How do you sell a big Fort Knox safe?

[Geno44]

I have been asked to sell a beautiful Fort Knox oversize gun safe. It is a double wide and about 6 feet tall. The door is a 1" thick plate on the outside. It's empty weight is approximately 1500 lbs and it cost $3200 in about 1998. It is really in like new condition and is a metallic burgundy and from a smoke free home. It is an S & G locking combination lock. The safe would have to be professionally moved due to its weight. I couldn't find anything this heavy in their current listings. Anybody want to make a guess on what it is worth? It is located approximately 30 miles north of the St Louis Airport. I would love to have it myself but it is too big for our house.

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

I have been asked to sell a beautiful Fort Knox oversize gun safe. It is a double wide and about 6 feet tall. The door is a 1" thick plate on the outside. It's empty weight is approximately 1500 lbs and it cost $3200 in about 1998. It is really in like new condition and is a metallic burgundy and from a smoke free home. It is an S & G locking combination lock. The safe would have to be professionally moved due to its weight. I couldn't find anything this heavy in their current listings. Anybody want to make a guess on what it is worth? It is located approximately 30 miles north of the St Louis Airport. I would love to have it myself but it is too big for our house.

Geno-- more than likely it will have to be a local, even if drive to sale. 1500 isn't all that much. I sort of doubt it will bring 3200, maybe half that. Of course, that is JMHO.

 

[H Richard]

Go to all the St Louis area gun shows with enlarged photo's and good measurements. Also, take pictures to all the area gun stores. Because of the cost of moving, it will have to be priced reasonably. I'm taking a wild guess $1500 ??? That's low enough to be an incentive to get a safe like this. If it would fit in my house I would have been interested, but no way.

 

[bamabiker]

"How do you sell a big Fort Knox safe?"
Offer free delivery.

 

[TOM BECKWITH]

Would estimate about $1500 - $1800 with agreement to move within 50 miles. Basically a first floor (preferably concrete slab) item due to weight. Professional mover about $200 plus mileage. The plus side is that loaded about 2000# and few people can steal it even not bolted down.

 

[rags]

Call a buddy and sell it to him?

 

[J. R. WEEMS]

Call a buddy and sell it to him?

FREE DELIVERY to OHIO??

 

[Rintimtin]

I agree with H Richard and his gun show advise. Also try some lock smiths. The lock smith I used before I moved also sold safes of all sizes and types. And they might even be willing to pick it up. Just an idea. You might have to think out of the big iron box for this sale.

Maybe you will get lucky and some guy who just bought a bunch of ar15 recently and couldnt sell them for a kings ransom will need some place to store all of his panic investment LOL.

 

[bluegrassarms]

Sturdy safe sells a 6x4x2 safe delivered for $3K, so that's your very rough way upper limit.

Is this thing in a basement or a garage? getting it ready to load is a big part of the hassle.

I've used a local towing company to good effect to move large heavy things. They won't physically get it ready for truck load but they'll back up a roll back and winch about anything up onto it and drop it off the same way. I've found them to be pretty reasonable, only charged me $150 to pick up and deliver a large container (6x4x4) from about 25 miles away. Distance is where they start getting expensive.

 

[sipowicz]

With the combination of weight and having to move it, a safe estimate would be about $1700.00

 

[RonJ]

With the combination of weight and having to move it, a safe estimate would be about $1700.00

Pun intended?

 

[don5]

I was at an estate auction last Saturday that had two safes for sale. One was a small Browning safe that held 24 guns. The other safe was a large Liberty 50 gun safe. It was 72 inches tall, 4 feet long and like 1000 pounds. It went from $1000, blew through $1600 in like 3 minutes and ended up selling for $1900. The Browning safe went for $750. I was interested in the Liberty but I lost interest after $1600. I was going to bid but another man beat me to it and it quickly continued up in price until a woman bought it. And yes, her husband was sitting beside her. The retail price of the Liberty was over $4000. I would guess that $1900 would be what you would get out of it. Good luck and I hope you do well with it.

 

[Smitty357]

1500lbs is like taking candy from a baby.

We moved one that weighed 6,000lbs for a credit union awhile back. Granted we only moved it across the room, lol. But it was more of a bank vault that housed individual safety deposit boxes for customers. With the right equipment, anything can be moved.

My opinion, u are better off keeping the safe urself. Pay to have it moved if u plan on moving to a new place. Safes are starting to go up in prices now days. I bought a Browning 12 years ago. About a year or so ago i sold it for the price i paid for it 12 years ago plus more, and i didnt have a problem selling it either. I bought myself a new American Security gun safe and left it at that.

 

[chud333]

Geno,
Just buy it for yourself, dig a hole in your backyard and bury
it door up for a one man tornado shelter or doomsday bunker.

Chuck

 

[mc5aw]

You might want to check out local magicians who incorporate a Houdini Escape trick into their respective acts.

 

[bluegrassarms]

don5 -- safes sell good at the auctions I work (I'm an auctioneer in Ky), in large part b/c farmers either have the equipment on hand to move such things easily or can lay hands on it usually for free. If it's already pulled out of the house (we sell in a gallery you can back right up to the front door) they can have it loaded in a few minutes and gone. My uncle moves his dozer all over the place, what's a safe compared to that thing?

Us dazzling urbanites have more trouble. Don't think my Honda Accord will be able take the load.

Get it to the garage or someplace easy to load and advertise it that way, you'll get a buyer.

 

[blujax01]

Locally there are two ranges and a gun store that sell safes. They all use the same delivery guy who drives up from Cincinnati and makes the rounds once a week. It's just two dudes in a lift gate U-Haul using a couple of furniture dollies and some strategically placed wood ramps.

Contact your LGS for the name of the service they use. I can't see any reason they wouldn't share the name. Or look inside the door on safes that have been installed. The service that delivered mine put a foil sticker with contact info in case I wanted to relocate.

 

[litenlarry]

You might list it on Craigs List under the heading Sporting Goods...

 

[Hack]

Any Pics????

 

[gdnagle]

don5 -- safes sell good at the auctions I work (I'm an auctioneer in Ky), in large part b/c farmers either have the equipment on hand to move such things easily or can lay hands on it usually for free. If it's already pulled out of the house (we sell in a gallery you can back right up to the front door) they can have it loaded in a few minutes and gone. My uncle moves his dozer all over the place, what's a safe compared to that thing?

Us dazzling urbanites have more trouble. Don't think my Honda Accord will be able take the load.

Get it to the garage or someplace easy to load and advertise it that way, you'll get a buyer.

"My uncle moves his dozer all over the place, what's a safe compared to that thing?" A dozer is self propelled and will be moved on a trailer, no man handling there.

That's a big safe gonna be hard for most people to move. probally end up in the garage unless someone has a ground level basement access. As for no one taking it, don't bank on the weight, a tow truck or rollback that can get close to it will take it. Not all that common but has happened, remember if they want it bad enough and know it's there they will try to get it.

Price $2000 sound's reasonable, hardest selling point is the weight and size. 3/4 ton is a lot for harry homeowner to move. Smaller one would probably sell faster in non urban areas. 1500 pounds is overextending a 1/2 ton pickup although I've had that on the ol' Ranger for a short distance, or light trailer so that limits your clientele.