Abstract: A dolly for lifting and transporting cumbersome objects such as barrels is disclosed having a wheel supported base and a pair of horizontally disposed arms supported on that base in cantilever fashion which arms are simultaneously movable in a vertical direction. An open ended object clamp for gripping the object to be transported is pivotably connected to the arms near the free ends thereof so that the object clamp may be rotated about a horizontal axis and the open end thereof directed downwardly to engage an object from above or that open end directed horizontally to engage an object from the side despite the fact that that object may be against a wall or other obstacle.