Patent ID: 8517397

Claim:
A dolly for a truss, comprising: a dolly frame, having a support surface with plural wheels on a bottom surface of the support surface, and a movable truss holding arm, where said truss holding arm has a channel structure shaped to hold a truss; said truss holding arm pivots on a first pivot to a truss holding position where said truss holding arm faces substantially vertically and said channel structure faces substantially horizontally in a direction to hold a truss in said channel structure, said channel structure held a first distance above the surface of the frame when in said truss holding position, and said channel structure also pivots on said first pivot to a stowed position where said channel structure faces in a direction where said channel structure cannot hold said truss in said channel structure, and wherein, in said stowed position, said channel structure is a second distance from the surface of the frame, shorter than said first distance, wherein the dolly further comprises a truss having support pieces with outer surfaces that are sized to fit into said channel structure on said dolly.