Liota Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Erik, Moving a safe is easy. All you have to do is wink at a bunch of strong, testosterone-enhanced males and say, "Oohh! This thing is sooo heavy." Poof! The safe magically moves from the truck to your house or vice versa. That's how I get those things done, anyway. Alternately, you can use the universal all-calls for help. "Free Food!" or "Free Beer!" They seem to work well. Liota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead Buff Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 I can picture Erik flapping eyelashes at some guys while holding beer and burgers in his hands..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Look where he's moving from... might work. Getting it into the new place, however... might have to offer the neighbors some ammo or race gas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Hmm, the jaws of life could be used to lift it... or air bags... AND With a couple extra people to help, and a rental truck with a lift gate, you are all set. I have moved safes for friends and use the 4 wheel dolly. With pads, straps, and bodies, they can be loaded onto a pickup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted October 1, 2004 Share Posted October 1, 2004 Nah, I can't imagine Erik flapping eyelashes at too much of anybody...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 OK; this is an OLD threrad but I need to move my safe (probably by my self) from one end of the house to another. No elivation changes and it should clear all of the door jambs. My question is this. Will the golf balls work on a carpeted floor? FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 yes the golf balls will work, but, i'd go with wood dowels. it's a lot cheaper. lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul B Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Depending on the weight of the safe, if I were moving it across carpet I'd try wood dowels. The kind they use for closet hanger racks. Line up several and keep placing them in front. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 When the movers moved my safe in to our new house, which has wall to wall carpet, they set it down on a heavy duty drop cloth --- not plastic, fabric --- and proceeded to just slide it over the carpet, with one guy pulling and a couple of more doing pushing/counterbalancing..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Mik Your movers were stronger than they were smart... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EricW Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 The dropcloth may be the ticket. If your safe is like mine, the bottom is unpainted, so if you skid it across the carpet, you may leave a rusty trail along the way. Another option would be the dowels and a couple of 1/2" sheets of plywood to provide a good surface to roll on. Moving safes is a lot easier than people make it out to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Round_Gun_Shooter Posted September 14, 2006 Share Posted September 14, 2006 Take the door off, use a heavy plastic drop cloth/tarp doubled over and use the pull method along with the beer method. Supply enough beer to a bunch of friends and they can move anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Moore Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 i like the dowel rod system, let us know what you end up with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nik Habicht Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 MikYour movers were stronger than they were smart... Hmmm, no --- the crew leader, who moved the safe all four days, was pretty bright. I had a lot of time to talk with him, since they moved us out of the old house in January, back in in February, when our buyers mortgage totally collapsed, and then out and across the river in May...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liota Posted September 15, 2006 Share Posted September 15, 2006 Putting the safe on a heavy-duty piece of cardboard and sliding it across the floor worked for a friend in Angelo last Christmas. Well, that and a couple of well-fed volunteers. Liota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Front Man Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 I ended leaving it where it was as that was a room I turned into an office. It is in the perfect location now as I am storing a lot of business realted files and such. I bought a big safe but they are never big enough. FM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Boudrie Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 There is a HUGE variance in weight when one says "safe". A gun safe can weigh from a few hundred lbs, to about 1500lbs for a nice one still in the "gun safe" category, or over 3,000 lbs if you get a TL30 rated safe like the high end AMSEC. Some fo the advice given may not be applicable to the higher weight ends of the spectrum - particularly for units with non-removeable doors. Also, if there is ANY chance you will subject the safe to an impact you should take the panel off the interior of the door and disable the relockers - or move with the safe unlocked. And, if one of these puppies starts to fall over DONT TRY TO CATCH IT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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