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  • MauserLarry

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    Two of us moved mine in but when I got all my stuff in it I couldn't even begin to budge it. May have to reconsider my thoughts?
     

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    If your house is off grade you really need to consider adding more support before you bring a safe in.

    yep...raised residential flooring is generally designed to hold 600lbs in a 3' sq area. Second story residential flooring is generally designed to hold 300lbs in a 3' sq area. Anything heavier would need additional support underneath, piers or jacks.

    It weighs almost 700 pounds. What convinced me to bolt it down was the two smaller guys who brought it in with a special hand truck and no other help!

    one probably just watched the other one...small help here and there with some of the lifts...like the ones that climb.

    Consumer Reports also recommends anything under 700 be anchored.

    I also use those Bosch bits to drill through Rockwell c-60 all the time. What damages the bit like y'all are talking about is making a glancing blow and chipping the carbide tip I think.
     
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