To majority of long distance drivers, it is often difficult to differentiate hot truck trucking from expedited loads business. The similarity between the two is that in all cases, the shipment process is likely to be time sensitive. The type of truck used brings about the difference. The expedited loads are shipped by vans, tractors or straight trucks as opposed to hot shot trucking where flat-bed or medium duty (goose neck) diesel operated trucks are used for pulling the cargo hauling trailers.