nybirdman
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Decided to replace my 30+ year old mail-box;left the post as is.I have a couple neighbors with JD boxes(and they don't own anything),this ought to "torque em".
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Yep, you'll get their attention for sure!!!! 
Not sure your mail person will like the chains as much though. I'm assuming you have lots of snow so want the box to be able to swing a little when the plow zooms by??
Not sure your mail person will like the chains as much though. I'm assuming you have lots of snow so want the box to be able to swing a little when the plow zooms by??
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Yep,lots of snow and snow plows;that's what beat up the last one.Never had a complaint from our mail person.Yep, you'll get their attention for sure!!!!
Not sure your mail person will like the chains as much though. I'm assuming you have lots of snow so want the box to be able to swing a little when the plow zooms by??
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I live on a State Hiway. They used to knock my box down a couple times a Winter. Several years ago I replaced the wooden pole and box holder with an 8" heavy wall pipe filled with concrete and a steel double angle iron arm for the box to set on. Strangely they drive around it now.
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Very nice... perhaps one more chain anchor point, back-bottom, to reduce the swing for the postie delivering?
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Not snow plows but cars. When I was a kid in Ohio (circa 1960), we lived on (then) a very rural road, near Centerville. We lived at the end of a long straight road, but had about a 45* turn at the end. We lived about 100yds beyond the turn.
Folks not familiar with the area would take their Sunday drives and of course a 2 mile straight road invites speed. The would almost always run off the road on one side and overcorrect to the other side, and when the did that they would take out our mail box.
Initially it was wooden post with the mailbox on top. Every time they hit it, my dad would file a claim with their insurance, which usually paid about $50. He then went bout cementing in a new post and mailbox. That is till he wised up, and cemented in a bottom metal post, with a top post that merely slipped over the bottom, like fence rails. Then when they hit it, which still happened way too often, all he had to do was get a new mail box, and that same piece of pipe. New cost was about $10, so he made $40 every time.
The only one he never filed a claim on was a guy and his 10yr old daughter in a little sports car. They wiped out our mail box and then went through the neighbors wood fence. They daughter was thrown to the floor (no seatbelts then) and one of the 2x6 fence planks drove itself through the grill of the car, through the radiator, and firewall and was protruding about a ft through the back of the daughters seatback. She was pinned to the floor because the board was literally touching her spine.
The dad was freaking out until my dad, me and our neighbor freed her from the car. That's the only time I have seen where wearing a seat belt WOULD have caused a fatality. I didn't know why the dad was freaking out at first because I didn't even see the daughter in there at first.
We visited the old homestead about 15 yrs ago and that old country road is now a 4 lane highway. Times change.
Folks not familiar with the area would take their Sunday drives and of course a 2 mile straight road invites speed. The would almost always run off the road on one side and overcorrect to the other side, and when the did that they would take out our mail box.
Initially it was wooden post with the mailbox on top. Every time they hit it, my dad would file a claim with their insurance, which usually paid about $50. He then went bout cementing in a new post and mailbox. That is till he wised up, and cemented in a bottom metal post, with a top post that merely slipped over the bottom, like fence rails. Then when they hit it, which still happened way too often, all he had to do was get a new mail box, and that same piece of pipe. New cost was about $10, so he made $40 every time.
The only one he never filed a claim on was a guy and his 10yr old daughter in a little sports car. They wiped out our mail box and then went through the neighbors wood fence. They daughter was thrown to the floor (no seatbelts then) and one of the 2x6 fence planks drove itself through the grill of the car, through the radiator, and firewall and was protruding about a ft through the back of the daughters seatback. She was pinned to the floor because the board was literally touching her spine.
The dad was freaking out until my dad, me and our neighbor freed her from the car. That's the only time I have seen where wearing a seat belt WOULD have caused a fatality. I didn't know why the dad was freaking out at first because I didn't even see the daughter in there at first.
We visited the old homestead about 15 yrs ago and that old country road is now a 4 lane highway
. Times change.
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That should catch eye or two.:thumbsup:
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Nice mailbox, but nothing an M80 couldn't fix up by a jealous JD owner.
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"Postie", another one for the records!!!
I had a lady Postie a few years ago that would have refused delivery in a box swinging on chains. She was a total Bitc*. Every time she traded vehicles I'd get a notice that my box was the wrong height........
M80, Did you say M80? Haven't seen an M80 in over 40 years. They sure we're fun! I never personally tried one on a mailbox though. We used them in pumpkins and watermelons mostly and for fishing on the rare occasion when we were skunked. Cherry bombs just never measured up!
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Tape 3 or 4 M80s together and throwing the lighted bundle up on top of the Lion's Club building on main street of Ridgeway Missouri will certainly turn off every street light on main street for a few minutes. Well,,,, back in the 60s it did for sure!!!!!
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"Postie", another one for the records!!!
I had a lady Postie a few years ago that would have refused delivery in a box swinging on chains. She was a total Bitc*. Every time she traded vehicles I'd get a notice that my box was the wrong height........
Typically, there is the "Postie-bike", a Honda CT100, that is used for delivery. Yes, even in the Big Smokes (Sydney, Melbourne, etc)... they zip along the footpath to everyone's letterboxes. They may be slowly upgrading to a new version of the bike but I haven't seen one yet.
The more rural areas just use a van.
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Thanks for the reply Wagtail!!!!!
There used to be a gazillion of those little Hondas around here. Haven't saw one here for decades. Last time I was in Korea, 1998, I saw several in Seoul. Great little workhorse!!!!
I can't wait for the next time my gang, in group discussion, talks about motorcycles so I can ask them if it was a Postie-bike!!!!!!
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nybirdman
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Took a ride to town today;about five miles;because I just put up the new box I was taking a look at what others have out.Unreal ,hard to believe they even deliver the mail in some of those "mail boxes".Most were leaning forward or back or to the side,all kinds of contraptions holding them up.Saw more than one with a piece of lumber in an old milk pail.I don't think the mail(guy/gal) will complain about my swinging box!
Have never had a damaged mailbox or post in the 55 years that I have lived on my rural route. Very surprising with all the snowplowing over the years and all the traffic.
I am certain, that if I had a beautiful Tractor Themed mailbox, it would be trashed or stolen in no time!
I am certain, that if I had a beautiful Tractor Themed mailbox, it would be trashed or stolen in no time!
Fallon
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I'm looking at replacing my mailbox. Planning on putting the post behind the culvert under the driveway with a long arm sticking out. Either dangle the box from a chain or cable or mounted on an arm that can pivot. That way it acts as a guard for the hole in front of the culvert that is burried in weeds and/or snow. Movable so I can mow or plow under it if need be & not worth about bumping it.
I'm not a fan of permanent mounts either. Not only are they dangerous for motorists but also bicyclists and large animals. Also, impossible to repair mid-winter when the ground is frozen solid.
Mine is constructed from an old steel badminton base, weighted by cement. Weighs about 200 lbs. The horizontal piece is about 8' long and counterbalances the 3 mailboxes on it. There is also a chain cemented in to the ground on the far end. If hit, the stand will tip over and the chain will prevent anything from becoming airborne.
Mine is constructed from an old steel badminton base, weighted by cement. Weighs about 200 lbs. The horizontal piece is about 8' long and counterbalances the 3 mailboxes on it. There is also a chain cemented in to the ground on the far end. If hit, the stand will tip over and the chain will prevent anything from becoming airborne.
