The invention relates to a stand change carriage (10) for simultaneously receiving and transporting a plurality of stands of a rolling mill for rolling metal rods, wires or pipes, the stand change carriage (10) comprising a plurality of stand places (16), one of the stands being receivable individually in each of the stand places (16), the stand change carriage (10) comprising a plurality of steerable wheels (20), in order to transport the stands on rails or along a rail-less mill floor, and the stand change carriage comprising at least one hydraulic motor (21) which is operatively connected to at least one of the wheels (20) in order to drive it.