1st time Houston to Bakersfield .ca advice ?

Just depends on what you want.
Mostly 1-10 to SoCal, then 5 north.
If you want to come in the back side, need to get over to Barstow and the 58. Could use 95 or 93 up to 40 to make that happen.

 

First things first, Do you have a CARB compliant truck ?

 

Head up to 40 either way you want to and head west. I would never go on 10. check the miles, I bet 10 would run you at least a couple of hundred out of route, even if it was a decent way to go.

 

You should have no problems. Run it all the time.
Plenty of places to stop / fuel along the routes.
If you decide to run 93 or 95, just be sure to have around 3/4 tanks before heading off.

 

Where about in LA area you delivering ? If your coming from Houston, why not just shoot straight out I-10 ? The last truck stop before getting into LA would be in Ontario which is where I-15 and I-10 meet up. After that, it’s about 1 hour or so into LA area, depends what time of day you need to be in .