Dallas show packed with recruiters, show trucks & more

Updated Aug 19, 2014

The annual gathering of the trucking faithful, the Great American Trucking Show, opens in Dallas this week.

The Great American Trucking Show – known by those in the know as GATS – convenes in Dallas this week. If you’re going (and why wouldn’t you?) here’s the lowdown on the trucking industry’s big get-together.

The show opens Thursday and runs noon to 5 p.m. It opens at 10 a.m. Friday and Saturday and closes at 5 p.m. both days.

Get the Most Out of GATS

  • Get registered and free tickets
  • Get there
  • Get the app
  • Get parked
  • Get the agenda
  • Get smart
  • Get a job
  • Get a room
  • Get swag

GATS By The Numbers

  • 500 exhibitors
  • 100+ companies looking to hire drivers
  • 60 hot show trucks
  • 10 Free SmartSession educational seminars by the Texas Trucking Association
  • 10 Trucking’s Top Rookies finalists
  • 3 Overdrive/Red Eye Radio Truckers Got Talent finalists
  • 1 Overdrive Most Beautiful Trucker