WICHITA, Kansas, June 26, 2007 – The Kansas Aviation Museum just acquired a rare Wichita-built B-47 from the Air Force that was on display in Oklahoma City.

The plane had been stripped of its engine, so it doesn't fly very well. The bomber was carefully disassembled and trucked to the KAM in Wichita.

This job took more than 'two guys and a truck' – it took a company with the experience and equipment to handle a huge challenge. Belger Cartage Service donated many of the resources to do the job.

Dick Belger is the third generation owner and president. His grandfather, Richard Belger, was a printer in the early 1900s.

He recognized the need for a service to transport printed material to his customers. In 1919, he bought a truck and Belger Cartage was born.

The key to Belger's success is the ability to adapt.

"Our customers have gotten us into everything we're into now," Belger said.

Moving paper products morphed into moving printing presses. The presses grew in size and so did the challenge.

Trucks now required cranes and Belger was a trucking company with cranes, and customer demand created a crane company that has trucks.

Richard Belger, Sr., was not afraid to diversify.

"One might hear a printer say ‘Oh, I got a great buy on paper, but I don't have any place to put it.’ Well that got us into warehousing," Belger said.

Over the years, Belger has moved planes, trains and even a huge cow to the top of a tower.

There's an expression that is catching on "Better call Belger."

That's because Belger cartage moves big stuff. They've moved equipment weighing more than 500,000 pounds, and they do it with machines like this 100-ton crane.

Getting that crane to the jobsite is a challenge. It weighs more than 60 tons, and requires two semi trucks of equipment.

Belger Cartage has a presence in 4 states. In each city, customer demands are different. In Wichita, they specialize in aircraft-related lifting and moving. In Oklahoma, it’s oil-rig equipment. In Texas, they move entire manufacturing plants. And in Kansas City, manned cranes for construction are in demand.

The longest move was carting a space shuttle across the country, and they've been called to move heavy machinery just thousandths of an inch.

Whether it's a B-47, or a piano – Belger applies “situational dynamics” to determine the best way to get the job done.