The national flatbed load-to-truck ratio never hit 100 in any Q2 week; monthly averages topped out around May's 87 (vs. April's 72) — tight, but under the bar. https://www.dat.com/trendlines/flatbed/national-rates
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This market has been scored against the published resolution criteria. The result, final crowd consensus and source rules are preserved here so readers can compare the forecast with what actually happened.
July 4, 2026
Resolves YES if the DAT national flatbed load-to-truck ratio exceeds 100.0 in any weekly reading between April 1 and June 30, 2026. Resolves NO otherwise. Source: DAT Trendlines.
The flatbed load-to-truck ratio hit 73.75 in March, up from 57.11 in February, driven by AI data center construction, rising steel output and industrial manufacturing demand. A reading above 100 would represent extreme tightness — more than double February's level — and would signal that flatbed capacity is genuinely insufficient for the industrial freight moving through the system. The dry van load-to-truck market already asks about a 10:1 threshold. This is the flatbed equivalent, and the starting point is much closer to the line.
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The national flatbed load-to-truck ratio never hit 100 in any Q2 week; monthly averages topped out around May's 87 (vs. April's 72) — tight, but under the bar. https://www.dat.com/trendlines/flatbed/national-rates
This market has been scored against the published resolution criteria. The result, final crowd consensus and source rules are preserved here so readers can compare the forecast with what actually happened.
July 4, 2026
Resolves YES if the DAT national flatbed load-to-truck ratio exceeds 100.0 in any weekly reading between April 1 and June 30, 2026. Resolves NO otherwise. Source: DAT Trendlines.
The flatbed load-to-truck ratio hit 73.75 in March, up from 57.11 in February, driven by AI data center construction, rising steel output and industrial manufacturing demand. A reading above 100 would represent extreme tightness — more than double February's level — and would signal that flatbed capacity is genuinely insufficient for the industrial freight moving through the system. The dry van load-to-truck market already asks about a 10:1 threshold. This is the flatbed equivalent, and the starting point is much closer to the line.
Active markets come first, followed by recently resolved calls from the same category.
The Bureau of Transportation Statistics publishes the Transportation Services Index each month, with a freight-only component that moves on truck...
Series PCU484121484121 is the Bureau of Labor Statistics Producer Price Index for general freight trucking, long-distance truckload. Fleet financ...
May benefits from seasonal freight activity: produce season, Memorial Day retail and the ramp toward summer inventory builds. The question is whe...