Routing - Casa Grande, AZ to Portland, OR

Ok. Exit 13 off of I-84. I use to hate going there but this was way back, when we mostly had to do down stack, restack, and all that other crap.

 

Ribeye steak at Fry's in Phoenix right now

 

That's US 93 out of Casa Grande to Las Vegas, I-11 to US 95 with a stint on I-80 back to US 95 to US 20 to US 26 into I-84 into Portland.

 

It really depends on your company, your capable speed and the time you need to get there. Yeah, Google doesn't show a complete picture, but considering the areas you'll be driving through congestion wise, I-5 looks faster hour wise, but it's not. If your truck can do 70 mph or so, versus 55 mph, depending on load weight, you'll want to drive that 70 or even only 65 being fuel conscious, but you are only going to go 55 via CA, period or chance tickets, inspections, and lousy city traffic where you have more exposure to high risk drivers. I drive to avoid that. Weight of the load becomes another issue. Yes it's an indicator, and as you point out, i used to be a Swift driver, also, and you took the route they gave you back then, but then again, I was flatbed and most of the time, the route they gave and my own planning coincided. Maybe they just send vans the long way to time them better with the amount of time they have to wait at the shipper/receiver or to keep them occupied.
Anyway, as I pointed out, if he is given a route by the owner or mega, he has to follow it, barring unforseen detours from traffic issues.

 

So you added 50 miles to a route that was already 50 miles longer?
Did you buy California fuel? I hope not since it is a dollar higher than Nevada.
Most likely why they routed you up thru Nevada.