[Talisker]

it was probably a drug gang involved, yep

And Dad says he was living in his truck to save money to pay bills.

Just who did he owe?

Good catch. 12 hour night shifts as a pipe fitter?

Meth.

[philman_36]

Good catch. 12 hour night shifts as a pipe fitter?
Meth.

BS! Let me tell you outright that you're talking out of your posterior!

Turnarounds/shutdowns are almost always 12 hour shifts, sometimes 16 hours.
Eastman plant maintenance to begin

Work will take place in two, 12-hour shifts, for 24 hours seven days starting the last week in September continuing through October.

Just one source of many I could supply. Many companies now implement a mandatory day off with 12/13 days on and one off. It wasn't like that in the past.

Drug testing is very stringent in the petrochemical/chemical field. And if you get on the DISA database you're not going to work for a while.

So shove your ignorance. This field of work is my field of experience and knowledge and much like in the military field we don't take kindly to our fellow workers being disparaged.