Does anyone here do Oil Rigs?

Why in the world would anyone want to power wash drilling rigs? I see these people do it all the time. I talk to some of them. They hate it. I know people who've done it. They hated it. Hard work, nasty dirty work, freezing cold burning up. Not to mention, almost every oilfield worker is looking for a way out after about 10 years.

I've even been there when pw crews got ran off location. Funny from my end, not from theirs.

The hardest and worse job aside from coal mining is oil field pressure washing.

Just my opinion.
 
Why in the world would anyone want to power wash drilling rigs? I see these people do it all the time. I talk to some of them. They hate it. I know people who've done it. They hated it. Hard work, nasty dirty work, freezing cold burning up. Not to mention, almost every oilfield worker is looking for a way out after about 10 years.

I've even been there when pw crews got ran off location. Funny from my end, not from theirs.

The hardest and worse job aside from coal mining is oil field pressure washing.

Just my opinion.

Why, you just answered your own question. Nobody wants to do it, gives you job insurance at very high rates. You could do one rig or you could do a week's worth of house washes and still not make as much.

I deal mostly with heavy equipment covered in grease. I do it because most don't want to and because the hack jobs have a hard time getting in. I would clean rigs if they were closer to town, I just have no need or desire to drive away from the family when I have more then enough work in town.
 
Sounds like its a hard, dirty and time consuming job that has to be done.

Any thoughts on how to price a job like this and/or the going rate?
 
Why in the world would anyone want to power wash drilling rigs? I see these people do it all the time. I talk to some of them. They hate it. I know people who've done it. They hated it. Hard work, nasty dirty work, freezing cold burning up. Not to mention, almost every oilfield worker is looking for a way out after about 10 years.

I've even been there when pw crews got ran off location. Funny from my end, not from theirs.

The hardest and worse job aside from coal mining is oil field pressure washing.

Just my opinion.


Half the time these guys are sitting on a site getting paid to do nothing. They do it because they can charge and nobody else wants to do it or is qualified to do it. If you want to make huge money than this is the place to look at. Much of the equipment is specialized and bigger than your average house washing setup.
 
I was out to Williston North Dakota a couple years back working in the oil business ( everything is oil out there ) and I can tell you they were paying $100.00 per tractor 150.00 for a trailer. One guy told me he paid 75 to get his pickup washed. Pressure washing in Williston or Watford city North Dakota is a money making opportunity. But like was said, all the big players insist on a lot of paper work. OSHA ten and stuff like that before you get to go on site. I wouldn't do oil rigs I would do fleets. There are thousands upon thousands of trucks in that area and you can name your price.
 
It's nasty work. The oil and pipe dope just slide from one side to the other. Have to have multiple wands running at once. A friend of mine was charging $400/hr on rigs with a 24 hour minimum. His insurance ran him $40K a year. He was killing it financially, but had a HARD time trying to keep hands. Had a guy fill his boots with hot water and pretty well lose all the skin on his feet. He shut his company down the next day. He was pegged out with stress. He still has two nice Landa 8gpm trailers he is trying to sell.
 
It's nasty work. The oil and pipe dope just slide from one side to the other. Have to have multiple wands running at once. A friend of mine was charging $400/hr on rigs with a 24 hour minimum. His insurance ran him $40K a year. He was killing it financially, but had a HARD time trying to keep hands. Had a guy fill his boots with hot water and pretty well lose all the skin on his feet. He shut his company down the next day. He was pegged out with stress. He still has two nice Landa 8gpm trailers he is trying to sell.

Oilfield work is always hard and stressful. Everyone is attracted to the money. What they don't realize is, the amount of work, time, or expense. There is also the grime factor. Oil based mud, dope (copper coat), grease, extreme weather conditions.

No one thinks about 9 degree temperatures with 4 or 5 wands spraying in all directions at 3am. Even if you hire a crew, trying to keep a hand, even if you pay well, is near impossible.

That said, I'm not trying to discourage anybody. I think it's better to realize all sides of the idea. I've been in the oil patch for 14 years. I've looked into oilfield washing and am in a unique position to start it. Can't pay me enough for that head ache.
 
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