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greencobra
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go rent an appliance dolly at your local rental place, call a couple of friends, strap in the safe and up you go. with the dolly and a couple of friends you can make quick work of that safe, 500 lbs is not really heavy for a safe.
amm5061
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Also, go buy some beer and order a pizza to bribe said friends with. Makes them more willing to help.
greencobra
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I could volunteer! my area of expertise is supervision. come on, lets get that safe moved!
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Have moved stuff like that alone, built a frame with header at the top, used a wheeled dolly w/straps and chain fall, boards on the stairs for the wheels. Slow and easy, it gets done. By the time people said they would come over, it was done.
PeterC
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My wife looked at the safe, the stairs it had to go up and the walls and said NFW. I hired 3 guys from a moving company - they seemed happy to make $200, cash, at the end of their workday. No muss, no fuss and no dings in the walls. Everybody was happy 
500 lbs is nothing for 2 guys who do this shit for a living. I used a local moving company to move a safe 12 years ago. Between the power dolly and the use of harness and sling these 2 old skinny half drunk moving guys made it look like moving a Wal-Mart 2 draw file cabinet
rebut
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As stated above, remove the door (should be do-able when the safe is open), that should get you down to about 420 lbs or so. Get an appliance dolly (the kind w/two straps) also stated above. I have pulled a 440 lb fridge up more than one flight of stairs with the help of a (healthy) friend more than once. Your legs are the power, your arms are "hooks" to pull back with for balance. Your friend is lifting, not pushing. One step at a time. Do not use your back. Step back...semi squat...stand up. One step at a time. You'll be done before you know it.
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Take the door off.
Get a decent dolly and strap it to the dolly. I helped a buddy get his up 3 flights of stairs just the two of us. But an additional friend and pizza and beer would have been optimal.
Get a decent dolly and strap it to the dolly. I helped a buddy get his up 3 flights of stairs just the two of us. But an additional friend and pizza and beer would have been optimal.
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It works VERY well for the hired help though!4. move safe before sharing beer
Order is important there or nothing good happens.
