Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Best way to move a heavy gun safe to a new house.

yep pay someone to do it.

Another vote to pay someone. Me and some buddies moved one down into a friend’s basement. Two on top with a rope and me and another on the bottom. Halfway down the rope slipped leaving the two of us on the bottom trying to stop 1000# on a 35* slope. We controlled crashed halfway down the remaining stairs and got pinned against the wall at the bottom. It ripped the handrail off the wall, tore the carpet, and my ass broke the drywall too. One trip like this and someone maybe getting hurt is a lot more than paying someone $300 who has a stair climbing dolly and does it professionally.

It's a job that requires some serious muscle and planning. I've never moved a gun safe myself, but I've heard that hiring professionals is the way to go.

Would never say you should not hire a safe moving outfit or rent that special equipment. But, in most cases there are safe/sane ways to do it yourself.

I used an engine cherry picker boom on our Kubota and some 3” ratchet straps. Moved it from one end of the house on ground level to new bedroom addition and hoisted mine up onto a 4ft high deck. Then pipe rolled it thru double french doors into my tornado room. About 800 lbs. Not a big safe but still would kill ya.

If I had to move another one I would use my front end loader.

I’d only hire some pros if stairs were involved.

Excellent in my view. Safe and sane.