Abstract: The specification discloses a device for lifting and transporting an article such as a drum. The device includes a mobile frame (2) an actuating lever (20) upon which are pivotally connected hooks (16) which engageable with the top seam (22), of the drum (1). In use, the mobile frame is wheeled so as to straddle the drum, the lever (20) being rotated whereupon the hooks (16) engage the top seam of the drum. Continued rotation of the lever causes an upward and rearward movement of the hooks so that the drum is maintained in a stable position in the frame and in which the weight of the drum is fully borne by the frame.