LAST EDITED ON Jan-19-10 AT 00:12AM (MST)[p]You could talk to a few moving companies; they do that stuff for a living. However, in all the military moves I have made, I only found reason to trust one moving company. I suspect safe companies would be a better deal for you, certainly on the delivery end.
Side note....I used to be in great shape when I was lifting competitively; even moved my 1100lb gun safe by myself, with lots of help from a 1500lb appliance dolly and some 1" oak dowel rods (rolled just like butter). Slow and sure was my motto.
Until that day.....I was moving it around in my storage shed (waiting to move into my house)on the dolly when I goofed up, big time. I didn't clear my space and tripped. As I was falling backwards, watching the safe move ever so closer, I could see myself in a chair for the rest of my life. The only thing that stopped the safe were two 20mm ammo cans. I could feel the safe grazing the hairs on my kneecap.
I sat there for awhile, awash in my stupidity at not clearing my path. Then I called up some SEAL buddies and offered them beer and breakfast to help move it upright.
Next time I moved, thanks to the Navy, I used a Case 580 backhoe; every time after that I called a moving company (to help me load it in the UHAUL van) and never regretted it. They know exactly what it takes to move the safe from point A to the UHAUL truck. Upon arrival at my new duty station, I bribed the guys at my unit to help me unload it.
Compromise, hell! ... If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?
