Empire Safe!!!

Hey, what's up fellow scrappers?! Just picked up an Empire safe from a travelling agency going out of business.
Ironically, the scrap yards don't take whole safes, though I have the combination. So what I'm wondering, since it's over 1,000
lbs, is this: what is the most affordable cutting tool I could use to break it down? It's a great safe but TOO heavy to be lugging around
looking for buyers. I have it on Craigslist already and recieved a few hits already, but nothing serious.

they wont take them because most of them are not solid steel. The have concrete or fire proof stuff in them.

Yeah, Matt is right, most of the ones I've had were double walled with fireproof concrete or even worse, asbestos. You're on the right track selling on craigslist even if you have to go below scrap steel price.

Selling it as is would be the best route. If you can sit on it until you find a buyer, it would be worth it. Talking about it at the coffee shop, church, every where you go would be advisable. If all else fails, find a non-profit looking to hold a raffle. Donate it and take full tax credit. Safe's are built to resist cutting, therefore research about that model is essential. If it does not have asbestos you could punch cut the steel with a torch. Cut off the outer shell, bust concrete, cut inner shell. Once you heat the concrete it will break apart easier. Be careful because heating concrete will create a sand blaster effect. That is why you punch cut the steel before cutting it.

Originally Posted by Face1

Hey, what's up fellow scrappers?! Just picked up an Empire safe from a travelling agency going out of business.
Ironically, the scrap yards don't take whole safes, though I have the combination. So what I'm wondering, since it's over 1,000
lbs, is this: what is the most affordable cutting tool I could use to break it down? It's a great safe but TOO heavy to be lugging around
looking for buyers. I have it on Craigslist already and recieved a few hits already, but nothing serious.

If you didn't pay for it(I hope you didn't) and you can't sell it put it out by the street with a free sign on it. I'm sure some scrapper will come by and take it.