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Moving a safe...

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on the fritz:
Depending on day & time, I can offer up my assistance (& maybe my 14 yr old son's help) too. 

I have some moving straps that might help. 

gsd:
Same here man, you know I'll help if I can.

RobertH:
Thank you everyone for the ideas and the offer to help. Since there is no rush (right now), ill take my time. I looked at it last night and im pretty sure the door comes off, so that would help a lot. I will pm or text people if i need the help. Maybe ill post pics when this is all done. OpSec will be maintained though.

Gary:
With the door off, you loose some strength in the safe.   If you spring the frame, you have nothing.    If the floor / stairs you travel over will handle the weight door on, leave it on.  IMHO.

  I have moved safes both ways, doors on, doors off.   You take a greater risk of finger pinching / amputation messing with taking the door off and on, than you do just moving it.    It is not a massive amount of weight, it will move easy enough with the door in place.

Took a 300 pound door off once to move a safe, because I was concerned about the stairs holding the weight.   Putting the door back on, was harder than moving the safe. 

Mudinyeri:
The door of a 440 lb safe might weigh 200 lbs.  I agree with Gary that it will be a bit of a hassle to take the door off and put it back on, but a safe without a door is, perhaps, half as heavy and has places where you can grab hold to carry it.

I seriously doubt that you could "spring the frame" of a quality safe if you move it carefully.

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