back load

A form of backload — A load carried on the return journey of a delivery vehicle.

Meanings

nounback load (plural back loads)

plural back loads

  1. alternativeAlternative form of backload.

    Goods motors for which "A" licences are held are free to operate anywhere, to pick up the most remunerative traffic, and the points between which the best back loads are available.

    1944 November and December, T. F. Cameron, “Motor and Cartage Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 338
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