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Best way to move a heavy gun safe to a new house?

Call someone else and pay them to do it. It’s what I did.

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Pay someone

Leave it behind and buy a new one.

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Rron

Pay someone...

Find a local company that sells safes, and ask who they use to deliver and install safes.

1. How heavy?
2. Do you already own it or are you buying a new one?
3. If you already own it, what kind of job is it getting it out of it's current spot? Stairs, tight turns/doorways etc?
4. Where will you be putting it in the new home? Again, stairs, tight doorways/turns etc?

When I worked @ a gunshop in college I helped move a few I sold. We had pretty good luck just taking the door off (the ones I dealt with just slide up off of a big hinge-pin) moving the body into place and then bringing the door in after and setting it back on the hinges. The door is often 1/3-1/2 of the total weight of the safe.

That is the current thought when I move out of my house.

Neighbors are building a new house. They moved the safe into the basement before the joists were all installed.

They're literally building the house around the safe.

We bought a split level log cabin.

We two guys put the truck/camper in the front yard [rope attached to front bumper] and lowered the safe down the stairs by inching the truck forward.

Call a safe company and have them move it. They have specialized dollys and it well worth it.

Talk with guys at a furniture store. That’s who moved mine 10 yrs back. Best 100 bucks I spent.

Actually, unless you have a really large and heavy safe, they aren't all that hard to move. Getting them up and down stairs can be daunting, but possible with the right equipment. I've moved several safes with just minimal help. Moving it inside the house is as simple as lifting it up enough to get some pipe rollers under it and rolling it anywhere you want to go. Once the pipe rollers are under it you can spin it or turn it as well as roll it anywhere you want to go by simply removing the rollers as they come out the back and replacing them in front of the safe and keep rolling.
Once you get to your truck, you need to be sure the tailgate is below the tipping point. You may need a bit of help here, get the safe tipping against the tailgate with the majority of the weight above the tailgate and tip it over into the bed. I've done this with one person helping several times with safes weighing up to 650 lbs. Once it tips over you can slide it into the bed of the truck- use rollers to slide it in if necessary. Reverse the process when you get to your new house.

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How capable are you at taking it on yourself? How far does it have to travel? What are logistic issues at it's current spot and where it needs to go?

Hire someone. Money well spent.

OR, sell the safe and let the new owner worry about moving it. Buy a new one for your new home.

That’s what I did. Had two safes, one 900 pounds and the other about 700 pounds, both empty.

Four young studs cam and moved both safes in minutes, from a truck to my lower level walk out.

It’s expensive, $500 or so, but cheaper than ruptured discs and hernias.

Hire 4 Mexican kids real cheap.

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