south of Cotulla that we trade time off. And it is nice to have someone to go shopping with.
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mdbass
Oklahoma
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wciim wrote: Then we will gate guard in the winter and play in the summer.
After a year and a half on gates that is just what we plan to do-heading out just before Memorial day for a few weeks off. We were looking at rotating between a campground gig and working a gate; but the pay and commitment they're looking for is not for us.
Mark Bass
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Southern Nights
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We have been on our first gate for four weeks now. We are actually controlling the traffic on a private road. We love it. We are 10 miles from a nice size town with pretty good shopping at least for the basics.
Not sure how long this gate will last but we hope the next one will be at least half as nice. After this experience we would have to think really hard about working in a cg. Our goal is work 3 months and then take off for three months.
Larry and Samantha
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wciim
Woodruff, SC
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This is in reply to not enough water when washing clothes. I am betting you have a washer/dryer that is NOT vented, they use a huge amount of water to dry clothes. We have a vented one and I wash 3 or 4 loads a week, shower, etc and 250 gallons is plenty. Our friends (gate guards) replaced their washer/dryer last month and have seen a huge difference in the amount of water they use. Just food for thought.
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mdbass
Oklahoma
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waywardwinds wrote:I did want to ask somthing we work for timekeepers we get 250 gal. of water a week. that just barely enough it seems. is this the norm? we have a washer and dryer but can't use it just not enough water for it.
Think outside the box and find out who services the rig. Once we "bribed" the water company driver with some brownies and cookies we never had to worry about water again.
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kells81
Pakistan
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I have been building compressor stations while not in an overseas environment and am very curious what this pays? I usually make 10-14k/month working on the road around TX as a sparky and about the same overseas. I am overseas now and a buddy is asking me to borrow my RV to try his hand at this.
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rabajara
Bonnieville, Ky
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The pay is from $125.00, 150.00, 175.00, 185.00 & 200.00 per 24 hrs period. All depends on the company you work for.
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The Texan
Home ... Toquerville, UT .. Summer ... Cascade, ID
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Most companies also cover your utilities at the gate. This makes the pay even worth more, when your housing utilities are paid.
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jf44
Timpson Tx
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Have you heard of Capital Well Service near San Antonio
Tx ? Any pro or con about them ? Thanks, James
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