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    Well the door shut on it and that changed the whole re key and tumbler pass code redoing price .
    with door open I was offered $50 . Fortunately I know a yard that pays a bit less but there not as picky . They ask no questions & I offer no info.... so i did get $70 . To tell you the truth I was wondering how I was even able to push it out of Van - First try - no budging then I use the hidden strength of the brain telling the body what needs to be done & it moved with no effort at that point ,The subconscious part of the mind can move a mountainside.
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    To those who wonder how i did get a 700 lb safe into my mini van by my self I'll tell you,
    I used a 2 ton jack and by means of the brain telling the body what needs to be done I moved it on to the jack and pumped it to max hight as it stayed on the jack head balanced . I then had to take out almost all the air from the back tires to lower the bumper ( that did it ) from there I just flipped it on in and watched the truck go lower 700 lb in a condensed 20 inch square cube.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    Well the door shut on it and that changed the whole re key and tumbler pass code redoing price .
    with door open I was offered $50 . Fortunately I know a yard that pays a bit less but there not as picky . They ask no questions & I offer no info.... so i did get $70 . To tell you the truth I was wondering how I was even able to push it out of Van - First try no budging then I use the hidden strength of the brain telling the body what needs to be done & it moved with no effort at that point ,The subconscious part of the mind can move a mountainside.
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    To those who wonder how i did get a 700 lb safe into my mini van by my self I'll tell you,
    I used a 2 ton jack and by means of the brain telling the body what needs to be done I wove it on to the jack and pumped it to max hight as it stayed on the jack head balanced . I then had to take out almost all the air from the back tires to lower the bumper ( that did it ) from there I just flipped it on in and watched the truck go lower 700 lb in a condensed 20 inch square cube.
    Then you sit back and wish you had a forklift or a skid-steer....

    Lol wish I saw you trying to load that one up...sounds like it was a fun!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Copper Head View Post
    Well the door shut on it and that changed the whole re key and tumbler pass code redoing price .
    with door open I was offered $50 . Fortunately I know a yard that pays a bit less but there not as picky . They ask no questions & I offer no info.... so i did get $70 . To tell you the truth I was wondering how I was even able to push it out of Van - First try no budging then I use the hidden strength of the brain telling the body what needs to be done & it moved with no effort at that point ,The subconscious part of the mind can move a mountainside.
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    To those who wonder how i did get a 700 lb safe into my mini van by my self I'll tell you,
    I used a 2 ton jack and by means of the brain telling the body what needs to be done I wove it on to the jack and pumped it to max hight as it stayed on the jack head balanced . I then had to take out almost all the air from the back tires to lower the bumper ( that did it ) from there I just flipped it on in and watched the truck go lower 700 lb in a condensed 20 inch square cube.
    Try loading a 5500 lb metal lathe onto a car trailer by yourself, with nothing more than three short pieces of pipe, a pile of wood blocking and a jack-all.

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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavus View Post
    Try loading a 5500 lb metal lathe onto a car trailer by yourself, with nothing more than three short pieces of pipe, a pile of wood blocking and a jack-all.
    Gus, you built any pyramids lately? ;-)
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    Quote Originally Posted by gustavus View Post
    Try loading a 5500 lb metal lathe onto a car trailer by yourself, with nothing more than three short pieces of pipe, a pile of wood blocking and a jack-all.
    I could envision rolling useing the pipes . I bet a person could loose a hand if not careful
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    I would have HAD to cut it open just to be sure it was empty

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    Definitely. Just got a BIG BOY safe myself; over 1,000 lbs and how we loaded it into an e250 cargo van was by loading it onto a industrial hand truck, leaning it into the cargo area and tilted the hand truck back and sliding the safe up the hand truck rails and in!!!

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