PURPOSE: To efficiently carry out a transferring operation with the use of a device for transferring a heavy electrical machine, in which slidable surfaces are provided by the contact surfaces between skids attached to the bottom surface of the machine to be transferred and runways laid on a road surface, by providing the skids themselves with a jack-up function to simplify the handling of a jack.

CONSTITUTION: Upon transferring, an article 2 such as, for example, a heavy electrical machine to be transferred, is set on skids 5a, and is transferred along a runway 4a. When the article 2 to be transferred reaches a cross joint position which is the transferring direction changing position where the skids 5a changes their direction from the first runway 4a to the other runway 4b, a hydraulic pump is connected to jacks 7 incorporated in the top of the skids 5a to raise the article 2 to be transferred, and as well the other skids 5b are inserted into the runway 4b for changing the transferring direction. When the positioning of the skids 5b have been completed, the hydraulic pressure is released from skid 5a, and therefore, the loading weight of the article 2 to be transferred is shifted to the skids 5b. Thereby, the direction of towing is changed to restart the transferring of the article which is therefore transferred to a predetermined position.