TigerEhre
Member
Greetings all:
I have just moved to a new house in NC (just graduated college and started a new job). All my "toys" are at my parents' house and I don't feel comfortable keeping them without a secure means of storage. To that end, I'm interested in getting a safe. I've already identified one that I'd be satisfied with at a local Gander Mountain store but am having serious trouble finding someone who's willing to move it for me for a reasonable cost (read: less than 30% of the cost of the safe). The safe in question is about two feet square, five feet tall and approximately 550 lbs.
I'm relatively young, would like to think I'm intelligent, have access to equipment and manpower (friends, truck, trailer, heavy-duty appliance dollies rated to over 1000lbs, ratcheting nylon straps, et al.) that I think would be necessary to move the safe myself. Store is about thirty miles from my house, no cumbersome roads and the safe is going straight from the street into my garage which requires going up my slightly inclined driveway that's about 15 feet long. I'm thinking I can even overcome this by just backing the trailer up to the garage interior. I've seen people move my dad's safe which is much bigger twice and don't THINK (the problem) there is anything too complicated about this process.
Question: Am I just plain dumb and don't know any better or, if I proceed with caution and patience, is this something that is likely to end well for me?
Much obliged
I have just moved to a new house in NC (just graduated college and started a new job). All my "toys" are at my parents' house and I don't feel comfortable keeping them without a secure means of storage. To that end, I'm interested in getting a safe. I've already identified one that I'd be satisfied with at a local Gander Mountain store but am having serious trouble finding someone who's willing to move it for me for a reasonable cost (read: less than 30% of the cost of the safe). The safe in question is about two feet square, five feet tall and approximately 550 lbs.
I'm relatively young, would like to think I'm intelligent, have access to equipment and manpower (friends, truck, trailer, heavy-duty appliance dollies rated to over 1000lbs, ratcheting nylon straps, et al.) that I think would be necessary to move the safe myself. Store is about thirty miles from my house, no cumbersome roads and the safe is going straight from the street into my garage which requires going up my slightly inclined driveway that's about 15 feet long. I'm thinking I can even overcome this by just backing the trailer up to the garage interior. I've seen people move my dad's safe which is much bigger twice and don't THINK (the problem) there is anything too complicated about this process.
Question: Am I just plain dumb and don't know any better or, if I proceed with caution and patience, is this something that is likely to end well for me?
Much obliged