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ILoveCats:

--- Quote from: SemperFiGuy on August 25, 2014, 11:20:51 AM ---FWIW............
A safe located in your garage is often quite easy to steal.

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And another FWIW... it sure gets seen by everyone driving by whenever your garage door is up, unless you disguise it somehow.  Hitting garages seems to be a big modus operandi right now.  We've had a lot of people waltzing into garages in our neighborhood on the pretense of selling something, but I think they're just casing the place out.  (Then there are Those People who leave their garage door open 24/7 and attract the scum to the neighborhood, then act surprised when they get robbed.)

I wonder how one of these new "tile" locators would be, affixed discreetly under the safe or even inside the safe or the hollow stock of a rifle -- if it could get a signal inside metal.

https://home.thetileapp.com/

Mudinyeri:

--- Quote from: Ivars on August 24, 2014, 07:48:58 AM ---I would call a moving company.  Piece of cake for them and probably cheaper than you think.  They are insured so you don't have the risk of property or personal damage.



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I did a little checking a while back ... most moving companies have a minimum fee that makes this a fairly pricey proposition.

I grew up moving pianos so moving a 440 lb safe doesn't seem like that big of a deal to me.

Start by removing the door.  That's often the heaviest part and usually pretty easy to remove.  Move the door and the "box" separately.

Do not use a dolly that concentrates all the weight on a single step at a time as you move the safe into your basement.  Use a dolly with skids or simply slide the door and safe down the stairs spreading the weight across multiple steps at once.

Air dollies are great for flat surfaces but won't work on stairs.

The plywood on the lawn idea is good for getting the safe across your neighbor's lawn to your home.  Alternatively, strap the safe box to a piece of plywood and have two guys pull it with a rope or strap while two more guys push it.  Do the same with the door.

If you cut the plywood narrow enough, you can use is as your slide for the stairs.  Purchase finish grade plywood so as to avoid slivers in your carpet.

Let me know if you need more ideas.

bigdog:
I moved my 54 gun safe with an appliance cart and had no problems. If you are just putting it in your garage, no problem. I put my safe in the basement going down stairs and needed several friends to slide it down the stairs without the cart attached.

barmandr:

--- Quote from: feralcatkillr on August 24, 2014, 10:26:22 PM ---Is that ammo or beer?

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Yes.

Lmbass14:
Robert, if you need help, I'll come down and help ya.  Just pm me on date/time.

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