ever work 27 hrs straight?

[Dave223]

Im thinking at this point that its starting to suck to be me...
I slept 4.5 hrs last night, woke up at 4:30am this morning, drove to Foley Al. I got here at 9 and went straight away to work. I was informed at noon that I will be pulling the 11 to 7 shift. Im in my room and cannot fall asleep for anything. I really need to go downstairs and learn a few things about this hotel before I pull my shift. Im wondering if I will be awake come 7 am tomorrow? Dave

[farmerc]

The longest shift that I've pulled is 31.75 hours straight. I do alot of 16 hour days where I work,so you get used to it after awhile

[Dave223]

ive pulled a few long ones before when I was a welder. As long as I was occupied I was ok. This is just boring and thats whats killer, its standing at a desk at a hotel during the most quiet shift. ugghhh...

[SYKO]

dotn feal bad, when I owned my custom shop, I did a paint job that took me 25 hrs jsut to tape, then another 10 hrs to finish spraying, I did it non stop so I could have it done for a show only 3 days away, of course I was payed well to so that didnt hurt to bad, but I was sure beat when I got done, and the truck got best paint at the show!!

[Eric250R]

I worked 38 hours straight, came home, slept 3 hours, then worked another 12..... whew, what a weekened that was. But I just lost my job tuesday so I guess I won't have to worry about that again.....lol.

[85ytz250n]

When I was in the Navy that was almost a normal workday. SInce you are on a ship it doesnt really hurt that much. There were lots of days where I would go to work at 6 and then get off after dinner only to be called to do some repairs and end up working through the night and pull a full day of work the next day. There were times when I fell asleep while I was eating or even when I was taking readings on equipment. I am at a job now though where the work day ends at 4:30, and unless you want to pull OT then you roll out. Half day on Friday, leave after you get your check during lunch. I am trying to get ajob working offshore so the long days will be back very soon.

Barry

[brapp]

last year when it snowed i worked almost 60 hours straight and ran a massive wheel loader intoa a *Edited**Edited**Edited**Edited* loa dof curbs and then acrost the park and into a pond when i fell asleep lol

[Dave223]

I am trying to get ajob working offshore so the long days will be back very soon.

Barry

Hey, head down to Houma, La. lots of work going on offshore from there.

well it ended up being 29 hours once I showered and ate something. Towards the end of my shift I was so exhausted that my vision was acting funny and I was shaking....I hit the sack at about 9 and just woke up at 1:30

[InfamyKustomz]

i worked a lot of 30+ hour straight jobs snowplowing, and 2 doing custom paint jobs before big shows, one was just getting done drying at the show...lol....ive also pulled a few 28(approximately) hour days working on mud trucks so the weekend coming up i could play in the mud
but staying up past what your used to without being able to sleep with nothing to do is the worst

[85ytz250n]

Hey, head down to Houma, La. lots of work going on offshore from there.

I am heading to a job interview for an offshore company called PrideOffshore, their home office is in Houma, LA. I just hope they hire me, my current job pays the bills and little else.

Barry

[InfamyKustomz]

What are these offshore companys yall are speaking of? Just curious as of what they do. My friend has a underwater construction(welding, boat prop fixes etc..) but i don't believe this is what the ffshore thing you guys are talking about it, correct?

[Dave223]

hey I know exactly where pride off shore is located. They either have a large crew or somewhat of a high turnover rate, Im not sure though so watch yourself.

Hey when we mention offshore, its oilfield related offshore. Things like rebuilding platforms, welding, construction, things of that nature. Ever watch "Oil,Sweat and Rigs" on TLC or Discovery?

[firefirefire90]

longest I ever worked in a Day was a good 20hr of ranch work. We had to put up a good 50 acre's of fence repairs, find like a billion misplaced goats/sheep/horses...why they run off I don't know. Clean a HUGE cow stall(fit about 2-300 cattle), replace all water buckets, filll the feeders, stack the hay bailes, and also had to groom a bison. What made me work for the entire time, was we had this inspector dude coming in. SO gay....I never found out what the inspection was for to..guess for health of the animals

[InfamyKustomz]

hey I know exactly where pride off shore is located. They either have a large crew or somewhat of a high turnover rate, Im not sure though so watch yourself.

Hey when we mention offshore, its oilfield related offshore. Things like rebuilding platforms, welding, construction, things of that nature. Ever watch "Oil,Sweat and Rigs" on TLC or Discovery?

ohh, i never saw the show as i rarely watch TV, but i know what your talkin about.....looks like some hard work from what ive seen, but definately something id do/be interested in doing if i ever moved around somewhere that had it as an option....i dunno its just something that ive always been interested in since i saw it...i dunno, its wierd, id rather bust my ass and make half the pay than sit in an office makin twice as much.... plus id rather look back on something and see that ive completed something constructive....not paperwork or something thats supposedly real important but can fit in a folder or brief case
to you offshore guys

[85ytz250n]

Well you do the ballbusting hard work and I will sit at a computer and make your pay along with mine. I have done nothing but hard labor and let me tell you its over rated. I just want to get payed so that i can get ahouse and start a family. Pride is just going to be my door opener, just to get some work experience and then Im going to try TransOcean or Global Santafe. They just merged with someone and are now the third largest Offshore Company in the world.

Barry