Tag: Las Vegas: Page 2

Business
Valley of the smells
“Live and learn, and remember, what rots in Vegas, stays in Vegas.”
September 27, 2013
Broken Planter
Business
Thrill-seeking, Vegas style
“Try wearing flip-flops while walking around the Fremont Street Experience. You’re trapped in a giant hangar with 11 million people who are looking straight up into the air as they mill about.”
May 17, 2013
Las Vegas scene
Business
Panel: California offers challenges, opportunities
Fleet executives at the Great West Fleet Executive Conference discussed doing business in the Sunshine State.
June 14, 2012
Overdrive Extra
‘Pilot, drop in 150 gallons ULSD, over’ — On mobile NG filling stations
Ever fantasized about the potential for airborne diesel refuelers to fill the tanks in-transit? Given the widespread reach of truck stops in America, it’s probably well unnecessary, but hey, anybody can dream, right? Though efforts are being made — most notably by the partnership of Clean Energy, Pilot and Navistar, as well as Shell Lubricants’ own […]
May 18, 2012
Portable Cng System
Business
Big decision made today
Decison made: I’m going to write a book about expediting.
March 20, 2012
Business
‘What saved me was that truck driver’
Truckers Against Trafficking is making a difference at truck stops around the country. A Las Vegas TV station looks closer at truck stop prostitution.
March 1, 2012
Trafficking Girl
Channel 19
Why is a JakeBrake important to you?
Answer the question by November 15 and you may just win a weekend in Las Vegas March 9-12, 2012, around the time of the NASCAR events. JakeBrake makers Jacobs Vehicle Systems, as I wrote in May this year, share a 50th anniversary with Overdrive this year. To celebrate and thank customers, via their Facebook page […]
September 26, 2011
Jacobs Trip To Vegas Sweepstakes
Business
Vegas Pride & Polish awards Saturday
One of the biggest attractions of the June 9-11 Great West Truck Show is the Custom Rigs’ Pride & Polish truck beauty show.
June 10, 2011
Michael Most's Legends & Heroes, a 1998 Freightliner Classic, won Best of Show Working Bobtail at the 2010 Great West Truck Show.
Business
Great West Truck Show
JUNE 9-11: Las Vegas Convention Center, (888) 349-4287, www.greatwesttruckshow.com.
March 1, 2011
Business
Work set for U.S. 93
Drivers should expect additional travel time of up to one hour for July 12-14 on highway near Las Vegas.
July 8, 2010
Channel 19
‘Big Cat Trucker’ offers new-driver advice at Great West
Rick Sylvester (pictured) started making videos at his hometown church in Houston about five years ago. From there, he says, his online productions “just took off.”  Shortly after he started his trucking career, Sylvester launched a YouTube channel documenting his first year and a half as a driver, shooting, editing and posting his own videos […]
June 18, 2010
Big Cat Trucker Bruce
Business
June 18: Partners in Business
It’s tough to run a successful owner-operator business. Overdrive’s Partners in Business seminar at the Great West Truck Show, sponsored by Freightliner Trucks and Schneider National, provides training to make it work.
June 10, 2010
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