Millis OTR journal

Hope none of yall need to go through Nashville on 24 today.

https://www.tennessean.com/story/ne...hville-near-old-hickory-boulevard/2971252002/

 

So as soon as weather clears I have a load going from La Crosse to Austin Tx. Quick question why does Millis want me to take 35 to US 69 to TX 75 then hop back on 35? Did it that way with my trainer once. 35 goes straight into Austin. Just curious.

 

Ignore route suggestions given on qualcom. Like dont even read the message lol. Take whatever you think is the fastest route. You follow that route suggestion every day you'll be out of hours before you know it, and wont have #### for miles

 

Thanks I am already running into an hours issue. 35 straight down shaves off an entire hour.

 

Ya those route suggestions are worthless. Oh I'm in Wisconsin headed to Rochester and you want me to take 30 thru Indiana over to 20 etc to avoid the tolls that you already charged the customer for? Ya screw off I'm taking 80/90 all the way and I'll save about 4hrs on my clock to make more $$. Like i said i dont even read them. Fastest rte from A to B is the way I'm going everytime.

 

I want to see the first poor schmuck that takes the route the suggestion says to take to avoid the WV Turnpike. Most of that route is difficicult enough in a car, much less one of these trucks.

I did follow the suggested route from Wisconsin to Lewis Center, OH once. ONCE. Because looking at the map it made sense. However the map doesn't tell you about the 37485 stop lights you encounter on 30 through Indiana. So screw that I take 70 across.

 

I'll tell ya why: Because if you run 35 south all the way from Minnesota to Texas, you'll be on the Kansas Turnpike part of the trip, and the route solution will always route you around toll roads unless there's absolutely no way to avoid them. Plus I am pretty sure talking 69 down through Oklahoma and Texas is actually shorter. 69 sucks, though.