Dave Nemo and Jimmy Mac sit down with Dean Croke from DAT Freight & Analytics for an easy to follow look at freight patterns during Thanksgiving week. Dean joins the show from England and opens with stories from his trip, including a packed international rugby match at Twickenham and a tour through Bath, the Cotswolds, and York. You hear how crowd management at British sporting events compares to major US stadiums and why the logistics impress him every time.

Dean shifts into the freight picture and explains why this week is one of the hardest for dispatchers and operations teams. He talks about last week’s strong load post activity driven by brokers racing to get freight covered before the holiday push. He outlines why rates stayed flat, where excess capacity is still visible, and why refrigerated freight is the exception with tight ...