Many cranes require their _____ to be removed before driving or transporting them on the highway.

• A. Booms
• B. Counterweights
• C. Outriggers
• D. Jibs

Answer: (B)

When moving a crane on public roads, the goal is to reduce the crane’s size and weight to meet highway safety rules. Counterweights are heavy and bulky ballast that can often be detached for transport. Removing them lowers the overall weight and can shorten the crane’s footprint enough to stay within axle load limits and width/height restrictions, helping avoid oversize permits or special escorts. This is why they’re removed for highway travel.

Other parts like booms or jibs are typically folded or laid down for transport, and outriggers are retracted, but they aren’t removed because they’re part of the crane’s structural setup needed for operation and travel arrangement. So the counterweights specifically are addressed because their removal has the most direct impact on meeting road-transport requirements.