This is why the safe guy uses a hydraulic trailer were the entire bed lowers to the ground. Also, its not just the loading and unloading but driving down the road with a top heavy safe in the bed of a truck. To me that's pretty sketchy too but we've done it.
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- Thu Nov 26, 2020 10:58 am
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: How to move Gun safe
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Re: How to move Gun safe
- Wed Nov 25, 2020 6:52 pm
- Forum: General Gun, Shooting & Equipment Discussion
- Topic: How to move Gun safe
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Re: How to move Gun safe
I've helped move a couple. After watching the safe guy deliver the first one I had, they are not hard as long as it's not a huge safe. My current one was too big 1k lbs.
I think my buddies was about 600 lbs and my father in laws was 400lbs. Both were loaded in the back of a pickup. My buddies was unloaded with a tractor and my father in law has an old pier and beam house so we didn't have to go all the way to the ground. With the tractor we were able to get it to the door frame and then rocked it to the side to get old blankets under it. One of us pushed the safe while the other pulled the blanket. On my father in law's, I used a pair of 6ft smooth steel ramps, a blanket, and slid it from the truck, through the front door and to where it was going. No dolly was needed but there was no carpet.
When mine was delivered, the safe guy put a couple 1/4 thick pieces of plywood under the corners to keep moisture from rusting the bottom of the safe. He said that way if you mop, any moisture can evaporate. I borrowed my brothers hammer drill to anchor mine.
I think my buddies was about 600 lbs and my father in laws was 400lbs. Both were loaded in the back of a pickup. My buddies was unloaded with a tractor and my father in law has an old pier and beam house so we didn't have to go all the way to the ground. With the tractor we were able to get it to the door frame and then rocked it to the side to get old blankets under it. One of us pushed the safe while the other pulled the blanket. On my father in law's, I used a pair of 6ft smooth steel ramps, a blanket, and slid it from the truck, through the front door and to where it was going. No dolly was needed but there was no carpet.
When mine was delivered, the safe guy put a couple 1/4 thick pieces of plywood under the corners to keep moisture from rusting the bottom of the safe. He said that way if you mop, any moisture can evaporate. I borrowed my brothers hammer drill to anchor mine.