I80 vs I70 west

You will be fine on i80. I came through today and am currently in rock springs. My gross is 55k was a bit windy

 

Thats ####ty.. lots of times during the winter, taking a detour will mean keep working or get stuck behind road closures for an entire week.

 

Lots of times as a company driver, i would take detours around crap and play the old ask for forgiveness rather than permission... But i always have a good rep with dispatch and they turn a bind eye... I know megas arent really like that

 

Sounds like pinching pennies on fuel because they have no margin. More worried about spending an extra $50 on fuel vs having a possible wreck or days of lost time waiting out wind closures.

They don't care about lost time for the driver because they don't pay him to sit around and wait for closures.

Bean counters only care about making a couple bucks off the load. They don't care how many drivers go broke sitting around waiting for free.

I'd rather drive 500 miles out of my way instead of sitting for a day.

 

Run 80. High and dry. With 74K gross you'll be fine. High wind warning out w/ gusts to 75 mph, but you're anchored pretty good.
Safe travels.

 

they probably don’t generally care about the penny pinching as long as the load gets there on time. If they got chippy about it I’d say first of all I had a safety reason. Second go ahead and dock my pay the $35-40 for going 100 miles out of route. And then I’d probably start shopping for somebody else to drive for because I don’t like to be micro-managed to that level.

 

Sorry but I have to say it. Please don't run with your 4 ways on, especially at 60 mph. 4 ways should only be used for stopped traffic, sudden slow downs, equipment issues, or unexpected debris or vehicles stopped in the travel lanes. When folks run them all the time nobody really pays attention to them.

That's just my opinion, but I think running them all the time when there is no issue causes more problems than they prevent.