Mike-4
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Anyone know a safe moving company with reasonable rates to move a 1100 lb safe from east valley to Prescott?
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kenpoprofessor
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Lots of places, but that's going to be really expensive.
Have a great, gun carryi', Kenpo day
Clyde
Have a great, gun carryi', Kenpo day
Clyde
rockbronco
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Might not be doable for you but I’ve done a couple large safes with the help of a couple people. Hella lot cheaper than a safe moving company.
I rented a drop deck trailer that you would use to move forklifts or man lifts etc. A couple hydraulic heavy furniture dollies and a Johnson bar. Cost about $250 for 4 hours or $400 for the day and got it done myself. I did not have to move inside the house or deal with stairs etc since it was too big to get into a residential sized door. Might not fit your situation but just an idea.
I rented a drop deck trailer that you would use to move forklifts or man lifts etc. A couple hydraulic heavy furniture dollies and a Johnson bar. Cost about $250 for 4 hours or $400 for the day and got it done myself. I did not have to move inside the house or deal with stairs etc since it was too big to get into a residential sized door. Might not fit your situation but just an idea.
Mike-4
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Thanks so much for the advice. Jesse is a good guy, bought my safe from him but I have a feeling it's gonna cost me big to have him move it.
Mike-4
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rockbronco said:
Rockbronco - where did you rent this equipment from?
rockbronco
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Mike-4 said:
I rented from A to Z Equipment in Avondale but they have east side location as well. Any equipment rental place should have the stuff you need. I did not specify what I was moving when picking up but when I returned everything they looked at the invoice and asked if I was moving a safe based on what I rented. From my conversation with the counter it was pretty common for them to rent that combo to guys moving safes. I provided by own straps. Get lots of 2" wide heavy duty straps like you would use to strap a vehicle down to a trailer and strap the hell out of it to prevent from moving. Oh and one other tip. Get some wood blocks to crib up the bottom of the safe so it sits flat on the trailer, At first we tried leaving the dollies under it but it walked around on the trailer more then I cared for. On the blocks it was rock solid and didnt move at all.
Im not positive on the weight of the safe but if I had to guess it was at least 1500lbs but likely more.
Mike-4 said:
I recommend calling Jesse first. Last time I moved (just in town, but still) I was surprised how cheap it was to move my safe and have him bolt it down in the new house.
After equipment rental and all the time & effort to DIY it was significantly cheaper to pay Jesse.
My son was moving from Marana to San Tan, a little over an hour away, someone (safe mover) wanted $600, he called someone in Gilbert and rented a safe moving dolly which was two separate H shaped dollies that strapped on two opposite sides, then would hydraulically lift the safe so you could roll it around on four wheels, sons safe was around 900lbs empty, rolled it to my flatbed trailer and laid it down on some carpet, when we got to the new place we just reversed the process, easy peasy, I believe the rental was under $30, I'll ask him where it was and post it.
rockbronco
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Here was the setup I used
The person that needed it moved called multiple places and the price started around 1k and left open ended until final delivery. Most didn’t want to mess with it based on size and weight estimates so I wouldn’t be surprised if that price was quoted high to not get the job. It was clear to them it was a garage to garage move. No stairs or doors to deal with. I do not know if he checked with the reference posted here or not.
The person that needed it moved called multiple places and the price started around 1k and left open ended until final delivery. Most didn’t want to mess with it based on size and weight estimates so I wouldn’t be surprised if that price was quoted high to not get the job. It was clear to them it was a garage to garage move. No stairs or doors to deal with. I do not know if he checked with the reference posted here or not.
Mike-4
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Tunnug and Rockbronco thanks so much for the info! I'll be moving my safe out of one garage to another, flat driveways, no stairs, doors or steep grades to deal with. I think between my nephew and I we'll be able to handle this.
Doc
Member
rockbronco said:
holy smokes, that is a big-un!
rockbronco
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Doc said:
That’s what she said….quite literally :lol:
It was no joke to move but this setup certainly made it easier than you would think. In total I think we moved it about 3 separate times. Hardest part was keeping it from moving on the trailer and getting it level at the final destination. This is where the Johnson bar comes in handy to lift a corner at a time to shim it.
Don't you mean a "Big Johnson" bar? Waca waca.
Anyways son's safe was smaller than that and I used a boats hand winch temporarily attached to the front of my trailer to help lay it down, sliding on the carpet made it easier and it was from garage to garage.
Anyways son's safe was smaller than that and I used a boats hand winch temporarily attached to the front of my trailer to help lay it down, sliding on the carpet made it easier and it was from garage to garage.