The 'Great West Truck Show' ran from June 25 through June 27 of 2009. The Great West Truck Show attracts more than 18,000 attendees and more than 400 exhibitors to Las Vegas each June. The GWTS is sponsored by the California Trucking Association and hosts both association and educational seminars.

Drivers, buyers, and manufacturers traveled the booth aisle and were entertained by products, handouts, consumer info, and on-site demos that can help save on truck maintenance and protect the environment.

The California Trucking Association sponsored educational seminars on accident protection, how to pass A DOT audit, Train the Trainer, OSHA in the trucking industry, and many other leadership topics. But the biggest crowd pleasers where the show trucks!

Featured among them was Mountain Valley Express' 1931 Ford Model AA Stake Bed Truck. This truck was a full restoration from the ground up in honor of the company's fallen founder, Mr. Charlie Giles in 2005. As a tribute to Giles, who died in April 2003, Company President Scott Blevins, his son Derek, Chic Cardoza, Dan Souza, and others took the truck apart piece by piece and spent several months making sure everything was as good as the original.