noun, verb
General Slang
Deadhead
· noun, verb · trucker
Running with an empty trailer — moving freight-less miles you don't get paid for.
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Definitions
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Hauling an empty trailer back to base or to the next pickup. Every deadhead mile burns fuel and time with no revenue against it, so drivers and dispatchers obsess over keeping the number low. A bad lane is one where you load out heavy and deadhead the whole way home.
“I had to deadhead 200 miles out of Reno to grab a load in Sacramento.”
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By extension, any unpaid repositioning leg in transport — used by airline crews flying as passengers to get to their next assignment, and by rail and bus operators moving equipment empty.
“The captain was deadheading to Denver to pick up the redeye.”
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Deadhead In A Sentence
I had to deadhead 200 miles out of Reno to grab a load in Sacramento.
The captain was deadheading to Denver to pick up the redeye.
Origin & Usage
Older transport slang for any non-revenue trip; predates trucking and was used on railroads in the 1800s.
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