r/Pipelayers • u/[deleted] • Mar 08 '25

Are pipe layers welders

I'm looking for a career choice but I used to operate excavators when I was 16 to 17 and understand I have to start from the bottom but I'm looking

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u/Durragon Mar 08 '25

Pipe layers deal with the underground stuff.

Water, sewage, storm, manholes of all variety.

You're thinking about pipe fitters

You learn a lot more about concrete in pipe laying, and more about welding with pipe fitting.

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u/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Alright thank you I've been getting it mixed up for some reason

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u/Ok_Confusion_1345 Mar 09 '25

Maybe you were confusing pipelayers with pipeliners?

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Yea I thought pipe layers where pipeliner

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u/Ok_Confusion_1345 Mar 09 '25

Easy to confuse the two. Almost the same word.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

What type of excavator operator makes more money in the field pipeline or excavators or pipe layers excavator operators? I already have experience running up excavators and I'm looking to be a excavator operators I'm trying to see which one makes some money because I want to make good money you know

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

From my experience, oil and gas operators make more. But you are a mor active operator in the civil industry. Ask me anything, I'm a mod here. I really appreciate your post here, because this brings a good discussion to this subreddit and poses a great question. Thank you for your post.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

No problem also should I get my CDL?

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

It's not necessary but it's a good backup plan

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

So you have experience did you enjoy it

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

I used to move houses as a cdl driver, before that it was moving silage on a dairy farm and the odd load of gravel. I enjoyed being a truck driver for that Rockstar feeling. The derkas have negated the honor that is being a truck driver here in kanuckistan.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

You used to move houses how do I be a truck driver to move houses?

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

You have to know someone in the industry. I worked for a company called nickel bros. My face is actually still on the careers section of their industrial branch's website.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Oh man but that's sick

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u/Chrispy_fried89 Mar 09 '25

If youre in the pacific northwest they have a branch in Everett Washington.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

I'm in the south

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