Steve Loscheider

I'm wondering what the right/wrong ways are for lifting & moving a 25lb Little Giant. I've got a light duty 4x8 trailer (rated for 900 to 1000 lbs) to haul it with and a nephew with a small truck mounted crane (he routinely lifts barrels of oil with it and says 800 lbs would be no problem). I plan to remove the shaft. Can the frame be lifted with just a strap or chain through the top of the C or does the bottom need to be supported as well? I figured we could lift it with the crane, roll the trailer under it and then lay it down on top of a couple old tires for cushioning on the trailer. There is no motor on the hammer right now.

Thank you all for any advice and tips you've got :)

Those hammers are still there, and it sounded like the may be willing to sell one of the 100 pound hammers, I just do not care to take on another project at this time and I am trying to pay off some things this year so I have not followed up on the hammer, I am a sucker for a deal that is too good to pass up, so I drive by there daily with my blinders on
I will get a new air hammer probably a Say-Mak when I am ready for a new hammer, much better control, more versatile and no tinkering, just plug and play