I hear a lot of folks wrap them in a piece of carpet or a welcome mat.

Josh

I thought about carpet, where do you get a big piece of old carpet? Wasn't a problem last year when they were cleaning out houses left and right. Darn thing probably weighs over 100 pounds now.
Teach me to ignore it!
Tally HO!

where do you get a big piece of old carpet?

call a carpet store that installs, or check their dumpster?

Hope this link helps.

Here is a link that might be useful: How to transplant a cactus

Thanks for the link!
I never thought of a hose, won't work for this one but will sure work for some other things I want to move.
No carpet stores :( They all flooded in Ike and none have reopened. Going to Houston wouldn't work cause it won't fit in the car LOL!
I may have to chop this thing up to move it. It was one big cactus, in Ike it got kind of, uh, limp, and bent over. It then started sending up new growth so there are about 6 new cactus growing up, the tallest is close to 10'!!
Thanks for the ideas.
Tally HO!

I've used thick foam batting ( to make sofa cushions) or thick styrofoam sheets to lift large Pachypodiums. also used old shade cloth for transporting, it's used like a hammock.

Thanks Caudex, we have an old sail in the backyard and that would work perfect! I fell over it yesterday, don't know why that didn't occur to me.
Tally HO!