Gun safes and floor safes don't come loose with a dolly and good intentions — Jamal's crew brings the straps and the plan first.
Desiree can often quote it from your description alone.
Safes are dense, awkwardly balanced, and unforgiving of a bad angle on a staircase. Fast Affordable College Student Movers moves home and gun safes throughout New Orleans using proper rigging — stair-climbing dollies, ramps, and rated straps — instead of trying to muscle several hundred pounds of steel through a hallway by hand.
A safe move starts with an assessment of the path: stairs, doorway clearance, and flooring at both the pickup and delivery point, since some floors need protection under that much concentrated weight. We handle the rigging, transport, and placement, and we’ll talk through where the safe should land in the new home before we ever lift it, since moving it a second time after placement is exactly what nobody wants.
This service comes up most for homeowners relocating within Metairie, Gretna, or elsewhere in the metro, and for households pairing a safe move with a larger residential move. It’s not a common ask from students in a dorm room, but it’s a routine part of full-household relocations, especially when a safe is heading along on a long-distance move.
Weight class, stairs, and distance from the truck to final placement are the main cost drivers. A floor safe in a ground-level Chalmette home is a very different job than a large gun safe coming down from a second-floor bedroom, so give Desiree the approximate weight and the path involved so the quote reflects the actual crew and equipment needed.
Jamal Broussard handles rigging on safes the same way he handles pianos — methodically, with the path measured out before anything moves. Seven years of long-distance runs and heavy-item rigging means he’s dealt with plenty of safes that looked straightforward until the doorway measurement came up an inch short, and he plans for that ahead of time.
Safe moves don’t follow the student calendar, but they do get bundled most often into residential and long-distance bookings, which means scheduling around the heaviest August and May demand still helps secure your preferred date and crew. Request a quote and mention the safe’s approximate weight up front so Jamal can plan the rigging in advance.
You won't see these listed as extras on the invoice — they're just part of how a New Orleans job gets done.
I just wanted to say thank you very much for sending the three movers. They worked very hard and did a great job. I truly appreciate their effort and professionalism. Lillian Sayne.
Great crew. Attention to detail. Respectful at every step. Jim Rhoades was especially professional!
Fox moving was wonderful! The staff (Admin and movers) were polite, careful with belongings, and easy to communicate with. We will be using them for any future moves!!! Go Fox!
Same New Orleans crew handles all of these across Greater New Orleans, not a separate subcontractor per service.
Katie's crew has hauled enough futons up Freret Street stairwells to size a truck from the address alone.
Jamal runs the same truck all the way home to Houston or Atlanta — nobody hands your boxes to a stranger halfway.
A shotgun house off Magazine and a Metairie split-level get the same careful crew, different equipment.
We know which Freret and Broadmoor complexes need a certificate of insurance before the elevator opens up.
Nobody has time to box a whole kitchen during finals — give Desiree a date and it's done before the truck even backs in.
An upright and a baby grand don't move the same way, so Jamal wants to know which one you own before he'll put a number on the stairs.
Two addresses is enough for our New Orleans office to send back a written flat rate, usually the same business day.