David Green
Columbus · Residential move · aparser:Maps::Google::Reviews
Jordan and Keyvon were quick, courteous, and professional.
FORT MITCHELL · AL
Safe and Gun Safe Moving Services
Dallas brings the heavy-duty dollies out for anything north of 800 pounds, gun safes included.
- Written before Trace books the truck
- Payroll crew, Atomic-owned trucks
- Alabama household-goods standing on file
Start your estimate
Brianna can often quote it from your description alone.
Gun safes are common in this part of Alabama, and moving one is nothing like moving a piece of furniture. A loaded gun safe can weigh anywhere from a few hundred pounds to well over a thousand, concentrated in a box with no good handholds and a low center of gravity that makes it dangerous to tilt without the right rigging. Our specialty crew treats safes as a rigging job, not a lifting job.
Why Weight Alone Isn’t the Whole Problem
A refrigerator and a gun safe might weigh close to the same amount, but a safe’s weight sits low and dense, and there’s usually no factory-installed way to strap it that a dolly and moving blankets can handle safely on their own. Getting a safe down a set of stairs or through a doorway without gouging floors, cracking drywall, or losing control on a ramp takes proper rigging equipment and a crew that’s done it before.
- Safe dollies and rigging straps rated for heavy, low-center-of-gravity loads
- Ramp and stair rigging for safes too heavy or awkward for a standard hand truck
- Floor and doorway protection specific to the weight class of your safe
- Both gun safes and general home/office safes handled by the same crew
Common in Local Homes and Garages
A good share of homes around Fort Mitchell, Smiths Station, and Opelika have a gun safe sitting in a garage, closet, or basement, often placed there when the house was built and never moved since. When a family relocates, that safe usually turns out to be the single heaviest, most awkward item in the entire move — heavier than the refrigerator, harder to route through the house than any piece of furniture.
What We Need to Know Before Moving Day
Tell us the safe’s approximate weight (or model, if you have it), where it currently sits, and what the path out looks like — stairs, tight hallway turns, gravel driveway. That lets Dallas’s crew bring the correct rigging equipment instead of showing up with standard moving gear and improvising.
Standalone or Bundled
Safe moving can be booked as its own job if you’re just relocating the safe, or bundled into a full residential or long-distance move. Either way, it gets scheduled with the specialty crew and equipment, not left to a general loading crew on move day.
Bundled in, not billed separately
Here's what shows up on the truck with your crew
You won't see these listed as extras on the invoice — they're just part of how a Fort Mitchell job gets done.
- Rigging straps and dollies rated for low-center-of-gravity, heavy loads
- Ramp and stair rigging for units too heavy for a standard hand truck
- Floor and doorway protection matched to the safe's weight class
- Both gun safes and general home/office safes handled the same way
- Bookable standalone or bundled into a residential or long-distance move
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What Fort Mitchell customers told us
Lynn Coxmccauley
Opelika · Full-service move · aparser:Maps::Google::Reviews
Just had a great experience with Rich, Preston, and David! They are excellent packers/movers and even finished the job faster than what I was quoted. This group moved my stuff with great care. Thanks y’all!
Tim Hush
Auburn · Apartment move · aparser:Maps::Google::Reviews
Very reliable company! Friendly, fast and thorough!!! Competitive rates. Completely satisfied, highly recommend.
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Need a different kind of move?
Same Fort Mitchell crew handles all of these across the Chattahoochee Valley, not a separate subcontractor per service.
Local Moving
Dallas or Renee walks the job first, so whoever shows up already knows your floor plan.
Long-Distance Moving
One truck, one crew, door to door on our own DOT/MC authority — no load-sharing with strangers.
Residential Moving
From a Phenix City ranch house to a Fort Mitchell double-wide, same crew handles the whole job.
Apartment Moving
We know which Columbus complexes need a reservation for the freight elevator and which don't.
Full-Service Packing
Send us a date; Renee schedules the packing crew to finish a day ahead of the actual move.
Piano Moving
A baby grand and an upright move nothing alike, and Dallas's crew knows the difference before they ever touch a leg or a pedal.
Questions that come up on this job
Answered before you have to ask twice
How heavy a safe can your crew handle?
We regularly move gun safes and home safes ranging from a few hundred pounds up to well over a thousand, using rigging equipment matched to the weight class. Tell us the approximate weight or model when booking so we bring the right gear.
Do you need special equipment beyond a normal moving dolly?
Yes, safes require rigging straps and specialized dollies rated for low-center-of-gravity, heavy loads, which standard moving equipment isn't built for. Our specialty crew brings this equipment specifically for safe moves.
Can you move a safe out of a basement or through a tight hallway?
Yes, we assess the path — stairs, hallway width, doorframes — before move day and plan the rigging approach to avoid damage to the safe or your home. Let us know the route out when you book.
Can safe moving be added to a regular household move?
Yes, safe moving can be bundled into a residential or long-distance move, or booked as a standalone job if the safe is all you need moved. Either way it's handled by our specialty rigging crew, not general labor.
Whenever you are ready
Put your Safe & Gun-Safe Moving on the calendar
Two addresses is enough for our Fort Mitchell office to send back a written flat rate, usually the same business day.