Grayrock
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Any estimate on moving a heavy metal cabinet / safe from a closet to a garage 40 miles away? I'm thinking I don't want to do this myself.
Safe/ RSV moving costs
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Buzznrose
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Depends on your area.
Cost will be based on miles, flights of stairs, accessibility.
Check around. Some movers have lower prices on certain week days. Make sure you specify size-weight.
I’d expect there to be a 4 hour minimum charge. Where I live, you pay all miles from store to store.
Cost will be based on miles, flights of stairs, accessibility.
Check around. Some movers have lower prices on certain week days. Make sure you specify size-weight.
I’d expect there to be a 4 hour minimum charge. Where I live, you pay all miles from store to store.
Jimfern
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I paid to have a 700lb safe moved ~20 miles within DFW a little while ago. They charged a fixed fee plus mileage. I don't remember the details but it was around $350 total. I called my local locksmith and they coordinated it with the safe moving company, who isn't the same company. I got the impression many locksmiths in DFW use the same company. PM me if you want the contact info for the locksmith I used..
lightman
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I moved last year, about 35 miles. A safe company moved mine for a little over $400. Mine weighs 2000#. No steps were involved but they did have to cross a threshold.
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Grayrock
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Got an online quote for $350 and went to a local locksmith and they quoted me $650. I think it's going to stay where it is.
WestKentucky
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Depends on size, weight, and construction. My Cannon weighs about 500 lbs and I have moved it 6 times, soon to be 7. I just use an appliance dolly and eat my wheaties. I have helped others move larger safes in similar fashion. Heaviest was probably a Liberty Fatboy that was pretty awkward so we teamed up on it and put it on a path of 2x4s and slid it out of the house straight onto a trailer, then did the safe going into the new house. I have never seen a safe that I thought was worth paying others to move. When it gets to the point of being too big to move it had better be a built-in-place vault with proper reinforcement and appropriate door.
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Go to https://www.uship.com/listing2.aspx?c=14 Transportation providers will bid against each other to ship whatever you want shipped. There is also a ship-it-now option. It’s all very simple.
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Riomouse911
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You can use a few 1/2” steel pipe in 24” lengths as rollers for the final placement if the bottom is solid and you are installing it on a concrete floor. The Ol’ pharaoh style. 
Stay safe.
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edwardware
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Both of my RSCs, 350# and 450#, were moved by Dad and me. A dolly, rollers, a really stout hand truck, and patience will do it.
If you can't do it yourself, you might try an appliance mover; an RSC is closer to a refrigerator than to a real (TL15 or better, 2000#+) safe.
If you can't do it yourself, you might try an appliance mover; an RSC is closer to a refrigerator than to a real (TL15 or better, 2000#+) safe.
I used synthetic 1" bars I scrounged from somewhere, but it works the same. Remove the door if you have outside hinges, really helps.
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Grayrock
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Thanks for all the suggestions. My brother ended up claiming the container. He's got guys, so I didn't have to be involved anymore. But this gives me food for thought when I get another one, since I have filled one and my wife only grudgingly lets me use a couple of spots in her safe that houses her scrapbooks.
