Revenge of the mailbox

[MarkF48]

Or just hang a sturdy mailbox on a pair of chains. Let it swing away from whatever hits it.
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Does that present any problem as far as opening or closing the door. I can sort of envision the mail carrier trying to pull the door and the whole box swings towards them.

I used to work quite a bit in Ayer area and I do believe I may have seen your mailbox as it is unique. Is it on the road with the initials S.... P.... Rd?

 

[Sigarms]

I asked a guy at Lowes if they still sold the cast iron mailboxes and he said some punk broke his arm hitting one with a bat and his parents sued and won so they quit carrying them.

If that punk would of turned out to be one of my boys, a broken arm would be the least of thier problems. First off, instead of sueing the owners, he would be helping replace it.

 

[topbuilder]

"Of course it would depend a lot on the laws of your particular state, but it has always been a part of Common Law that you couldn't set "traps" for a trespasser"

Years ago I worked with a mechanic who's father was having trouble with pranksters running over mailboxes and grabbing trash cans from the back of a moving truck, moving them from one address to another. One night he took the trash out of the cans and filled them with water. :tombstone:

 

[buckeyefarmer]

ya'll jist has to remember that we were all youngens at one time. might not have been beating mailboxes with a baseball bat, but i'm guessing that sometime, somewhere, some how, you did something destructive in your past that cost somebody time, money, or time and money, even if you screwed someone not on purpose and didm't realize it till later but did nothing about it.

just get angry, blow off some steam, and then laugh about it while thinking about when you were kid having fun!!!!

Nope can't say I did, nor is it just a matter of kids "having fun". If I had, I would have gotten it worse than the mailbox.

Lowes still sells the heavy steel boxes. I put one up after mine got smashed, next time it just had a little yellow mark on top where they tried to smash it.

 

[Creamer]

Nope can't say I did, nor is it just a matter of kids "having fun". If I had, I would have gotten it worse than the mailbox.

Lowes still sells the heavy steel boxes. I put one up after mine got smashed, next time it just had a little yellow mark on top where they tried to smash it.

I hear you. My Dad would have said I should have known better. Now go fix it!

 

[k0ua]

Nope, never smashed any mailboxes. Nope, never destroyed anyone's property. If my dad had found out I had done something like that, a broken arm would have been the least of my worries.

 

[farm boy00]

My grandpa has his on a pole that reaches back 5ft and folds back for plow trucks. Could do the same but put a few bars in front of the box for protection

 

[coobie]

ya'll jist has to remember that we were all youngens at one time. might not have been beating mailboxes with a baseball bat, but i'm guessing that sometime, somewhere, some how, you did something destructive in your past that cost somebody time, money, or time and money, even if you screwed someone not on purpose and didm't realize it till later but did nothing about it.

just get angry, blow off some steam, and then laugh about it while thinking about when you were kid having fun!!!!

Nope,never destroyed other folks property.Never seen the stupid kicks people get out of it.It used to called respect now days certain kids do not know what that word even means.

 

[coobie]

Nope, never smashed any mailboxes. Nope, never destroyed anyone's property. If my dad had found out I had done something like that, a broken arm would have been the least of my worries.

I hear ya James.My dad would of kicked my A-- up between my shoulders if I would have even thought of destroying other folks property.

 

[davesl708]

When I was young a idiot kid was smashing mailboxes. After the second smash my dad put two 2x4's 2' long on each side of the mailbox after dark. He drove 16 penny nails in it. That night we heard the mailbox get hit. Dad followed the car and took the jack from the kid trying to change his flat tire.
Dad held him till the sheriff's deputy arrived. Problem solved.