When I consider how to secure things I ask myself , “How would I take this”. I figure if I can keep me from taking it any one who takes it would have to be smarter than me. I figure that eliminates most folks right there. The ones dumber than me but want to try anyway are gonna end up dead.
So I figure it would take me, my truck, and my chainsaw about ten minutes to steal a one ton safe that was secured in any less fashion than I described. Question is, is what is in the safe? It don’t make sense to put a great deal of effort into securing something that just ain’t all that valuable. Fer instance, I could spend two grand on a safe and another five hundred in securing it to store, let’s say, $2,000 worth of silver for SHTF. It makes more sense to me to spend $4,000 on a lathe and mill that weigh considerable and ain’t going anywhere and if the SHTF I can repair firearms . That knowledge and ability can not be stolen, does not have to be baby sat and provides more security than the $5,000 I would have spent on a safe and silver.
Buy a cheaper safe and fill it with things that make a little noise and have weight. Fender washers, a few paperbacks, and rocks. Stash your valuables elsewhere. Let ‘em steal the safe. When they get it, it will have done its job and you will still have your valuables.