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Lots of choice of folding sack trucks on Ebay. I have one which lives in my car boot, useful for unloading bags of compost. I wouldn't be without it.

pompa. You and HID obviously work as a team. If I did the Sedan Chair trick with my husband we would fall out. It would be like the Chuckle Bros. "me to you - you to me - no, me to you". Brilliant idea, but I'd better stick to wheels.

I use an old luggage barrow , think it was acquired in the 50s when the local railway station closed down

And get a muscle workout at the same time, brilliant.

This isn't east to describe and assumes you have someone to help you. We have some fruit trees in large tubs, far to heavy to manage on my own. I get two long 6ft poles, tie them to either side of the tub with rope so that it is like a sedan chair. Mrs. P and I can them lift them using the poles.

IKEA have some with wheels, we bought a couple. They are also self-watering.

www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/30117188/#/20039394

They also come in black, they are quite big. Big enough to hold a big box shrub.

Plus 1 for a sack barrow.

Slats from an airing cupboard would be perfect

B&Q have a sack trolley that fold up and doesn't take up as much space.
www.diy.com/departments/bq-hand-truck-max-weight-80kg/228015_BQ.prd

Just a thought, but if you paid a visit to you local tip recycling centre, you might be able to get some castors from old sofas/armchairs etc, and possibly find some bits of wood too.

Screwfix

You need a sack barrow. We couldn't do without ours.

Many thanks to you all. Just ordered a couple from Amazon for the medium plants - as a taster really. The Large heavy one are a bigger problem and will get old man (this will make his day) to do the casters on boards. I am only moving within a couple of metres - mostly for sweeping or turning around.

I acquired about 4 from a neighbour who left a few years ago. I found them useful but only for moving a very short distance. I could not contemplate moving from front to rear garden for example. Others appeared to like them also so I now only have one!

I just googled to find what a dolly is. I got pics of Dolly Parton.

Yes, but they don't roll along so well over grass or bumpy ground. You could just heave it round corners.

Jo1book

You can, if you know somebody handy, make it yourself.

Buy 4 really sturdy castors from d.I.y store, we bought ours from Wilkinsons for about £1each and hubby fixed them to a very strong plastic board we had in the garage. A small old wooden pallet or such like is ideal too. We moved a heavy plant pot with a tree in so it took the weight OK.

Happy gardening.

. Poor dolly!

But if they had proper wheels, wouldn't it be harder to move them around? I thought they had castors because they swivel in any direction, iykwim.

wooden 'one'

We use a large, sturdy dolly and have gotten some big pots on it. Might that work?

Perhaps you could find someone to make you a wooden with wheels large enough to be useful, but not so large they make it too high off the ground for lifting pots onto it.

Yes, that's the kind of thing. Wish they had proper wheels though, not just castors.

You can buy little round platforms with wheels from garden centres. I've got one. It's ok on flat surfaces, but not so useful on grass. The wheels could be bigger.

www.amazon.co.uk/s/?ie=UTF8&keywords=plant+pot+wheels&tag=googhydr-21&index=aps&hvadid=33183531590&hvpos=1t1&hvexid=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=16626049713024460499&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=b&hvdev=c&ref=pd_sl_437wue07gq_b