Do you guys know if a Uhaul appliance dolly can handle an 833lb gun safe?
I wouldn't trust it. Most appliances weigh less than 300 pounds, and the rental type dollies from Uhaul are probably rated in the 500 to 600 pound range.
If you call a local rental yard, you can probably find a heavier duty dolly that would be capable of the weight.
If not, what can I do to get my safe into my house? No stairs to go up and down either.
I use a small pallet jack more than any other piece of equipment I own. Other items I find handy when moving gun safes is teflon slides, 3/4" galvenized pipe, moving blankets, and don't forget an extra set of hands.
Last question, do you guys know if the hole that is drilled into safes for GoldenRod wire plugs, compromise the safe's fire protection? In other words, having the hole for the wire plug, does it make the safe less secure in a fire??
Most gun safes are not designed to be as "fireproof" as the manufacturers would lead you to believe. I wouldn't worry about the small electrical hole.
I'd paid a substantial delivery fee, figuring that it must take some really specialized equipment. Then I saw the delivery guys wheel it in strapped onto a dolly that looked exactly like what I'd seen used in convenience stores.
Most of that fee pays for the experience and the insurance. I bet if you dropped a safe on somebody's foot it would cost you a lot more than the professional charged you. Not to mention scratched safes, collapsed stairs, broken thresholds, cracked tiles, etc.....
I have a local guy that moves safes on the side as a hobby. He tends to charge about $30 less than I do. Of course I run $100,000 worth of specialized safe moving equipment, and he uses a horse trailer and appliance dolly.
