{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"DefinedTerm","name":"empty road trip","description":"Every deadhead run comes at full operating cost – fuel, driver wages, tolls – with no freight revenue to offset them. In road freight, a deadhead or empty road trip occurs when a truck returns to depot after delivery, repositions to the next loading point, or rebalances fleet capacity across regions with uneven demand. Because fixed and variable costs accrue regardless of payload, empty miles are among the most direct margin killers in haulage operations. Carriers address the problem through loa","inDefinedTermSet":{"@type":"DefinedTermSet","name":"Frachtportal Logistics Glossary","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary"},"url":"https://www.freight-academy.com/en/glossary/empty-road-trip","inLanguage":"en","dateModified":"2026-06-26T15:52:11.367099","citation":"https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leerfahrt","markdownMirror":"https://www.freight-academy.com/api/md/glossary/en/empty-road-trip","provider":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Frachtportal","url":"https://www.freight-academy.com"},"quickSummary":"empty road trip · Every deadhead run comes at full operating cost – fuel, driver wages, tolls – with no freight revenue to offset them. · Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leerfahrt"}