Abstract: A base for use in supporting workpieces and which may be transported from place to place by a forklift truck comprises two pairs of tunnel-forming limbs arranged in tic-tac-toe form and open at their opposite ends to enable the forks of a forklift truck to enter the base from any one of four different directions. The tunnel-forming limbs are constructed from a pair of overlying workpieces having flat surfaces from which right angular flanges extend. The two workpieces are arranged so that their flanges overlie and confront one another, and the flanges are joined together to form the base.