Mailbox Security The Homemade Way

[two_bit_score]

One of my friends put their mailbox on a station wagon spring it worked great. It seems one his neighbors kept on running over his mailbox. Well his neighbor not being too smart had to try it one more time. The spring worked as he figured it would. The spring folded over as he hit it. Took out his oil pan exhaust and a few other essential parts. The car came to rest about 150 ft past the mailbox. No injury to the driver just the car.
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Would love to see a picture of that! :thumbsup:

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[mjncad]

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[jimgerken]

Our County sent out a letter to several hundred rural omeowners this last summer. The letter told us the mailbox/support rules and explained that if we had received the letter we had mailboxes or supports that are not compliant. The letter went on to specify a date by which we must become compliant or risk having the county replace our mailbox/support with the proper hardware, a service for which they can legally charge us. Included in the envelope was a copy of the State laws pertaining to mailbox support design and construction, and another section verifying that they could indeed charge us. However, the law states that the maximum charge is $75. So, it looks as if they would replace the support and box for $75, which I thought was a good deal. Additionally, the letter stated that if the County-installed regulation mailbox support was ever damaged by maintenance vehicles (snow removal), it would be repaired or replaced at no charge. So I decided to do nothing, and wait till the deadline date and let them put in a new support and bill me the $75.
A couple months went by and another letter came, retracting the previous information. I now vaguely understand that after some people challenged the first letter, the County attorney determined that the County did not have the legal right to enforce a State law (or something to that effect). So, at this point, barring any new County-level laws, they have another unenforceable situation.

 

[bearcreek paul]

No it was a coil spring from a old station wagon. I'll have to check with my friend to see if he still has a picture of it.
Every year I would replace my mailbox because the snow plows would knock it down. Penn Dots attitude was sucks to be you. They would not replace it. Since I put up the 6x6 it still gets snow pushed up to the box but the post and box are still in one piece.

 

[JoeBuyer]

No it was a coil spring from a old station wagon. I'll have to check with my friend to see if he still has a picture of it.
Every year I would replace my mailbox because the snow plows would knock it down. Penn Dots attitude was sucks to be you. They would not replace it. Since I put up the 6x6 it still gets snow pushed up to the box but the post and box are still in one piece.

I used the butt end of a telephone pole many years ago as a base. However, mine is at the end of a road so no one ever hits it at speed. But they side swipe it a lot turning around and scrape the side of their vehicle. They used to knock the mailbox over every few months but not since the telephone pole base went in. Last year a county snow plow truck went over it and damaged the truck pretty bad. I had to reset it and replace the mailbox on top. The post looked to be good for a long time yet. The county must not have a code on them since they themselves apologized for running it over and helped me put it back up.