Appliance dolly with packaging interface

An appliance dolly comprising:

• a frame defining a vertical direction, a lateral direction, and a transverse direction, the vertical direction, the lateral direction, and the transverse direction being mutually perpendicular, the frame extending along the vertical direction from a top end to a bottom end and along the transverse direction from a front end to a back end;
• a platform attached to the front end of the frame at the bottom end of the frame;
• and
• a plate configured to engage with an appliance package between a box of the appliance package and a lid of the appliance package, the plate disposed on the frame above the platform along the vertical direction, the plate movable along the vertical direction between an engaged position between the box and the lid and a disengaged position where the plate is spaced apart from the box and the lid.