What gear to bring for oilfield jobs?

A couple of people have said "a small adjustable wrench". Just how small are we talking about? I have several sizes from about two feet long down to pocket knife size.

 

Wolverine is a pretty good boot, lightweight too, just make sure its steel toed.

 

I carry an 8" crescent in my back pocket and a 12" in my pack for valves that need a little extra leverage.

 

I know a lot has been said about what brand of boots are best but nobody has defined what type of work boots to buy other than safety toe. I am looking at buying boots right now so I would like to know if 6" boots or 8-9" boots should be worn. How deep of a puddle do you step in? Do you wear black boots? Lace up? Pull on?

 

lace up red wings, with a composite toe.... snow gets deep here, and the drifts even deeper, so height of the boot does not matter for me.

 

I wear Justin pull ons, but our company allows us to where anything steel toed, even steel toed shoes. Not really sure why as a crude hauler I need steel toes, they only thing I have used them for is kicking rocks.

 

I will be buying these boots again when they wear out, Magnum Work Pro Ultra WPI CT Mens. They have a composite toe which I prefer since it doesn't crowd your toe as much and a no slip oil resistant sole. Never had a leak, they are good and waterproof. These have loops at the top to help you pull them on. They are tall enough to keep the mud out too, seems like 10" (I'm one who likes to tuck my jeans into the boots). I would avoid laces, they come untied, they get packed full of mud. Non laces easier to wipe down before you get back in the truck. Drive about 500-700 miles a night with them on and never got a blister.

Mine are brown but here is a pic and info...

http://www.magnumboots.com/gl/boots/work/465/work-pro-ultra-wpi-ct/

 

Sunoco for example requires you wear the following when you unload at their facility...

H2S Monitor
Safety Boots (my company requires they be steel or composite toe with no slip oil resistant soles)
Hard hat (with a light mounted on it for working in the dark)
Eye protection
Hearing protection
Gloves (I prefer West Chester 12" chemical resistant)
Fire Resistant Clothing (I prefer Wrangler denim and Carhartt coat)

 

I didnt read all the texts, but your initial question failed to mention which oil fields your heading to. Of course its not winter yet, but if youre heading to North Dakota.... you better be prepared. Last iwnter I was up near the cwnadiwn qnd montana borders in -50 degrees. And yes... that was minus 50.

Some companies provide your clothing snnd h2s monitor so id check with the company first. Regardless of which oil field you are going to, your outer layer is all FR rated. I personally wear a Haliburton sub zero arctic jacket and a pair of Baffen boots rated at -58 degrees. The rest of my gear is a no brainer. I did rotate three pairs of gloves off the dash heater just to let you know.

Tak care... and good luck.

 

<<Decided to use this old post so the useful information already in it doesn't need to get reposted>>

I realize there is a good chance that whomever I end up working for may attempt to issue me all the PPE I'll need, but I have a few issues with one size fits most, or I might want to find something that works better in the middle of a TX summer than the standard issue sauna suit. So, I thought I'd start looking around and at least ID some choices and sources.

Big Duker already may have answered my query: "What alternative FR can you wear in the TX summer so you don't end up a California Raisin" (Stanco Nomex coveralls. $130. Very light and breeze passes through).
What’s a source for that?

The mention of FR Carhart jeans brings up another question for me.
Are these "spill" resistant?
The idea in my head was FR was like the stuff a fireman wears. I want to be smart and not just wear something that blocks flames shooting from the malfunctioning propane grill on the tailgate of my frac fueler , but also keeps my ### from a liquid encounter, as well. I was issued some "sleeve extentions" once when making a delivery to a NALCO plant in a short sleeve uniform. I think they were only for spill resist and not FR? Could see through them and they didn't make you sweat. Up until now, I was using old golf rain paints on wet/snowy days for blocking wind and rain, but if I got flamed, they probably would make me look like a molten Mr. Bill after an episode where Mr. Hand is playing with matches.

Next issue. I'm about 5' 17" (6' 5" on the English system) with a 6’ 6” wingspan and usually go for tall stuff so my wrists and plumber’s crack aren't exposed when I reach for something. If the std issue stuff isn't a little generous, I'm lookin’ for a special order source. Same for the pants/bibs, but I'm usually OK if it’s a sized inseam and I can get 36.

Boots. Stick with lace-up because there are a few companies that require that? (Don't want to wait, until too late, for company requirements to get at least the first pair so I can break em in).
I wear 15D/E shoes and usually get them from steel-toe-shoes.com. They have 40+ brands in Steel, composite or Aluminum toes including all but 2 of the brands mentioned in this thread (Baffin, Danner, Dickies, Doc Martin, Georgia Boot, Magnum, Rocky, Timberland, Wolverine. NO Redwings or Justin). My current composite toe boots are probably only 6" so I'll be looking for something taller. I find the wider ones work better in winter on the black diamond runs and for deep water starts in the summer (main disadvantage is 15s can get hung up from above in some vehicles when going from the accelerator to the brake!).

Thank you in advance.