Originally Posted by
paintyourjet
With oil heading toward $50 and below, those boom towns in ND will quickly become ghost towns. 4 years ago I told an unemployed guy to look at Craigslist job listings in ND, 2 weeks later he was in ND making 100k+ driving a truck, and still there today.
I own a business up there and have 6 CDL drivers. They work 3 on 1 off and easily make 100K. It's not uncommon for my guys to make 10K a month. Might be a thing of the past here soon though with low oil. We'll see in about 6 months.
I paid a guy to weld a hole in a trailer. Basic steel trailer, easy weld job. Took him about 10 minutes plus about an hour of driving time to get to us. Charged me $600. I think he was making 200K. He did have his own rig and business.