Editing Milk float (section)

{{short description|Vehicle for delivering milk}}
{{Redirect|Milk truck|tank-style milk trucks that carry from dairy farm to dairy plant|tank truck}}
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[[File:Milk float - Liverpool (modified background).jpg|thumb|right|An electric milk float in [[Liverpool]] city centre, June 2005]]
[[File:Commercial. Elmhurst Dairy BAnQ P48S1P07599.jpg|thumb|A horse-drawn milk float in [[Montreal]], [[Quebec]], in 1942]]
[[File:Milk float, c 1904.jpg|thumb|right|Horse-drawn milk [[float (horse-drawn)|float]], c. 1904, with [[dropped axle]]]]
[[File:Dairy Crest milk float (modified).jpg|thumb|right|A [[Dairy Crest]] Smith's Elizabethan milk float]]
[[File:Milk cart.jpg|thumb|Wooden milk cart in the [[Irish Agricultural Museum]]]]
[[File:Ford Transit milk float.jpg|thumb|right|A Dairy Crest [[Ford Transit|Ford-Transit]]–based milk float]]
[[File:Dairy Crest Ex Unigate Wales And Edwards Rangemaster Milk Float.jpg|thumb|right|A [[Dairy Crest]] ex-[[Unigate]] [[Wales & Edwards]] Rangemaster milk float]]

A '''milk float''' is a [[vehicle]] specifically designed for the [[Delivery (commerce)|delivery]] of fresh [[milk]]. Today, milk floats are usually [[battery electric vehicle]]s (BEV), but they were formerly [[Float (horse-drawn)|horse-drawn floats]]. They were once common in many European countries, particularly the [[United Kingdom]], and were operated by local [[dairy|dairies]]. However, in recent years, as the number of [[supermarket]]s, small independent [[grocer]]s and [[petrol stations]], and [[convenience stores]] stocking fresh milk has increased, many people have switched from regular [[home delivery]] to obtaining fresh milk from these other sources.