Removing lock on a locked-open safe

Ignoramus2175 · 2016-09-30T04:42:21+00:00

A company is paying me $1,400 to remove three safes. Combinations are not available. Two of them are locked closed, they already attemped to open them and failed, but they are easy to remove with a forklift so no problem here. I will open them in my yard one way or another with torches and abrasive saws, and so on. Nothing interesting. The third one is locked OPEN, no combination available, but it has to come out of a narrow door. Therefore, it needs to get its doors closed. I thought that I could simply remove the lock from behind the open door, using regular hand tools, after which the door handle will operate freely and I could open and close the door at will. This third safe is very beautiful in appearance and function and I would hate to damage it. The lock appears to be a typical old high end safe lock. Is that a correct assumption that I can remove the lock and operate a door? thanks