{"id":7029,"date":"2021-01-28T12:00:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-28T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/?p=7029"},"modified":"2024-01-29T17:27:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T00:27:30","slug":"how-to-move-a-gun-safe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neighbor.com\/storage-blog\/how-to-move-a-gun-safe\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Move a Gun Safe"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Many homeowners have wondered how to move a gun safe as part of their DIY moving checklist<\/a>. While tiny portable safes designed for a single handgun are easy to handle, the large heavy-duty safes designed to house several rifles are far more challenging. These safes can easily weigh hundreds of pounds and are often unwieldy because of their large size and flat shape.<\/p>\n

We’ll tell you how to move a gun safe the way the professional moving services do it.<\/p>\n

How to Move a Gun Safe: Preparation<\/h2>\n

Moving a gun safe isn’t the same thing as moving a couch<\/a>. You can’t just grab it and drag it wherever you want it to be. If you try to, it’s liable to fall over on you, or just not budge at all. You have to know how to move a heavy safe before you jump right into the attempt. The first part of that is understanding the preparation involved, so when you do start moving the safe, you’ll know you have everything accounted for.<\/p>\n

1. Make a Plan<\/h3>\n

You aren’t going to want to have to move your gun safe repeatedly. It is a difficult process and requires a lot of work and planning. So before you start moving it, you should know exactly where you are moving it to. It would be best if you had a concrete plan to get from point A to point B that follows the guidelines presented in this article, and that means having a specific destination in mind.<\/p>\n

2. Measure the Safe<\/h3>\n

As you move your gun safe, you will need to know the exact path you’ll be taking. Because gun safes are large items, this means measuring it to be sure that it will fit through the doorways and hallways that you plan on moving it through. While most of these will be big enough for the safe to fit through, measuring will let you know how much clearance you have while moving the safe through choke points and around tight corners.<\/p>\n

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