We conducted a survey of 181 Brokers, Shippers, and Carriers to assess recent and expected use of "hot shot" trucks and other non-traditional equipment. "Hot Shot" trucking is a specialized service that uses medium-duty pickup trucks, such as Class 3-5 trucks, to pull attached flatbed trailers in a time efficient manner. There is a thesis emerging amongst Shippers that hot-shot capacity could fill in for significant portions of the current Class 8 supply side shortage, at least in the short term, which made ...