Mail box

[lilranch2001]

Actually, it is not public property, at least not in Indiana
We own (and pay taxes) to the center of the road here

 

[Gary Fowler]

Actually, it is not public property, at least not in Indiana
We own (and pay taxes) to the center of the road here

That may be true, but the local, state and Federal government governs use of that property. More of our Big Brother mentality and unfair taxation. Crooked politicians can legally take your land under "right of imminent domain" and if you refuse the $ offer they can then seize it for nothing. MORE unfair practice by the elected officials, but nothing we can do. They take a law written to protect the public and then use it to make themselves rich. Ever see a poor congressman? NOT if he has been in office for more than one term!!

 

[ultrarunner]

Looked around at mailboxes yesterday when I was out and about...

Saw some interesting ones.

A large 6' ship anchor

Crankshaft from an old CAT Dozer

Huge chain links welded end to end

Lots of masonry encased boxes.

One was very humerus... it had a standard mailbox at standard height and another about 8' feet higher that said Air Mail

 

[radioman]

my mailbox has been hit twice. I set my current one in 8x8 post 4 ft in ground with a indestructible mailbox from tractor supply that is very thick metal and havent had a issue since. The the only usps rules they have is : The curbside mailbox post should be positioned 6-8 inches from the curb and approximately 42-46 inches high measured from the lawn to the top of the installed curbside mailbox, not the top of the post. If the post has a vertical arm, the arm should not extend any closer than 6 inches from the curb.
I have seen pamphlets where they say you need to be careful and cannot use immovable objects like bricks, stone, etc but over the years I have seen so many unique ways of mounting mailboxes that could cause serious harm to driver/vehicle and it doesnt seem to be regulated how its done.
All I know is that hitting the mailbox intentionally to cause damage is a federal crime punishable up to a quarter million bucks plus other fines in your town/city they may impose.

So - to each their own.

 

[paulharvey]

When you do any construction on pretty much any rural road, you have to move all the mail boxes back at the beginning of the project to get them out of the way. We where always required to play them back at 4 ft from the new edge of pavement when finished. We would not put any of them back if mounted on 8" iron pipe, rail road rail, rail cross ties, or anything else obviously dangerous. We would have to provide a plain 4x4 post type and inform the owner. What they did after the fact we never followed up on.

Any work performed in the county RoW was suppose to have a Right of Way use permit; but even when I got put on permit duty (instead of road construction inspection) I would never go looking for un-permitted work, unless it was reported by a neighbor. We where, as a county, often used as a weapon in neighbor vs neighbor arguements.