Bears Moving Co. moves residential gun safes across Atlanta with the powered stair climbers, rigging, and crew size that 500-1,500 lb steel actually requires. We don't show up with four guys and a regular dolly and hope for the best — gun safes need the right equipment, period.
A residential gun safe is the heaviest single item most homes contain — Liberty Fatboy: ~1,030 lbs, Browning Pro Steel 49: ~1,100 lbs, Cannon Safe CA59: ~750 lbs, AMSEC BFII: ~1,400 lbs. The combination of extreme weight, narrow doorways, and stairs makes safes the single most-damaged item in DIY moves — and the single most-common cause of mover injury.
Our gun-safe move includes a powered stair climber for any safe over 600 lbs going up or down stairs, heavy-duty floor and stair protection on every traffic path, a 3 or 4-mover crew sized to the safe and access, proper rigging (straps and pads, not chains), and full cargo and liability insurance under GA HHG #9320.
We bolt-down at the destination if you provide the lag bolts and want it secured.
Pricing depends on safe weight, stair count, and turn geometry. Most local Atlanta gun-safe moves run $400-$900 for the safe itself, separate from any household-goods move on the same day. A 1,400 lb safe coming up basement stairs with a tight 90-degree turn at the top will be on the high end; a 600 lb safe at ground level with a flat path will be on the low end.
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Our crews use battery-powered stair climbers (PowerMate or equivalent) for safes over 600 lbs going up or down stairs. Trying to bear-walk a 1,000 lb Liberty Fatboy down basement stairs without one is how floors get damaged and movers get hurt.
Heavy-duty floor protection on every traffic path, stair edge protection on every step, and door-jamb pads. We don't drag a safe across hardwood floors and we don't gouge stair noses.
Most safes need a 3 or 4-mover crew. We size the crew to the safe weight and the access (stairs, turns, doorway widths) — not whatever crew happened to be available.
Most local Atlanta gun-safe moves run $400-$900 depending on the safe weight, stair count, and turn geometry at origin and destination. We quote after a brief photo or video walk-through that shows the safe and the path it has to travel.
Yes — for any safe over 600 lbs we use a battery-powered stair climber (PowerMate or equivalent) that walks the safe up or down one step at a time. We do not bear-walk heavy safes on stairs; that's how floors get damaged and crew members get hurt.
Most residential safes top out around 1,500 lbs — we handle that range routinely with a 4-mover crew and a powered stair climber. Safes above 1,500 lbs (commercial vault-grade) are quoted as a specialty rigging job; tell us the make and model and we'll size the crew.
Yes, if you provide the lag bolts and have a suitable floor. We'll set the safe on its final position and lag-bolt through the pre-drilled base holes. For concrete floors we recommend you have a 1/2" SDS drill and concrete anchor bolts on site; for wood subfloor we use 1/4" x 3" lag bolts into floor joists.
Yes — every move is covered under our full cargo and liability insurance per GA HHG #9320. Tell us the safe's replacement value when you book so we can confirm coverage limits and recommend additional declared value if appropriate.