Mail Box Destruction

[SARG]

I have started seeing mailboxes mounted on a sawhorse with a sandbag put on the back for stability. Kind of a pain to have to move your box twice everyday ...... but the turds either grow up or get caught at some point.

 

[Ken45101]

Ken its not the vandals they are trying to protect. I had the misfortune of being a passenger in a car that slid on a icy road and hit a mail box that didn't move. Some times innocent people accidentally hit mail boxes.
Bill

Then why don't they prohibit telephone poles from being close to the road?

My saying it was to protect the vandals was partly tongue in cheek.

When they do catch the morons, they ought to throw the book at them, but they don't. I'm tired of the system protecting the juvenile criminals and giving them a pat on the back.

Ken

 

[NewportNic]

As a retired guy who told the construction guys where to plant the poles, I can tell you I always tried to put them at the edge of the road right of way. On the street I live on the poles didn't move but when they rebuilt the street some years back, the road did get much closer to the poles in some of the curves.

Too bad we can't upgrade to floating poles...

It could prevent accidents...

 

[lostcause]

years back i had one blown up with a pipe bomb. apparently they got several random ones that night over a stretch of a couple towns.

i had one of the large metal boxes - blew the back off & about 50 feet up the driveway. the u-shaped top/sides blew all the rivets out at the base and folded the ends up to they were almost touching each other. the bottom wrapped itself down around the post cap, and i never found the front door.

 

[Mace Canute]

years back i had one blown up with a pipe bomb. apparently they got several random ones that night over a stretch of a couple towns.

Too bad one of their pipe bombs didn't go off inside their vehicle.

 

[Rogator]

Try this. Buy the cheapest mail box you can get. For the weekend put three or four balloons with paint in them. Bet if they get some nice orange and yellow and purple paint on daddys pick up once they'll leave your mailbox alone.
P.S. Oil base not water base paint.

 

[steveoutdoorrec]

When my wife and I delivered the local Pennysaver there was one house where the mail box must have been hit one time to many. The owner built an outer box of steel that was 3" larger then the mail box. The space was filled with concrete and was welded onto a 6" diameter pole that I assumed was also filled with concrete. That box was going nowhere.

My own was filled with a dead squirrel, a lit road flare and the whole board with mine and my neighbor's mail boxes ripped out and left by the road a mile away. The dumb *** that did the first two was out to get my son but too stupid to not brag about it in school within ear shot of his sister.

 

[MikeD74T]

What you need is a trained guard skunk.

Somebody thought of that Odorant and marker capsule for deterring mailbox vandalism - Patent 7014098, just be sure to warn the mail carrier!! MikeD74T

 

[2manyrocks]

Good idea! We will all send them to you for training! :laughing:

I'll be happy to fill your order. How many would you like?

 

[Contagious]

Also, anyone looked at the Fort Knox Mailbox - The Leader in High Security Mailboxes! mailboxes? Stout and postmaster approved[/QUOTE]

I got a Fort Knox Mailbox almost 10 years ago. Haven't had a problem since! Don't have to worry about some drug thief stealing my mail either.... That is what scared me more. Anyway....thumbsup:

 

[crazyal]

I wish I had that problem. For me it's cars hitting them. Three in four years. It's not like I can just put up an extra strong box on a large cement filled poll. Insurance companies are terrible when it comes to paying to replace them. I think of the three I've only gotten one "good news a check is in the mail" phone call, didn't see the check but as of three weeks ago it was on it's way.

 

[D33r3 6r33N]

After replacing mine a couple of times from the snow plow and a cars running off of the road. I upgraded from the plastic and the cheap metal to a "heavy duty" mailbox. They sell them at Lowe's for $70 I think.

I had a big grin on my face when I went down to get the mail on day and notice a "splash" of green pant on the side of the mailbox. It had a little dent on the side, not much to complain about. But I can just imagine that kid hanging out of the rear window, aluminum ball bat in hand.

GONG!! I'll bet that was the end of his turn!!

