Core lane · I-15
Los Angeles to Las Vegas trucking: same-day dry van truckload.
About 270 miles of I-15 over Cajon and through the desert. LA-basin docks to Las Vegas the same day, run in both directions. The lane where a responsive truck beats a dispatch queue.
The lane
Los Angeles ↔ Las Vegas.
The lane. Vegas runs on trucks from Southern California: hospitality supply, event and convention freight with dates that do not move, retail distribution for a metro of over two million, and construction-adjacent dry goods for a city that never stops building. It’s a short lane with unforgiving deadlines, which suits us. One decision-maker sits between your call and the wheels turning.
The math. About 270 miles up I-15, call it five driving hours with the Cajon Pass climb and desert traffic priced in. Morning pickup in LA or Long Beach, afternoon delivery in Las Vegas, same day. Evening freight delivers first thing next morning. When a convention booth or a resort restock has to be there, this is the math that makes it true.
The port angle. Import freight for Nevada that lands at the Port of Long Beach can be transloaded into our 53′ van and unloading in Las Vegas the same day it leaves the harbor area. That’s a one-truck alternative to the usual port, warehouse, second-carrier relay.
- ~270 mi · I-15
- Transit: same-day capable, quoted on legal HOS
- Both directions, reloads welcome
- Owned 53′ dry van · up to ~45,000 lbs
- Port of Long Beach pickup on the same run
- One truck on your load, zero handoffs
Other core lanes
Straight answers
LA ↔ Las Vegas: the practical questions.
Transit, coverage, and fit for this specific lane.
Yes, it’s the defining feature of this lane. About 270 miles is five legal driving hours, so a morning pickup delivers the same afternoon whenever the receiving dock can take it. We just need the call early enough to position the truck.
We handle dry-van event freight with hard dates: booth materials, hospitality goods, retail stock for a launch. We schedule it with the buffer those dates deserve and tell you exactly what’s realistic before you book, including the parts of a marshalling yard nobody controls.
Yes. NV to CA reloads make the loop work and keep both directions sharp. Recurring round-trip freight between the LA basin and Las Vegas is about the best-shaped work a truck can have.
The full metro on one quote: the Strip corridor and resort docks, the North Las Vegas distribution parks, Henderson, and the industrial southwest. Give us the dock hours, since Vegas docks keep unusual ones, and we’ll plan around them.
Get in touch
Tell us about your freight.
Send the details and Marco will get back to you with a quote, usually the same day, seven days a week.
marco@givannitransport.com