bobm
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Spare the rod... spoil the child .
@&#*& Teenagers!!
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so lucky
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I guess that injured kid south of Cape Girardeau knew his dad would stick up for him the next time he broke the law, too.:/
baymule
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Tx DOT here will not allow solid mailbox posts, at least on the major highways. The state boys don't like to see pipes, old plows and various other things that people run into and cause damage or injury. That being said.......... use a regular post, but put a large mailbox with a smaller mail box cemented inside it. That's just enough to give a jolt to the mailbox whackers. 
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Hey! You just solved a long standing puzzle at my son's house. He and his wife bought a house about 8 years ago and their mailbox is a small box inside of a big box with concrete filler in between. We didn't know what that was all about. Now maybe we do.baymule said:Tx DOT here will not allow solid mailbox posts, at least on the major highways. The state boys don't like to see pipes, old plows and various other things that people run into and cause damage or injury. That being said.......... use a regular post, but put a large mailbox with a smaller mail box cemented inside it. That's just enough to give a jolt to the mailbox whackers.
Jared77
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Baymule I like that idea with the box within a box.
digitS'
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I don't know . . .
what would it be like to hit a 50 pound block of concrete sitting 4' off the ground on a wood post . . .
if you are in a car that runs off the road?
Steve
what would it be like to hit a 50 pound block of concrete sitting 4' off the ground on a wood post . . .
if you are in a car that runs off the road?
Steve
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It would probably feel pretty much like running into a telephone pole, tree, or a guard rail.digitS' said:
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Ya'll are making me feel like a wuss. I gave up fighting teens, snow plows, and trash collectors bashing or removing my mail box so I switched to a Post Office Box some 20 years ago or so.
Last year I installed a rural postal box, but still have all my mail going to the Post Office. How confusing! My address is in one city and my post office address is in a (closer) village. Few forms allow for double Zip Code addresses. Sigh!
Love, Smart Red
Last year I installed a rural postal box, but still have all my mail going to the Post Office. How confusing! My address is in one city and my post office address is in a (closer) village. Few forms allow for double Zip Code addresses. Sigh!
Love, Smart Red
Jared77
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It all depends on if it stays attached to the post or not. If it does then it would just go down with the rest of the post, car would go over the post and snag the mailbox with the undercarriage.
Most of the time this is what happens when we see calls like that go out because cars have a low bumper/front grill and the point of impact with the bumper so down it goes or if going fast enough its sheared off and thrown from the force. Since the wooden post is the weakest material and sustains the highest amount of force at impact.
Its an issue if whats impacting it is higher up, say a school bus then its hitting it much higher and making contact with the weighted box itself. But you've also got a much bigger vehicle protecting the driver and other occupants.
HOWEVER the rules are totally different if you put in say a metal post. They tend not to give. I was on one car accident where the home owner opted to use a metal tube sunk into the ground and inside the tube they'd poured cement. The mailbox was a thick metal box welded onto the post. It looked like it was built to withstand a missle strike. A car hit that, at a reasonable rate of speed and it didn't budge.
Another thought, what about putting some kind of plants up near the mailbox? So its kind of shaded and who wants to hit a bush or shrub? They are soft, and there is no "BOOM" of the mailbox being crushed with a bat. Like a lilac or some kind of evergreen? Either one would only serve to add more plants to your property and most vandals will move onto an easier target.
Most of the time this is what happens when we see calls like that go out because cars have a low bumper/front grill and the point of impact with the bumper so down it goes or if going fast enough its sheared off and thrown from the force. Since the wooden post is the weakest material and sustains the highest amount of force at impact.
Its an issue if whats impacting it is higher up, say a school bus then its hitting it much higher and making contact with the weighted box itself. But you've also got a much bigger vehicle protecting the driver and other occupants.
HOWEVER the rules are totally different if you put in say a metal post. They tend not to give. I was on one car accident where the home owner opted to use a metal tube sunk into the ground and inside the tube they'd poured cement. The mailbox was a thick metal box welded onto the post. It looked like it was built to withstand a missle strike. A car hit that, at a reasonable rate of speed and it didn't budge.
Another thought, what about putting some kind of plants up near the mailbox? So its kind of shaded and who wants to hit a bush or shrub? They are soft, and there is no "BOOM" of the mailbox being crushed with a bat. Like a lilac or some kind of evergreen? Either one would only serve to add more plants to your property and most vandals will move onto an easier target.
MontyJ
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I can relate to this. My own mailbox is lying on the picnic table waiting for the ground to thaw and dry out enough to put it back after being knocked down for the second time in 6 months.
