I never seemed to have a problem moving furniture, boxes, weighty things until recently. One thing that was worth the investment was “EZ Moves Furniture Moving System with Lifter Tool & 8 Slides”. You can get them on Amazon for about $30 (feel free to click the Amazon link and it will take you right there).

The kit comes with a Lifter Tool – a sort of ‘soft crow bar’ that you place under the piece you want to move. It takes almost no strength to push down on it and the piece gently lifts just enough to push one of the ‘8 Slides’ under the corner, leg, whatever. Do that for all 4 corners and — voila! — the piece literally glides across the floor with almost no effort!!!!

Now, it is fairly cheaply made…. this isn’t the best and the strongest. It’s just enough for the money to allow you to continue moving heavy things when you have no one around to help.

Alternatively, (or while you’re waiting for them to arrive), if you have to move a dresser, trunk, table, etc. and can slip a sock, small throw rug, towel, etc. under each corner, it will move easier and not scratch up the floors.