Kids in CT would takes dad's plow truck out during the winter and would break off most of the mail box posts on one side of the street. I replaced post and added a 9 foot lolly column ( steel tube filled with concrete) on either side of the post with 4 feet buried in the frozen ground. Amazing how the kids managed to always miss my mail box after that.
Years ago in high school, I took my grandfather's plow truck to an evening class. I always kept it angled while driving down the road to limit how far out it stuck past the width of the truck.
I see the shoe is now on the other foot. An interesting trip down memory laneYears ago in high school, I took my grandfather's plow truck to an evening class. I always kept it angled while driving down the road to limit how far out it stuck past the width of the truck.
I had a tractor trailer pass me and it blew me over a touch. As I corrected I saw something flicker on the right side of the truck
Looked out the mirrors but didn't see anything odd
The next morning, o dark 30, the phone rings. It's grandpa asking if I knew where the blew paper box came from that was in the bed of his pickup.
When asked, I told him I had know idea, and someone probably tossed it in the back of the truck while I was in class.
Later that day, driving through the area where I had gotten tossed by the tractor trailer, i realized I had clipped someone's paper box with the snow plow.
It was about 10 years later when I finally told my dad where the blue news paper box came from
@ning, I understand the skepticism, and I waffled a bit before buying one, but I can attest these are a whole different ballgame. The Ft. Knox mailboxes are incredibly strong. 1/4" thick steel, welded. That's like a 12" channel with end plates. The one pictured weighs 98lbs. I do not know if you could drive an excavator onto one, but perhaps so. I would bet that you could certainly lower one on to one of their mailboxes.
We have the basic rural route plastic mailbox as seen below. It came with the property.