[DavidI]

I bought a SPORTS AFIELD safe from Costco for about $1,000. It has a fire rating and is very secure. Nothing stops the pro, but in my experience that is very rare and is usually an inside job. The safe is very very heavy, but it can be easily moved. To move it into place, I bought about 20 golfs balls, tilted the safe a little, and put some golfs balls under it. It took me a little while, but I was able to get all the golfs balls under the safe and it rolled like it was on ice. I just had to remain vigilant about keeping the golf balls under it as it rolled across the tile. My goal was to put it into a closet that was slightly too small for it to be removed from. I tore down one of the closet walls so I could move the safe in place.

I anchored steel bolts into my slab (this is a must-do!) glided it into place and now had to figure out how to get the balls out. I put the safe on a floor jack and went to a local ice company and bought for large blocks. I then wheeled the safe in place over the anchored bolts and lowered it onto the blocks to remove my jack. I waited for the ice blocks to melt and guided it onto the bolts and secured it to the floor. I rebuilt my closet wall and ensured everything is good-to-to.

Some of this, like moving the safe with golf balls, I learned from criminals. A retired friend had an unanchored safe in his garage. It was very very heavy and he thought it was safe. Inside the safe he had his guns and paperwork. Guess how they moved the safe...golf balls! One item of that paperwork was a list of all of the cops he worked with and our home addresses. He kept it so he could send out Christmas cards. About 3 weeks after the theft, a local cop conducted a traffic stop on a gangster and he had our list! We were pissed at the retired guy, but I understood that he truly believed it was safe.

Live and learn.