The CH-53E can operationally lift 32,000 lbs and move it 50 miles return empty and have 30 min reserve. If you remove the wings on a CH47, and the rotors and the engines and the fuselage, and stuff them into a 53E, you could fly all day long and drop pieces everywhere!
Here it is with a 23,000 lb M113:
http://www.aircav.com/dodphoto/dod04/ch53-061.html
