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Safe movers, 750 lbs. out the basement into the moving truck in 20 minutes and 0 damage to wood floors. 200.00 if I remember correctly.
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Heaviest one I ever moved was ~1100#. 3 guys and a fridge dolly. 3-steps up into the front door then it was smooth sailing.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Rent a pair of safe dollies and have a couple of steels to lay across the door thresholds... if going out over tile floors have some sheets of hardboard to run along. Phil Hire 3 dimocrap high school kids.
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Helped a buddy move a safe into his 3rd story apartment. When he bought a house a couple years later, I told him I'd be over to help him move.......
......... After the safe had been moved in.
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Leave it behind buy new and bigger,after all new house needs new guns .Get the safe company to deliver and install.
there is no man more free than he who has nothing left to lose --unknown-- " If it bleeds we can kill it" Conan The Barbarian
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A few months back I moved our 700 pounder across a den, thru two doors and a utility room, into the garage then laid in a uHaul trailer by myself. I found words I didn’t know I knew. That will never happen again. From now own if there are not multiple strong back/weak mind type youngsters to do it I will pay or leave it on site.
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Has it been mentioned yet to pay someone to do it? It usually costs me a couple hundred for cross town moves and worth every penny. For a longer move and not using a moving company for other large items, I might re-evaluate the logistics and leave it behind.
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Mine is 1,700 pounds empty. When I installed it, I wanted it up off the floor, so the door didn't catch my bare feet when I opened it. So, I built a rebar reinforced 6" high concrete slab slightly larger than the bottom of the safe and anchored to the house slab in the den. When it dried, I covered it with stained and varnished oak. Using the safe dollies, I rolled it up over the slab and set it down, bolting it to the new slab. Now when I open the door its 8" up off the floor.
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Mine is 1,700 pounds empty. When I installed it, I wanted it up off the floor, so the door didn't catch my bare feet when I opened it. So, I built a rebar reinforced 6" high concrete slab slightly larger than the bottom of the safe and anchored to the house slab in the den. When it dried, I covered it with stained and varnished oak. Using the safe dollies, I rolled it up over the slab and set it down, bolting it to the new slab. Now when I open the door its 8" up off the floor.
Phil Nice.
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A safe company has a machine to move fast and safe. It lays the safe down and the operator runs a control switch. The unit is on rubber tracks and goes upstairs and down stairs with ease. When I seen the machine in action I was very impressed. It was made for moving safes fast and safe. Cost about $150.00 for removal and set up. It is worth it too.
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I have delivered and moved a bunch of them with muscle. Then my buddy that sells them invested in a safe dolly.
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Pay someone that's in the safe business.
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Many safes have removable doors. My Browning has that feature and it drops the weight about 40%. Used an appliance hand truck and it wasn’t any harder than moving a refrigerator. On a larger safe over 7 or 8 hundred pounds, hire a pro.
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If you don't think you can handle it (or want to) yourself you might try asking local safe sellers who they use / recommend to buyers to transport / install safes. Also, might check with local banks as to who they use to move / install ATMs. We used a couple of private contract ATM installers that worked by themselves or sometimes one extra man. They only set the really heavy ATMs and used just a minimum of tools -- open trailer, hyd. pallet jack, 'Mule' pry bar, crank winch -- and 'elbow grease'...
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I paid a moving companyto take mine to the new house. Best $375 I've ever spent.
The lack of planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part!
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If you are asking how, there is a great chance you should heed the advice to pay someone.
There is a real risk of damaging the safe, the house, or someone a lot more than the move would cost. Hell, tripping going up steps, carrying gear could cost more than paying for the move!
Parents who say they have good kids..Usually don't!
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Whether you rent roll-a-lifts or use pipe to roll it on you'll want to put plywood on the floor to keep from messing it up and make it easier to roll. Going aroud corners is easy on a roll-a-lift but it can be done with pipe by using a buck bar.
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Best way to move a heavy gun safe to a new house? Empty it, and then take the door off and move it as two units. GR
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Nealglen37: I moved mine with LOTS of called in help and PLENTY of 3' long 1" diameter oak dowels as roller bearings when sliding across floors. These work on rugs as well as solid floors. Hold into the wind VarmintGuy
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I've done it 5 times that I can remember, each time with amateur help. Anymore, I would say: 1. Leave it behind and buy new. 2. Hire professionals to do it. I'm just not moving any more gun safes.
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