 

[aczlan]

My parents have a neighbor who has a interesting mailbox. It starts with a chunk of telephone pole sunk into the ground, mounted to that is a piece of 2" pipe which is in an "L" shape. the short side mounts to the post in such a way that it can swing freely and there is a brace at a 45 degree angle from the short side to the long one.
Then there is another piece of pipe that goes down to the mailbox. I think it is L shaped and connected so that it can swivel from side to side. and the mailbox mounts to that.
When all is said and done, it will swivel out of the way of plows, bats, etc but comes right back into place.

Aaron Z

 

[aczlan]

The same neighbor also took a florescent green golf ball, put a threaded eye through it, hooked a chain to that and mounted the chain to the door of the mail box with a long bolt so that there is a piece of bolt sticking out. Then when they get the mail (or put mail in the box), they set the eye over the bolt. When the mail lady opens the door, the ball falls down, hangs from the chain and can be seen from the house (letting them know that the mail has been picked up/dropped off).

Aaron Z

 

[mjncad]

Aaron:

How about taking some photos of this mailbox the next time you visit your parents?

 

[aczlan]

Aaron:
How about taking some photos of this mailbox the next time you visit your parents?

I will try to do so. It is an impressive mailbox.

Aaron Z

 

[thatguy]

After replacing mine a couple of times from the snow plow and a cars running off of the road. I upgraded from the plastic and the cheap metal to a "heavy duty" mailbox. They sell them at Lowe's for $70 I think.

I had a big grin on my face when I went down to get the mail on day and notice a "splash" of green pant on the side of the mailbox. It had a little dent on the side, not much to complain about. But I can just imagine that kid hanging out of the rear window, aluminum ball bat in hand.

GONG!! I'll bet that was the end of his turn!!

We had our mailbox hit twice in a week, just last week..

Dont put too much trust in the 'heavy duty' mailbox.. I bought the same one "20lb of steel", someone took a 10lb rock and crush it right in the middle.. And due to its construction I could not push the dent back out.. Also when they hit the mailbox it broke the post ($40) because the box did not give.. the box was less than 2mths old :-(

I ended up going with a $7 plastic mailbox now, much cheaper to replace.. and also it will give so the post doesnt break..

Brian

 

[Contagious]

We had our mailbox hit twice in a week, just last week..

Dont put too much trust in the 'heavy duty' mailbox.. I bought the same one "20lb of steel", someone took a 10lb rock and crush it right in the middle.. And due to its construction I could not push the dent back out.. Also when they hit the mailbox it broke the post ($40) because the box did not give.. the box was less than 2mths old :-(


I'm telling you that you should check out the Fort Knox Mailboxes. They aren't 20LBS of steel, Mine is almost 100 LBS of 1/4" steel. I've read stories on the Fort Knox Mailbox website that talk about cars being totaled, and even one semi truck with 5k worth of damage and the mailbox ending up with scratches only. Sure, throw a bat at it, or even hmmmm... a CAR! I'm glad I made the investment...

"20 Lb mailbox = false security"

There, I did my good deed for the day.....

 

[955er]

PO boxes are cheap...

 

[MarkV]

We had our mailbox hit twice in a week, just last week..

Dont put too much trust in the 'heavy duty' mailbox.. I bought the same one "20lb of steel", someone took a 10lb rock and crush it right in the middle.. And due to its construction I could not push the dent back out.. Also when they hit the mailbox it broke the post ($40) because the box did not give.. the box was less than 2mths old :-(


I'm telling you that you should check out the Fort Knox Mailboxes. They aren't 20LBS of steel, Mine is almost 100 LBS of 1/4" steel. I've read stories on the Fort Knox Mailbox website that talk about cars being totaled, and even one semi truck with 5k worth of damage and the mailbox ending up with scratches only. Sure, throw a bat at it, or even hmmmm... a CAR! I'm glad I made the investment...

"20 Lb mailbox = false security"

There, I did my good deed for the day.....

They sure look good.....On the other hand for the price of their cheapest I can buy 41 of the local cheap ones. That will take care of me for a long time.

MarkV