Back loads 2019
These are the 17 return loads we advertised during 2019, as they were written at the time. Each one was a lorry finishing a job away from home with an empty bed and a journey to make anyway. Nothing here has been reworded.
Not every return is completely empty. A good many of the entries below went alongside something else that was already strapped down, which is why the sizes vary as much as they do.
Why a return leg costs less
A back load is carried on a vehicle that is coming back either empty or only part loaded. The fuel, the driver’s day and the wear on the lorry are already committed to that journey, so the only new cost is handling what you want moving.
That is why the figure comes out where it does, and it is also why we cannot quote one in advance. It depends where the vehicle already is, how far your load pulls it off that line and what else is on the bed beside it.
The lifting is not a separate arrangement. The crane is bolted to the lorry, so a load coming off a yard with nothing in it and going onto a site with nothing in it is still one booking and one vehicle.
17 return journeys, as posted
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Artic Hiab available in Bristol this afternoon.
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We have a Wagon & Drag in the Edinburgh area available to do local work today.
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We have a Wagon & Drag looking for work in the Edinburgh/Glasgow area tomorrow.
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We have an artic Hiab tipping in Bridgewater this afternoon looking for a load coming North.
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We have a BACK LOAD: wagon & drag clear in Monmouth first thing tomorrow morning heading back to Manchester.
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We have a wagon & drag tipping in Dartford this afternoon heading back to Manchester.
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Rigid Hiab tipping in Penzance looking for load back North.
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Artic Hiab available tomorrow morning in Ross on Wye looking for load back north.
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Wagon & drag Hiab available in Glastonbury mid-morning today.
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2 45ft flats tipped in Glastonbury looking for job heading North now.
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Artic available in Southampton tomorrow morning looking for load back to Manchester area.
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Wagon & Drag Hiab in Glasgow available today.
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Rigid Hiab in Dumfries available this morning.
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Artic Hiab in London available tomorrow morning.
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Wagon & Drag Hiab & 45ft flat in Chesterfield available tomorrow morning.
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Rigid in Caernarfon available this afternoon.
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Artic Hiab available in Stirling this afternoon.
Where the lorries come home from
Counted from the 17 loads recorded in 2019 — not from a marketing map. These are the places that actually appear in them.
- Manchester
- Edinburgh
- Glasgow
- Glastonbury
- Bristol
- Dartford
- Southampton
- Dumfries
- London
- Stirling
Those places are the ends of the four runs that fill the diary: the M6 south, the M1 and A1 east, the M62 across the Pennines and the M74 into Scotland. Where the lorries actually go has the fuller picture.
Ask what a return leg would cost
Tell us what you have and where it is going. We will price the actual movement rather than quote off a rate card that has never seen your job.
