Overdrive Magazine | Trucking Business News & Owner Operator Info
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star rising DRIVE TEST RISING STAR ith the high-roll- ers still sleeping off the previous night's excesses, navigating out of Las Vegas early on a Saturday morning isn't all that hard to do. So as the sun flickered between the hotels and casinos to my left, I headed down Interstate 15 South with the Mojave Desert and Death Valley square in my sights. I was behind the wheel of a brand-new Western Star 4700SF dump truck and couldn't think of a better place to test it. Western Star built its legacy on the The 4700SF proves itself on a serious ascent from the desert floor. BY JACK ROBERTS unlikely pairing of bare-knuckles toughness and champagne-sipping elegance. Their trucks are a bit like a pro wrestler dancing in a tutu: Built tough, and you find them working hard in some of the roughest places on the planet. Then climb in, and you're greeted with high-level trim packages, luxurious appointments and an atten- tion to detail that would be right at home on a high-end sports sedan. 34 | Overdrive | December 2012 Our test 4700SF was a brilliant pearl white with Western Star's blue and red Flare graphics package accentuating the front fenders. Other graphics packages you can spec include the Smoke, Torch and Flame accents.