Mailboxes

[powder smoke]

Need a new one, the town boys took mine out with their plow truck twice this year.
Went to the hardware store for a new one all they had was Junk. Light gauge metal
and plastic catch. Where the heck can one get a good one? Thanks ps

 

[GRAMPS 51]

Hi down here if the town plows it down they are responsible to replace it it might be worth looking into

Gramps

 

[eveled]

I made mine spin. Usually if it gets hit, it is fine. I also made it so it lifts off the post and usually take it in during snow storms.

The junk ones have one good quality. They are inexpensive. So they can be replaced easily. The heavy ones are much more money, and honestly don't resist plow trucks any better than the cheap ones.

 

[Dave P.]

Made mine out of 7 gauge 304 stainless steel, it's pretty tough.
Been hit twice in about 10 years, broke off 6x6 pressure treated posts
both times and survived. Last time a pickup truck ran off the road
and hit it with the passenger side mirror. Found most of the mirror
and the mail box with it's twisted/shattered post about 30 feet into the neighbor's
lawn. I did have to slightly straighten the door hinge.
A Comcast cable guy stopped when I was putting the new post in, he'd seen
the truck hit it but had no plate number, he actually called the police
and reported it.
I went this route after plow trucks killed a few others.
Yup, I know the posts are only supposed to be 4x4.....
Dave

 

[rugerguy]

yes, I got $37.50 from the township for my $90 mailbox, need less to say it is still broken ( cracked base) screw 'em................. :roll: :?
dam thing is all one piece molded polymer.......... 8)

prices all over the place, see them for between $200-300 for them big post all wood.... :shock:

 

[Bull Barrel]

You need the big fish mail box...

 

[Jimbo357mag]

My neighbor put his mailbox on a 8" piece of pipe. The last mini van that hit it lost the right front of their vehicle. The right front wheel was hanging off to the side like it had been hit with a rocket or something.

 

[arfmel]

After neighborhood miscreants destroyed a few of our curbside boxes I gave up and got a PO Box in town. I kind of like the added security for my mail, it turns out. And it "costs just pennies a day".
;-)

 

[Fox Mike]

We have four boxes on one mount. My neighbor and I bolted the boxes to an "I" beam and welded 2 two inch pipes to the beam and set them into the ground in concrete. That was about 25 years ago. It is still standing even after a coupe hits. The pipes are 'dinged' but still holding. All four of the boxes are the 'cheap' variety.

 

[GunnyGene]

After neighborhood miscreants destroyed a few of our curbside boxes I gave up and got a PO Box in town. I kind of like the added security for my mail, it turns out. And it "costs just pennies a day".
;-)

Had the same problem here for a couple years right after we moved in. Gave up and got a PO Box also.

 

[powder smoke]

Hi down here if the town plows it down they are responsible to replace it it might be worth looking into

Gramps

Tried that root, the road agent told me it is a "Privilege" to put a mail box in
their right of way do so at your own risk! I told him I pay 3,000.00 a year in property tax for
the right to put my mail box out. I also argued if I take out a box I'd be liable for it
so why are they not? Still no luck. :evil: ps

 

[Ale-8(1)]

I like the ones I see around here that have a mailbox built into a multi-layer brick structure. Look pretty secure, but I'm told a solid hit from a snow plow or other vehicle can damage them bad enough to require rebuilding.

I've also been told there are "rules" against such structures, but have no first-hand info on that.

Ours is a standard heavy black plastic one from the farm store that has faded somewhat over the years but has not been damaged . . . yet. Nice thing about it is, it doesn't rust or require painting.

 

[Rei40c]

After having mine backed over by the neighbors I made the post a 4x4 36 inches deep with about an 18 inch quikrete cylinder around the bottom. It may not stop them from destroying it but it will sure give them something to think about if they hit it.

 

[Colonialgirl]

I seem to recall seeing a Youtube video from a guy that got tired of his mailbox being damaged by drivers AND by kids with a baseball bat late at night; Somehow he incorporated a STEEL pipe set in concrete in the ground that was also a part of his mailbox. A trail camera shows a car load of kids comes down the road one night, one idiot leans out and gives a bat a healthy swing; Breaks the bat, doesn't harm the box and the kids have never returned.

 

[radicalrod]

Well I have lived in small towns my whole 60 years and never had mail delivered to my house....always have had to go to the post office and pick it up....I go once a week to see what surprises have arrived and leave more than half in their trash can....until just recently I had to pay for this privilege....I guess I'm just lucky not having to deal with a mail box....RR

 

[Ale-8(1)]

Curious . . . I have considered the PO box solution, but wonder how to deal with ordering things that cannot be or won't ship to the PO box.

:?: :? :?:

 

[huntsman22]

Breaks the bat, doesn't harm the bat .

So.... Which was it?.....grin

 

[eveled]

Best thing would be a base that rocks, like a weeble. Remember weebles wobble but they don't fall down?

Or like one of those clown punching bags.

 

[SR1911SHOOTER]

Powder Smoke,
Down here in Texas, I had that problem, and went to an oil field supply
company had them cut me a 10 foot section of drill pipe. had a buddy of mine who
had a second hand power truck with an auger on it. He drilled the hole, Set up the pipe,
anchored it with grout and welded the mail box on top of it on a metal plate.
About a week later, I went to get the mail and had to step around the glass
and stuff that the city boys left behind. Did I mention that the pipe was 6 5/8" OD?
A few days later, I saw an old Chevy pick up at Wally World with the right front
fender bent out of shape like it had hit a pipe. I wonder.
Blackie

 

[arfmel]

Curious . . . I have considered the PO box solution, but wonder how to deal with ordering things that cannot be or won't ship to the PO box.

:?: :? :?:

Fedex and UPS can't use a curbside mailbox here anyway. They leave stuff just inside our gate in an old pickup tool box I put there for that purpose