Hauling D8 Shreveport, LA to Paris, TX

[quote="krunch"]Help ---- Anyone know anyone able to move D8 from Shreveport, LA to Paris, TX? Machine isn't running. I have one quote for 5k. Heck, it's only 150 miles. Guy wants to rent and haul another D8 to push/tow. It seems to me that a good winch truck operator with a drop nose lowboy should be able to fish it onto a trailer.
Any comments?
Regards, Krunch[/quote]

I think a good haul truck with a winch should be able to load it.That is all attachments off the ground and tracks turn free.Friend of mine loaded a dead D6D with a 20,000lbs hydraulic winch and a block.So to me 5k sounds high.Most ol haul truck drivers and oilfield drivers would laugh when he wants to rent a D8 to load this one.
If you can get close to it drop the lowboy then slide it over to the tracks.Put truck against back of trailer and start winching.But the trailer needs a folding neck.Plus a driver that knows what he is doing.

This ol gal has a 11.5 foot cable operated blade. I have already jacked and chained the blade up so a winch truck operator can access the pull loop on the belly pan. I think she is a 2U built around 1948. Might be easier to just get her running so anyone with a drop nose three axle trailer can lode her up. I haven't had any luck finding a competent trucking company in the Shreveport, Texarkana, Paris area.

Well if it is not much wrong with it that would be best.The hauler has to get a oversixed load permit from La and Texas but still 5k sounds like to much to me.I had a guy quote me $600 to move a D7 about forty miles.

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Go to Uship.com and post your load for free.


They will bid against each other to get your load.


You select the hauler, and make sure they are licensed and insured.

Probably somewhere between $1000.00 and $ 1500.00

You do not have to select anyone, and you can stop at anytime.
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Had a local wrecker service move a D7 for 14 miles last week just north of Tyler, Tx. , the wide load permit was $311, the haul fee $325. Since it was non running and the tractor did not have winch, just a detachable neck lowboy, their heavy duty wrecker was dispatched to load and then unload the D7. The wrecker fee was $250. From their yard back to their yard, the move tied up the lowboy about 6 hours and the wrecker 4 hours. High dollar, but not much choice when operating in a tight next day time frame. I agree with the $1000-1500 figure.

My lowbed has a hydraulic winch on board capable of loading a D7. It can unload it with a snatch block to a dead man. No other equipment neccessary. My annual permit(Ca.) will handle the permitted load without a special permit. It sounds like $1000 should take care of it, just search for the right lowbed service.-glen

I was in the similar position when I looked into buying a (that) old cable 8 in Shreveport. here is an Idea for the guy that likes to work hard and doesn't like to spend much money. find a person with a lowboy that will carry it and when you go down to shreveport pay a man with a farm tractor 100 bucks to pull it on the lowboy for you......it sounds rough but It is not that bad. put the tractor in neutral and hook the chains across the top of the tracks onto the tracks at the back of the cab. pull from both tracks at the same time and she will roll onto a lowboy. I loaded a D7 onto a dove tail with a 4430 JD and a 3/4 ton truck (a low boy would be easier I would think) but shoot what do I know.[attachment=11203]Photo107.jpg[/attachment] (disclosure: diggingfish in no way supports the ideas represented here and will not except responsibility for your choices (nor his own)) (added note: I wouldnt pull it with a 3/4 ton dodge once it is on the trailer a D7 is my max:jaw:

👋 Well guys and galls, I have been working on this d8. After going through the Magneto and replacing the fiber gear, points and condenser. I got the pony to running. And after some effort got the motor running ( had to by-pass the radiator because it had a huge hole in the bottom tank). Then a day of soaking with diesel, hammering and beating on the clutch to free it up she un-tracked lifted the blade and drove up the hill. One of the steering clutches isn't working, but I think I can drive the old girl up on a trailer. Now I found a guy with a low boy willing to haul her home for more repairs, but a low boy won't make it down the road the tractor is located on. High center and getting into the drive way issues.

What is the best way to walk a track down the asphalt with out tearing it up? Might be the only way to get it loaded unless I can find a winch truck with an oilfield float flatbed trailer.

Thanks for the advice.
Krunch