Tom488
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Protecting the laminate floor is easy.... sheets of 1/8" hardboard or masonite. That, and a heavy-duty appliance/hand truck will let you move it.
As for leaving it on a pallet - not a good idea. Get it close to where you want it, about 2 feet or so from the wall. Now, unbolt it from the pallet, and have you and a buddy walk it backwards off the back of the pallet, until it's about halfway off, but not so far that it wants to fall off. Put a block of wood under the back of the safe, a little shorter than the pallet. Push from the front of the safe to tip it back, onto your block of wood. Now pull the pallet out, and ease the front of the safe down to the floor. Tip it the other way, and kick the block of wood out from the back. Now set it down and push it in to final position.
I did this myself with a 975lb. safe, so your 1035lb shouldn't be any different.
As for leaving it on a pallet - not a good idea. Get it close to where you want it, about 2 feet or so from the wall. Now, unbolt it from the pallet, and have you and a buddy walk it backwards off the back of the pallet, until it's about halfway off, but not so far that it wants to fall off. Put a block of wood under the back of the safe, a little shorter than the pallet. Push from the front of the safe to tip it back, onto your block of wood. Now pull the pallet out, and ease the front of the safe down to the floor. Tip it the other way, and kick the block of wood out from the back. Now set it down and push it in to final position.
I did this myself with a 975lb. safe, so your 1035lb shouldn't be any different.