Just bought a Liberty Lincoln 50 gun safe from a friend.  I need it moved from his house in Fairfax to mine in Leesburg.  I got a quote from Baldinos for $900 which seems a bit.....expensive.  I know Steves Services is capable but he is impossible to reach (3 VM's and multiple emails over the last few weeks).    I also checked with Dave The Mover and he declined because of the weight (~1200lbs).  Anyone else in the area I can price check this against that folks have used in the past?  

Thanks!

Holy cow - that bid is STEEP. My understanding is that Steve's was sold to Baldino's a couple years ago, so you may not have many options. If Baldinos has no competition in that market (1200 pounds!) it isn't surprising their prices are crazy.

-shooter

Give Thompson Safe up in Frederick a call:


7313 Grove Rd
Suite M
Frederick, MD 21704

Phone: 301-631-1500

I purchased my safe from them and delivery was reasonable and no issues.

Rent some Piano dollies, I moved a 800 lb safe by myself.

Steve's Services was NOT sold to baldino's. Baldino's bought out virginia safe and lock, which was in springfield, va. I would keep trying Steve. He is where I am buying my next safe from, after he spent hours on the phone with me telling me about the safe business.

Just bought a Liberty Lincoln 50 guy safe from a friend.

50 guys? WOW! Now that is a big safe.

I see what you did there.  Maybe it's one of those clown car safes.

From my experience you tend to fill them up.  Always buy bigger than you need.  
Ask me how I know.  

You fill yours with GUYS, like the OP?

Only dead ones.  

What, they drove a Mercedes?

Nah..  Only Ford Pintos.  

Good to hear, I always reccomend Steve, but was afraid he was out of the business.  He does tend to be hard to reach on the phone.  My next-door neighbor tried to get him to come move a safe (after I gave him the number), and it took weeks to get a return call.  I don't know if he just isn't interested in that kind of work on its own, but a straight "no, thanks" would be better than leaving a lot of messages.

I think he's just straight busy. Everytime I talk to him he's on the move.

I don't think "Steve's Services" as a business was sold to Baldino's. I believe he moves and installs a lot of safes Baldino's sell. I know Steve quite well and he is still out there selling and installing safes. He is just impossible to get a hold of.

I'm glad business is doing well for him.  That may not always be the case and not returning (many) phone calls and emails etc etc may not be a good long term business strategy.  When you tell someone "Ok, I'll call you back tomorrow.", you should do just that.  shrug.  No worries though, as he isn't the only game in town.

I had Baldinos quote me for an AMSEC BF6636 - a roughly ~$4000 safe.  They came back with pricing of $6600.  I guess they don't like to sell gun safes?

I Googled it and found a place selling it for $3700 w/free shipping.  I heard that Baldinos was pricey, but that is insane.

No kidding.  And that was before they jacked you up for an additional $500+ to deliver the safe.

So to close this out for anyone thinking of using Baldino's in the future.

They arrive in a big truck labeled "Baldinos - GUN SAFE DELIVERY"

If you have anything other than a straight forward - 'deliver to garage' type delivery, expect some amount of drama.  In my case, the intended location, route, doorway, steps and associated measurements were all communicated, at length (over a 20 minute conversation), with the delivery manager but never communicated to the delivery team.  Speaking of the delivery team - the 3 guys who came out did a great job, however, due to the "perceived difficulty of the install" the 'team' was suppose to be 4 guys and the delivery manager I previously spoke with on the telephone.

When the team arrived, straight away they weren't prepared to deliver the safe down a flight of steps (nothing was noted on the paperwork).  Second, they have never delivered a safe "this big" down a flight of stairs (Lincoln 50).  Back on the phone with the delivery manager (who was suppose to be present) and she coached up her team to come up with a plan to get it down.

The end plan was to use a machine they employ to move safes across yards and have it climb down my wood steps.  It's a pretty rough and tough machine and I figured it may do some damage to the steps (which I didn't care about), but it got the job done without much drama.  The safe itself fared well coming down the steps but did not emerge unscathed.  In hindsight, I think they should of but a moving blanket (or two) around the safe which would of avoided the scratches.

That all being said, it was installed where I wanted it, and no one got hurt in the process.  From talking to the delivery guys, they are largely expected to 'muscle through' tough delivery's and are not provided the tools needed to more easily (and safely) handle difficult situations or heavier safes.

When Thompson safe of frederick delivery my safe.  They used a crawler.  They muscled the safe as close as they can to my stairs using dolley and boards on the grass.  They then wrapped the safe in blanket and strapped the safe to the crawler.  The crawler is a machine that has rubber tank tracks.  they plugged the crawler to electricity and essentially guide the safe down the stairs and all the way into the basement where I wanted.

I was impressed with the crawler nonetheless.