Reply to powersmoke18:
time I got money not so much. was going to block it on the lowboy and remove tires then set it down on timbers. chase cars and overwidth permits are around 7,000.
Bucket widths for the 980B range from 118" to 128", so you would need to remove the bucket as well.
$7000! Wow, that sure is a ream. I remember talking to a guy once who wanted to ship a big Komatsu FEL (about 992 size) out of AZ to Australia. It had to go to LA port to leave the U.S.
The costs of just moving that machine from AZ to LA were staggering. I remember I said to him - "But the Americans have the best highways in the world!?".
He replied, "Yep, and with what they charge to use them, they plan to keep 'em that way, too!" 😄