Looking for a Company to Move a Safe

[SSDD]

As the title states I am looking for a company to get a safe moved into my house. I had trouble finding an AMSEC dealer that gave me a warm fuzzy and ended up going with one of the large internet vendors over Black Friday. They were great to deal with, but the delivery just gets it to your curb. I was aware of this and the plan was to get some friends, rent a dolly, and get it done. The wife has since vetoed this plan.

The safe in question is an AMSEC BF6030 that weighs about 1100 pounds. It is at the freight company and can be delivered to my house or whoever ends up installing it. My house is in Hanover, MD.

So far I am waiting to hear back from Thompson Safes, A1 Safes would do it but preferred not to make the drive, Secure Solutions is booked out 3 weeks, and RJ Lock wouldn't move it because they didn't sell it to me.

Edit: Mixed up some safe companies. Carolina Safes scheduled for next week.

 

[Minuteman]

Delivering and putting in a safe is the biggest pain.

I had a great chat a couple days ago with SafeCracker at the HOCO gunshow, he was talking about it and the importance of buying a 'real safe'. At 1100 pounds, sounds like you got a 'real one'; I know very little about safes.

There was a gent at the HOCO gunshow that was selling safes, I think he knows people who can do this for you, he said he was starting to get too old to do it. Also, for those that live out toward Frederick, I hired some guys who moved furniture for a living, strong as oxen, and although they are not cheap, I think can move anything.

Like you, I'd hire a professional safe company to move, deliver and install, they have the experience, and special gear to get it done right. Consider it part of the cost of the safe.

 

[iH8DemLibz]

Try Continental Arms in Timonium.

 

[Minuteman]

TVTara demonstrates a great little project:

 

[SSDD]

Try Continental Arms in Timonium.

Thanks for the reply, but I just called and they said that they don't move safes.

 

[SSDD]

Delivering and putting in a safe is the biggest pain.

I had a great chat a couple days ago with SafeCracker at the HOCO gunshow, he was talking about it and the importance of buying a 'real safe'. At 1100 pounds, sounds like you got a 'real one'; I know very little about safes.

There was a gent at the HOCO gunshow that was selling safes, I think he knows people who can do this for you, he said he was starting to get too old to do it. Also, for those that live out toward Frederick, I hired some guys who moved furniture for a living, strong as oxen, and although they are not cheap, I think can move anything.

Like you, I'd hire a professional safe company to move, deliver and install, they have the experience, and special gear to get it done right. Consider it part of the cost of the safe.

I have been back and forth on the safe for far to long. Like you said, everything I read said to buy a real safe, but the cost and logistics of getting a real safe kept pushing it down the priority list. I finally just decided to go for it and now I'm running into getting it actually installed. Sigh

 

[Elgan]

I was lucky enough to have my vendor recently install mine (I opted to pay the extra for the installation, mainly just to not have to deal with curbside/driveway dropoff). I am, however, looking at moving anywhere from 1-3 years from now, so will need to address this issue at some point. Perhaps a regular moving company might have the tools necessary to move it? Not sure if it'd be worth their time for what would amount to an hour or so's worth of work (depends if you're bolting it down yourself or not, and whether it's going up or down a level, or ground level).

Also, for what it's worth, traditional "gun safes" aren't really safes, in the expected sense. Underwriters Laboratory (that UL sticker you see on a bunch of stuff) classify most of them as Residential Security Containers, or RSCs. The main difference is that a team of dedicated thieves can probably pry into that thing or cut it open within 15-20 minutes tops (some have even been jacked into in less than a minute). However, that usually relies on it being on it's back with the door exposed upwards, allowing for leverage, etc. It also relies on the homeowner to be out of the house, and an alarm system to be absent, turned off, or not working.

I got a Liberty Lincoln and am satisfied with my purchase. It's part of an overall security solution for my place, which involves bolting it down to my concrete subfloor, a monitored security system, deadbolted doors, cameras, and my firearms.

For those interested in a true burglary safe (like they'd have at banks, jewelers, and pawn shops), you're looking at something different. This site has some good information on explaining the differences. Also a good guideline for what kind of safe to get depending on it's intended purpose can be found here:

RSC Up to $5,000 content value- passed a 5 minute attack test, If this safe had a TL rating it would be a TL-5 , Note, RSC ratings can by applied to low end safes that are easily pried open up to very secure safes that could pass higher rating test but the manufacturers don’t go to the expense of testing them.

If I get another safe at some point, I'm likely going for at least a TL-15 (which you can get used for significantly cheaper than new, bringing it in line with the existing top of the line new RSCs out there - Liberty, AMSEC, etc.)

 

[bigdummy30]

I've been delivering/ moving appliances for 20+ years and have moved my 2 safes twice. I could arrange for myself and a few coworkers to move it for the right price but I have no idea what the going rate is .

 

[Boom Boom]

If I get another safe at some point, I'm likely going for at least a TL-15 (which you can get used for significantly cheaper than new, bringing it in line with the existing top of the line new RSCs out there - Liberty, AMSEC, etc.)

I have a TL-30. As you mentioned elsewhere in your post, the most important thing is a complete security solution, including a good alarm system. Minus the alarm system, no matter which safe, criminals will get into it with sufficient time and tools.

 

[sead0nkey]

Carolina Safes moved mine, I was very happy.

 

[SSDD]

I've been delivering/ moving appliances for 20+ years and have moved my 2 safes twice. I could arrange for myself and a few coworkers to move it for the right price but I have no idea what the going rate is .

I appreciate the offer and I'll keep it in my back pocket in case everything else falls though. I'm surprised it is this difficult as the prices I am being quoted seem like it would be worth the time if you have already paid for the motorized dolly.

 

[SSDD]

Carolina Safes moved mine, I was very happy.

Thanks. I may end up asking them to make the drive if I can't get anyone else to take the job.

 

[Helpinghand]

FYI

TVTara demonstrates a great little project:

Very nice I've been smitten by her tools and knowledge. I want one.

 

[ourway77]

I wanted to get a gun safe moved and the price they wanted was extremley high as luck would have it 5 young men that my son knew came to visit and they moved it like it was nothing

 

[Bart_man]

Harry at Gun Connection (IP) used to move safes and had the bobtail truck and motorized dolly and everything....not sure what current status is

 

[mancheechee]

try giving Safe and Signs a call or facebook message.

you can read my overly detailed thread about buying a safe from them, in the depot threads.

they moved my buddy's 1150 or 1200lbs (i forget) safe no problem.

 

[protegeV]

TVTara demonstrates a great little project:

Book lovers everywhere shed a tear...

 

[rbird7282]

Call Dave at A1 Safes in Fallston 410-879-3562


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[traveller]

Thats a serious safe. What kind of flooring are you putting it on ? Does it have to go up or down any stairs ?

 

[lazarus]

I have been back and forth on the safe for far to long. Like you said, everything I read said to buy a real safe, but the cost and logistics of getting a real safe kept pushing it down the priority list. I finally just decided to go for it and now I'm running into getting it actually installed. Sigh

Yeah a friend of mine finally got one. I am helping him move it it his basement sometime soon. It is 550lbs, so a bit more manageable and fortunately it is "all down hill". Me and him on the bottom and my wife and his GF on top should manage okay. Sling a couple of ropes around it and they can hold on from above. A couple of boards on the stairs to slide it on it's side. Won't be easy, but should be manageable. He and I are both pretty good sized guys.