Someone that lives near me is selling a used Gardall safe and I was wondering if anyone on the board knew if these are good quality safes. The pictures front he owner are below. It measures approximately 61"x22"x14" HxWxD. I went to the company website and they seem like good American made safes but since I know nothing about safes I figured I would see what the knowledgeable people on this board had to say.

They're better than nothing. Their quality is "residential".

Gardall is a good company and I always liked their depository safes. As for their gun safes, they're definitely not on the high end.

 

You need to first do some research, see what features, protection and warranty attributes you would like to get in your budget range and see if this particular safe satisfies your needs.

 

 

I agree with nikos for the most part, there protection level of gun safes is not top end and the weight is on the low end for the size. Their smaller house/office safes and commercial safes are very good though.

depends on the price...

I would of thought an American made safe would be pretty good. The price is very reasonable and I can fit it into a small closet being that the safe is 22" wide. According to the owner this safe weighs about 400 lb which I would assume is a good amount of steel in the construction.

You could do worse..what is the asking price??

I offered $500 for it.

Well I picked up the safe this afternoon and god dam it's heavy. Must be more than 400 lb I just need to figure out how to get it upstairs.

That's a simple *keep the kids away from guns* safe... Not very protective from the pictures. If not bolted down that's a cake walk for intruders to pick up and walk away with bud.

Mike

www.steelwatersafes.com the best imho!

LOVE our gardall safe.

That's a simple *keep the kids away from guns* safe... Not very protective from the pictures. If not bolted down that's a cake walk for intruders to pick up and walk away with bud.

Mike

 

There is no way two guys (or 3 for that matter) can just pick this thing up and walk a way with it. Its over 400 lb. I might need myself and three others to get it into my upstairs guest room.

400 lbs is childs play. A few PVC pipes and some forearm forklifts...

 

Regardless of the weight of the safe I recommend that you screw it down.

400 lbs is childs play. A few PVC pipes and some forearm forklifts...

 

Regardless of the weight of the safe I recommend that you screw it down.

 

+1 I agree.

I will definitely bolt it down. I am going to try to find some forearm forklifts (perhaps from UHAUL), that would be a great idea to get it up the stairs is stead of using a hand-truck.

regarding getting it upstairs - someone previously mentioned laying plywood on the stairs, laying the safe on its side/back and just dragging it up the stairs - way easy imo.