Heavy haul software compared.
What OverSizeTMS, Truckbase and Offload say they do, next to what ThirteenSix does today, what it has planned, and the spreadsheet many carriers still use.
Which one fits your fleet?
- Choose ThirteenSix if your office juggles permits, escorts, invoices and driver pay for oversize loads, you want the software to hold a load that is not ready, and you want to bill the day it delivers. Not yet if you need live GPS tracking, IFTA, quoting or a driver app today.
- Choose OverSizeTMS if you want a heavy haul TMS that lists quoting, bridge formula checks, IFTA and ELD links in one product, and you are comfortable joining early.
- Choose Truckbase if most of your freight is not oversize and you want an established TMS with ELD tracking and QuickBooks sync.
- Choose Offload if your pain is turning permits into routes drivers can follow, and you already have billing and pay covered elsewhere.
- Choose A spreadsheet if one person books, dispatches and bills every load and nothing slips.
Feature by feature
Checked . Competitor cells quote only their own websites. ThirteenSix's planned features are marked planned, never built.
- Built: in ThirteenSix today. Listed: the vendor's own site says it does this.
- Partly: some of it, with the limit in the note.
- Planned: on the ThirteenSix roadmap, not built yet. Coming soon: the vendor's own words.
- Not listed: we could not find it on the vendor pages we checked. It may still exist; ask them.
| ThirteenSix | OverSizeTMS | Truckbase | Offload | Spreadsheet and QuickBooks | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Built for heavy haul | BuiltOnly heavy haul, crane and rigging. | ListedHeavy haul and oversize, 1 to 50 trucks. | PartlyGeneral carriers, including specialized and flatbed. | ListedOversize and overweight freight. | Does not apply |
| Permits tracked per state on each load | BuiltStatus, dates and conditions such as daylight only or escorts required. | ListedPermit workflow per state with expiration alerts. | Not listed | ListedPermits uploaded per state. | By handA row or tab per permit. |
| Dispatch held when a recorded permit or escort is missing | BuiltHeld when a recorded permit does not cover the move dates or fewer escorts are booked than it needs. An owner or admin can override, and the reason is kept. A state you never added is not caught. | Not listedLists expiration alerts and legal-limit warnings. | Not listed | Not listedLists flags for permit restrictions and curfews. | By handSomeone checks by eye. |
| Reads permit PDFs for you | PlannedA person confirms every field before it saves. | Not listedLists permit document storage. | Not listed | ListedExtracts waypoints, curfews and escorts. | No |
| One permit packet for the driver | PlannedEvery permit for the move, printed or texted as one packet. | ListedDriver document bundler and a driver web portal. | Not listedLists text dispatch and document upload. | Not listedLists sharing permitted routes with drivers. | By handPrint and hand over. |
| Escorts booked on the job with their cost | BuiltSaved escort companies, booked per job, cost counted in the margin. | ListedPilot cars and police escorts. | Not listed | Not listedLists reading escort requirements from permits. | By handGroup texts and a cost column. |
| Invoice built from the load | BuiltDrafted the moment the load is marked delivered. | ListedPermit, pilot car and fuel surcharge lines. | ListedLists instant invoicing. | Not listed | By handTyped into QuickBooks after delivery. |
| QuickBooks | PartlyCSV export you import. No live sync. Invoices with sales tax are left out. | ListedQuickBooks Online and Xero listed for launch. | ListedLists QuickBooks sync. | Not listed | YesQuickBooks is where the invoice is made. |
| Driver pay settlements | PartlyFlat and per-mile pay added on delivery. Percentage and hourly pay are not calculated yet. | Listed | Listed | Not listed | By hand |
| Quotes with permits and escorts priced in | PlannedPart of the planned quote-to-paid job lifecycle. | ListedLists permit-aware quoting. | Not listed | Not listed | By hand |
| Axle weight and bridge formula checks | BuiltAxle limits for all 50 states and DC and Bridge Formula B, checked on each load as advice (7 November 2026). They never block dispatch. | ListedBridge Formula B, and legal limits in 11 states. | Not listed | Not listed | By hand |
| Driver app with document scanning | PlannedA phone app for drivers with BOL scanning. | ListedDriver web portal now, native app listed for launch. | ListedText dispatch and BOL scanning, no app required. | Not listedLists shared routes for drivers. | No |
| GPS and ELD tracking | Not planned yet | ListedSamsara, Motive and Geotab listed for launch. | ListedLists 30 or more ELD integrations. | Coming soon | No |
| IFTA report | PlannedFrom the state miles already on each load. | Listed | Not listed | Not listed | By hand |
| Owner screens built for a phone | BuiltDispatch board, jobs, permits and invoices have phone layouts. | Not listedLists a mobile-friendly driver portal. | ListedLists a mobile-friendly dispatch site. | Not listed | PartlyWide sheets are hard on a phone. |
| Bring in your spreadsheet | PlannedNot built yet. We set up your first records with you. | ListedImports customers, lanes and rates from Excel or CSV. | PartlyLists back-filling history during setup. | Not listed | Does not apply |
| Export all your data | BuiltThe owner downloads every record as a ZIP. | ListedLists a CSV export of customers, loads, permits and invoices on every plan. | Not listed | Not listed | YesIt is already your file. |
| Every user included | BuiltUnlimited users, priced per truck. | ListedUnlimited users, priced per truck. | Not listedPrices per truck, driver, load or flat; user limits not stated. | Not listed | Does not apply |
| Prices on the website | Built$65, $55, $45 per truck a month as the fleet grows, no monthly minimum. | Listed$249 to $1,299 a month, by fleet size. | PartlyRates not published. $290 a month minimum, billed annually. | Not listedSchedule a call. | Does not apply |
| Track record | New in 2026. No carrier has run it for a full year yet. | Early access, founder-led. | Established, with many public reviews. | Newer, still adding features. | Familiar, and already working for many small carriers. |
Who they are and where each fact came from
ThirteenSix
Operations software for heavy haul, crane and rigging carriers with 8 to 40 trucks. New in 2026.
Checked October 16, 2026: ThirteenSix product, checked 15 October 2026 against the source code; ThirteenSix roadmap, 16 October 2026; ThirteenSix pricing.
OverSizeTMS
A TMS for heavy haul and oversize carriers. Its site offers early access and a waitlist and lists many features as shipping at launch. We have not used it.
Checked October 16, 2026: oversizetms.com home and pricing.
Truckbase
An established TMS for small and mid-sized carriers, including flatbed and specialized fleets. We have not used it.
Checked October 16, 2026: truckbase.com home; Truckbase pricing.
Offload
Permit reading, permitted GPS routes for drivers and a dispatch calendar. We have not used it.
Checked October 16, 2026: letsoffload.com home.
Spreadsheet and QuickBooks
How many small carriers run today, as owners describe it in public forums.
Checked October 15, 2026: Owner posts on r/OwnerOperators, r/Truckers and r/logistics, 2023 to 2026.
How this was checked
Competitor rows say only what each vendor's own website said on 16 October 2026; we have not used their products, and a feature we could not find may still exist. ThirteenSix rows were checked against the product's source code, and planned rows come from the published roadmap with no dates promised. ThirteenSix makes this page, so read it knowing that. If a row is wrong or out of date, email us and we will fix the row and its date. hello@thirteensix.com