workshoprat92
Senior Member
I have this old military garwood crane mounted on an fwd chassis. It is my dads and i need to move it from denver colorado to springfield mo. I know its to old to put on a job site but it invaluable in the yard and for help building dump trucks. Plus im gona need it to put up a new shop building. My problem on moving this thing is it has tires from 1982 and the original engine was replaced with a 280 cummins. It tops out at about 35 mph. Plus i think all the sme laws have changed in colorado and kansas so a 35mph 4 day road trip might be a trip from hell laden with paperwork issues in 3 different states. Hauling it whole is an even bigger issue and huge expense as i cannot haul myself and puts it out of the range of do able. Its over high on a lowboy as its 13' 6" setting on the ground and my dad tells me you gotta remove the counterweight to get it down to 54k lbs on single vehicle. So im pretty sure there would be overweight issues. So after long and hard thought on this i got to thinking maybe im trying to do to much at one time! If i were to seperate the top end from the carrier chassis and reduce everything to two seperate loads i may be able to get it done with mt 20ton tag along. Sure need to get a detachable someday! I have considered everything from flat towing to driving it and now think this may be my best option. What are your guys thoughts and ideas?