Heading to Yuma from Tulsa in a 40 foot MH pulling a Jeep seems I have a few options. The google maps wants me to go from I-40 to 54 then south to Las Cruces then I-10 to I-8 to Yuma. Other opti...
I always go I-44 to WF, 277 to Abilene, I-20 out to I-10 unless particularly nasty weather says "don't go just now" and that could be not just winter weather, but tornado outbreaks as well.
30+ years of habit, it was the preferred route for mail-car twice-daily runs NE Oklahoma to Odessa.
Been through New Mexico diagonally as well, route is more scenic but slower, and mountain roads more susceptible to winter conditions.