We’ve all heard the term, but what exactly is it?

Honestly, nobody really knows, there’s no one exact definition of the service, and if there is, barely anybody knows about or or follows it.
Everybody takes their own take on the definition of a backload, but primarily its a method of finding smaller jobs to fill in the gaps in a trip.

I’ll give you an example.

We have a truck thats based in Brisbane, a truck that fits a total of 100m3 of furniture (or 100 cubic meters.) We’ve won a job from Brisbane to Melbourne for 80m3, and on the reverse trip a 45m3 job to return with.

Out of our possible 200m3 capacity (100m3 each way) we’re currently sitting at 125m3 total space used.

This is where “backloading” comes in.
The truck is already going down to Melbourne, because its booked in that 80m3 job, its also going via Sydney, and if required, can go into Canberra and surrounding areas.

This is where you come in, you and your 1 bedroom apartment want to move to Sydney, you’ve got a total of 15m3 in furniture, and the date you want to be collected lines up close with the date of our original 80m3 booking.

So we put the two jobs together, because when we booked the 80m3 job, we didn’t know quite how many other jobs we might have, so we’ve probably included most or all of the costs for the trip.

Because the truck is already going through your areas, and the driving costs have been covered elsewhere, your move is going to be priced very cheaply.

In an ideal world, we’d like to pickup the 80m3 job, your 15m3, then drive to sydney and drop you off, then collect another job of a similar size and head down to Melbourne, then repeat a similar process on the return trip.

Now don’t think that if you’re move is going to be a big one that a backload isn’t for you, or that because your move is big you’ll pay more. We primarily do backloads, and unless you want a dedicated trip, we’ll automatically presume you’re move is going as a backload, and price it as cheaply as possible.

Then we’ll find a truck with available space along you’re route that needs to be filled up. Sometimes trucks even run home completely empty, so you can always score yourself a bargain with us.