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TRUCKING TOPICS 22 // COMPANY DRIVER // MAY 2016 the infancy of many. Two recent related announcements might serve as markers along the way: Trucker Path Truckloads The Trucker Path company will soon publicly release of its Truckloads app for Android and iOS, as well as a web version. I've written about Truckloads before— it's been available to owner-operators in a beta- test version for quite a while now as the company worked out the kinks. It's been downloaded 25,000 times and expects to achieve 10,000 weekly active users and sustained 15 percent weekly growth by the end of March, Trucker Path says. Contrary to the shipper-to-owner-operator goal mentioned above, what you'll fi nd in Truckloads will be brokered freight — calls can be made from directly within the smartphone app for negotiations. Currently, the company says, "300 brokers are posting 800,000 loads per month using our platform." They expect to double that number quickly as Truckloads enters its public phase. The latest updates have enabled a key truck posting feature, common to other load boards. Users can expect the feature to be rolled out on Trucker Path Android and then gradually enabled across all supported platforms — within the Truckloads app and Trucker Path on iOS. To try it all out, carriers can either visit truckerpath.com/truckloads. New service — Overhaul Also purporting to be an online freight marketplace, and founded by a former FreightWatch executive, the Overhaul company launched its web platform and mobile app at the SXSW event recently in Texas. It says it's geared toward addressing "the needs of owner-operator carriers and shippers moving higher-value, more-sensitive cargo." The "uberization of trucking" concept, as Overhaul sees it, "connects the needs of premium shippers to trusted professional drivers and operators, eliminating the need to connect through third parties." It's expected to be available after its own beta testing mid-year, the company says. You can take a run through the service's pitch via the company's website: over-haul.com/ drivers. CD Simplify your life on the road. The FREE Truckers Tools smartphone app can help you locate truck stops, fi nd the best fuel prices, track your route, and a ton more to make life on the road just a little bit easier. BROUGHT TO YOU BY | OverdriveOnline.com | Facebook.com/OverdriveTrucking FOR ANDROID: FOR IPHONE: