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Originally Posted by Pauldunlop13
Good point. I had mine put in the garage. It is a 400lb American Safety
That might work for you as well.
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I don't want it in the garage as that is considered one of the worst places to have a safe, too easy to steal (hence me not worrying about getting it out of my old house).
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Originally Posted by UncleWede
Hawkeye no update? You can't type from the hospital room???
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I have called about every place I can find and one of the moving companies referred me to someone that specializes in moving safes. From talking to the specialist, they are just using a dolly and do it as a side gig. The going rates for hiring 4 professional movers to dolly/carry it is $240 an hour or $350 flat rate from the side gig guy.
I obviously don't like any of my options and I have not made a decision. I did survey a little more and I can avoid the hill by going through a lot next to mine (house that is for sale) so that takes the hill out of the question but not the grass.
I have yet to find any moving company around here with the dollies that Maestro showed in his pic.
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Originally Posted by kb2wji
My safe weighs in around ~1300lbs with the interior stripped out. I've moved it twice. Here are a few tips. A heavy duty appliance dolly (not the one at Harbor Freight) can actually do the job if you have two strong guys behind it. As for your grass, that's a little tougher. How about a long strip of scrap carpet? Put it down on the grass and just let the safe slide down on it's back. Obviously you'd have to speed up or slow the decent at times so make sure it's tied up to something with a pulley or two at the top of the hill to give you leverage. When I was by myself I used a bunch of 4ft lengths of PVC pipe. I just layed them on the ground and tipped the safe onto them - then just rolled the safe across the pvc pipes (moving the "used" pipes to the front of the line as I went etc...) A tip for tilting a big safe by yourself is just open the door all the way LOL. Or just use a whole lot of helium balloons.
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IF I was going to do this myself, I wouldn't attempt it with less than 4 people personally. Without the hill in the equation I am back to mulling over getting the lifting harnesses and just 4 person carrying it without the door on. I know all 4 of us can lift and carry at least 250 lbs. As of yet, the decision is still in the air. I will update when I make a decision and it all goes down.