Hotshot trucking is a type of trucking that carries smaller, more time-sensitive loads to accessible locations. It is done mainly using a pickup truck that hauls a variety of things, usually things that UPS or smaller delivery trucks can’t fit but something too small for it’s own semi haul.

However, hot shot truckers can also have bigger loads but they usually involve items that will need to be delivered in less time, to the consumer. Hotshot truckers are known as the minutemen of trucking.