Thanks to all who responded to the will a dolly be more of a help or a hinderance moving into a dorm with stairs and 4 floors. I KNOW there are student helpers to help carry stuff in and there is a micro and fridge in the room. My daughter is not packing real heavy bins or boxes, either, but there are a lot of kids moving into this dorm with as much or more stuff. My husband is 60 years old but very capable and so is my daughter, of carrying stuff. ( My daughter is only 5 ft tall(short arms and weighs @125 lbs. With that in mind, I just want to plan as much to help my husbandI saw pictures of a lot ofpeople carrying stuff themselves. I hope there are enough helpers to go around and if not I want to be prepared to plan as much to help my husband and daughter with the least amount of