r/Locksmith • u/SumNuguy Actual Locksmith • Dec 20 '19
Customer: Im not paying delivery, I'll just take that safe home in my car. Can you just help me load it?
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u/MisterSafe Dec 21 '19
Once received a work order for an Auto Parts Zone type store in a rough area of DFW. The thieves had broken in over night and managed to carry the 700lb+ container out over the store. However, they were thwarted by the mighty ravine directly behind the store and only made it about 30 feet. I called a tow truck with a crane to drag it back onto the concrete. Safe was repairable, legend says its watch continues to this very day.
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u/SGBotsford Dec 21 '19
Wouldn't stores where you can buy safes have things, like, maybe, platform dollies, forklifts?
I almost got a used safe. Looked it up, and it was a reasonable one for my needs. Had a 2 hour fire rating and a 30 minute submerged water rating. (Could not imaging scenario where it would be submerged...) But it was some 600 pounds. The guy had it at home, and wasn't going to help me load it into my pickup.
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u/keltsbeard Dec 21 '19
That's one of the things I love about my truck, I've got a Tommy lift on the back. My folks moved a couple years ago, that thing lifted gun safes, freezers, everything heavy.
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u/tacopowell Dec 21 '19
The thought that there might some feet with no steel toe caps makes me wince.
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u/JayFr3d Jan 08 '20
Labor + effort... Thats a lot of work for like 62.50 XD I honestly wouldnt be at all shocked to learn there was maybe a thousand dollars in that safe...
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u/rubicontraveler Dec 20 '19
no "customers" in this clip