OTR Flatbed or Dry Van LTL

While I'm not new to driving, the options I'm presenting are new and hoping some experienced drivers will chime in.

I have an opportunity to do Dry Van LTL out of SD to NE, CO, Rawlins, Pinedale, Jackson WY to Grantsville, UT for w/ a backhaul back to SD.

or

PODS OTR Flatbed

Would you take OTR PODS and not home every weekend or LTL to the worst parts of Wyoming every week with strong chances of never making it home on the weekend during the winter months?

 

The dry van LTL opp. has guaranteed $1250/wk min, even if I'm stuck due to I-80 closure...I just have to dispatch and leave my domicile each week to get the min. That being said, every driver that has been covering this particular route has been stuck on I-80 each week this winter, and some have never been able to get north of Rawlins to get to Pinedale and Jackson...when 80 East opens, they just go back to SD and try again the following week.

 

The PODS acct would be w/ Blackhawk and the complaint I'm hearing right now is how long their sitting between dispatches currently due to economic shifts.

The LTL would be 53' (no doubles).

 

It would be with Blackhawk.

 

I'm currently the driver manager for this account, but in the process of trying to find/hire my replacement and going back into one of our trucks...so I'm familiar w/ the company/policies/management, etc.

I'm in no rush to be home on weekends, will have my dog, and if I ever need time off I know it will be approved w/o question...with the exception of course with being stuck between Cheyenne and Rawlins at some point every week during the winter months.