What To Ask Your Gun Safe Movers Before Hiring Them

Safety is what responsible gun owners value the most. The importance of a gun safe is immeasurable. Keeping your guns in a safe protects your children and others from accidents, while at the same time, securing your guns from fire and burglary. If you’re planning to move and you are wondering about the steps you should take when it comes to relocating your gun safe, you’ve come to the right place. This article will try to make it easier for you and draw attention to some crucial questions to consider and ask your gun safe movers before hiring them.

Require adequate, reliable, and professional help

Moving the safe by yourself would be a too strenuous and dangerous task that can easily result in injuries, so we sincerely don’t recommend it. Relocating big and bulky items such as gun safes requires complex logistics. Help from experienced professionals is needed and necessary for such an effort. By hiring experts, you’ll have more time to concentrate on other things and organize the rest of your move with ease. However, there are some questions you need to ask your gun safe movers about the process:

1. Ask about laws and regulations for transporting guns. If you are moving to another state with the help of Best Cross Country Movers, you must search for reliable and accurate information. Search thoroughly and ask for clarification on anything you need. Prepare for a lot of paperwork. Ask which documentation you’ll need to provide them with, such as your license.

Ask them about guns: Do you need to do something besides just removing the ammunition and placing it separately in a different box? Having self-defense guns is not a trend but something that provides you with security and protection for your family, so you need to take proper care of them and take everything about them seriously, including their relocation.

2. Ask movers if the transport of your gun safe is completely secure, do they guarantee risk-free transit from point A to point B? Ask about their previous experience in such transport and if they stumbled upon any issues or trouble along the way.

3. Find out if the moving company offers some special protection during transport, in case of any damage or breakage. It’s important to be prepared for every possible scenario. It does not mean you need to worry too much, only be clever about it and be ready for anything in advance.

4. Check if your items are covered by insurance during transit, or if you will need to pay for additional coverage.

5. Get a moving estimate and plan your budget accordingly.

6. Ask whether you will need to prepare the gun safe for transport. We hope you haven’t forgotten to maintain and clean your gun safe on a regular basis. Moving companies usually wrap the safes in blankets and plastic to cushion from bumps during the transit. They inspect for any scratches and marks on the safe beforehand.

7. Anything else that comes in your mind regarding gun safe relocation requires a valid explanation. You don’t want to have any shred of doubt for a task like this, and you certainly want to continue to enjoy your guns safely after the move.

Gun moving policy

Depending on the answers you get, you can plan your future relocation with ease. Check all the company rules and their moving policy. It is possible that a moving company cannot transport the guns themselves but only a gun safe. In that case, the question list remains the same, since everything after the first question is about the safe itself. You’ll need to organize the transport of your firearms separately, which you’ll also need to research thoroughly before making the move.

They’ll have questions too

We went through some of the questions you can ask the movers, but be prepared to answer some as well, when it comes to relocating your gun safe.

• Size and weight of the safe. To get a moving estimate, you will need to know how much the safe weighs. Expert movers have a database of safes, so you’ll probably only need to look up the manufacturer and the product number. It can help them figure out the weight even without putting it on a (huge) scale.

• They will ask if you have any items still in the safe and, if so, to remove all valuables prior to transit. Many people store not only firearms but also other valuables in those safes. Those delicate, expensive, and/or sentimentally valuable items should be carried separately in different packages, to avoid possible damage.

• They will ask you about the layout of your current and new home. It is crucial for your movers to be aware of where the safe is and where it needs to go. Talk to them and plan together. Advise them about any obstacles that might be on your way to the new home.

Safety – priority number one

Safety is something both you and the hired movers will need to take care of, from the first phone call all the way until the gun safe is successfully relocated to your new household.

Hopefully, you will consider all the facts and make use of our list of questions to ask your gun safe movers, so your relocation can be successful and incident-free. We wish you a smooth relocation and a lot of happy moments in your new residence.