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Remove Temptation
Reference: Kruysman, CML, B. (n.d.). Safe & Vault Technology, (March/April 2021). Bryan Kruysman, CML, shows three creative ways to hide safes. One of the many things I look at when helping customers choose a location for their safes is visibility. If the bad guys don’t know you have a safe, they won’t be tempted to…
Fire the Winchester
A Winchester ruined in a fire needed to be opened efficiently and quickly. By Bryan Kruysman, CML Some smells in our trade are worse than others. When you get a call for a safe opening after a fire, it will be bad. I am in central Florida, so it’s hot and humid, and that tends…
Installing a Base for an AMSEC Safe
Article reproduced from Safe & Vault Technology Magazine, September/ October 2020 Issue Elevating a base makes life easier for customers. Here’s how to do it. I look at the Victorian pedestal safes of 150 years ago like the first generation of stand safes or safes with bases. The pedestal safes are quite beautiful and easy to use,…
Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Altitude
Article reproduced from Safe & Vault Technology Magazine, November / December 2021 Issue Bryan Kruysman, CML, IFDI, demonstrates how he moves safes. Getting a one-ton safe up to a 2′ platform is not too hard if you’re outside with a forklift. But if you are doing it in a closet under some stairs, it can…
Vault Door Removal
The owner of this gaming room wanted to use the old vault as a normal space but asked us if we could help him set up the door as a novelty. This business is a game business with an escape room. It was super important that this vault door be secured to the wall so…
A Love Story
Love abounds in the opening of a beautiful Herrings & Farrel antique safe. By Bryan Kruysman, CML This article was originally published in the November / December 2019 issue of Safe & Vault Technology. The order of the images was changed to improve the presentation. Once upon a time (about 15 years ago), there was…
3 Large Safes Picked Up In One Load
This is just a small clip I took of us transporting 3 of the biggest gun safes on the market in one load. We were able to safely get all 3 on the safe and transport them to their final location without fear of scratching or damaging the safes. If you have safes large or…
Safe install done safely!
This safe was delivered to our shop to be installed at a customers house. It was ordered from Amsec by the customer and shipped to us because we are an authorized dealer and we are well known for moving safes without damage to the safe or to someones property. We load it onto our trailer…
Safes Painted Upon Request
This safe was taken out of a Pawn shop and had to be drilled open and then repaired before it could be painted. Originally fitted with a mechanical lock, this Mosler safe was customized and is now fitted with a nice electronic lock. After I painted it I put a speckle finish similar to what…
Safe Shipment to Minnesota
This is a 700 pound safe that we shipped across the country to Minnesota. I put straps on to prevent movement inside the box as you can see in the first picture it ships on a pallet with pieces of wood screwed on all sides of it to ensure the the safe doesn’t move while…
Video of Safe Autodialer
Below is a video of our autodialer, it will open a dial combo lock in approximately 30 hours by dialing ever other combo taking advantage of the slop in a standard safe lock.
Very Difficult Safe Installation Goes Well
Suncoast Safe and Lock Service recently delivered a large French safe to a photographer. Challenge Number 1 The driveway had a very steep incline. We tried to muscle it up the driveway but it was all we could do to get it one third of the way up. We wound up using the van to…
New Trailer
We have purchased a safe moving trailer. It is larger than our old one, we can now fit 2 or 3 safes at a time on board. It can carry 12,000 pounds, twice what the old one could. The winch on board is strong enough to pull back down the crack of dawn. All this…
New Gun Safe Installation
This install was challenging because we would normally use a stair climber to move a safe this large up stairs but this safe is round in the back and would no allow an easy attachment of the climber. So we decided to use a forklift but that did not get us all the way in…
4 Safes, 4 Guys, 12 Hours
Recently we were hired to move four safes from the third floor of a building in downtown Sarasota to a new location in Sarasota. The safes weighed from 6000 pounds to 3000 pounds each. So the morning of we got there early and prepared the safe for transport. The Elevator was rated for 2200 pounds…
Antique Victor Safe (restored)
This safe was made before my great grandfather…… It has been restored with autobody paint, and an arts major at Ringling high school restored the mural and other art work on the safe. Even being about 150 years old, this safe still works like a charm and would be perfect for a collector of antique…
Safe Move and Custom Installation
This job was to move two John Tann safes from St. Petersburg, FL to Sarasota, FL by way of the Skyway bridge. The safes shown are 5500 pounds each.