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A pair of rigid, spaced apart arms (30,31)extend outwardly to one side from the upper end of an upright, tiltable frame 20 and a pair of spaced apart wheels 40 extend outwardly to the one side from the lower end of the upright frame for transportably supporting the frame on a flat surface. A rigid l

A pair of rigid, spaced apart arms (30,31)extend outwardly to one side from the upper end of an upright, tiltable frame 20 and a pair of spaced apart wheels 40 extend outwardly to the one side from the lower end of the upright frame for transportably supporting the frame on a flat surface. A rigid lever arm 50 and rest 60 affixed to the frame extend from the other side of the upright frame. The spacing between the arms and wheel supports is predetermined to allow the arms to be engaged underneath the upper rim adjacent the widest diameter of a standard, hot, sealed, 55 gallon drum filled with cooked food products and liquid by raising the lower arm and moving the arms into position under the rim until a restraining strap contacts the drum cylindrical wall. The drum is then lifted by pulling down on the lever arm fulcruming on the wheel support points to swing the bottom end of the drum inboardly while supported at its upper end on the arms until the center of gravity of the drum positioned directly over the wheel support points on the surface and the drum straddled by the wheel supports. The drum may be easily transported in this position, or put at rest by further lowering the lever arm until rest 60 contacts the surface and the center of gravity of the drum is intermediate the three-point surface contact. A single operator performs the entire moving operation without any personnel touching the drum.

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A mover for large drums having an upper rim of greater outside diameter than the outside diameter of the adjacent cylindrical drum wall comprising: an upright frame having an upper end, a lower end, a front side, a rear side, a left side and a right side, a pair of spaced apart support arms extendin

A mover for large drums having an upper rim of greater outside diameter than the outside diameter of the adjacent cylindrical drum wall comprising: an upright frame having an upper end, a lower end, a front side, a rear side, a left side and a right side, a pair of spaced apart support arms extending outwardly from the front side near the upper end of the frame for engaging the underside of the upper rim of the drum near the point of the outside diameter of the adjacent cylindrical drum wall, a pair of spaced apart wheels supported one at each of the left and right sides and extending outwardly from the front side of the lower end of the frame for transportably supporting the frame on a flat support surface, a lever arm affixed to the frame and extending outwardly from the rear side of the frame for applying a downward force fulcruming about the wheel support points on the surface to create a lifting force on the support arms sufficient to support the drum on the support arms with the center of gravity of the drum substantially directly over the wheel support points when the drum is in the transport position; and a flexible support affixed at each end to the support arms having a length dimension sufficient to position the support arms substantially adjacent a diameter of the drum when the flexible support is positioned engaging an inboard cylindrical wall of the drum.