Mail Box Destruction

[RBD]

Living in Hardin County Texas, I lost two mailboxes to vandals. One was a normal, hardware store variety plastic box; no match for a baseball bat. Second was an "indestructible" 12 gauge from one of the catalogs. It worked fine, fending off at least one baseball bat I wish I could have video'ed but succumbed to a drunken driver who decided to flat out drive over it. Third one, still there, is an "indestructible 10 gauge steel box mounted on a 6x6 treated post set 4' into the ground with about 6 bags of concrete. I think there is one ding on it from a bat, but little damage otherwise (except for some algae.) Still waiting to see what takes it out.

 

[sal64]

that happens to us all the time kids with baseball bats find it funny build a solid wood skelleten around the mail box.

 

[Ken45101]

We have one neighbor who put up a heavy duty mailbox behind the guard rail. More difficult to get to Unfortunately for us, the nearest guardrail is 500' away and on the wrong side of the road.

 

[bcp]

I've noticed mailboxes located on a turnout space, to get the PO delivery car off the road, get hit less. The vandals can't drive by fast.

Bruce

 

[kenstrac]

About 10 years ago my neighbor who was police chief in our small town and had his own business, he worked all hours of the night lights were on all the time and the cruiser was only parked 20 ft from the mail box.One night it had been snowing about an hour and had seen some lights outside looking at the time he went out to get the newspaper usual delivery was 3-4 Am when he got out there his paper was there and so was a big dent on the mail box.He gets in the cruiser and follows the tracks comes up to the newspaper delivery guy and stops him to ask him if he had seen anything.The driver and his buddy were both drunk and there was a hammer on the seat, when they stopped to put the paper in the box they would hammer the mail box, Both were arrested and charged ,they nailed about 30 boxes in 2 towns that morning that they had to make restitution for, plus DWI and vandalism charges and loosing his job.The two idiots were in there 30's

 

[Pops15]

Even when such enclosures were illegal ?

Those brick and stone enclosures were required in the development's covenants. They are very common in many high end developments. My guess is the developer or maybe even municipality got a variance so they could require that type enclosure.

 

[alltoys]

Well another broken bat and video this time of the culprits.

Went out to the mail box last night seen wood splinters on my mail box and pieces of a bat scattered down the road. I collected my hidden video recorder and down loaded the evidence on my computer. Called the police they are coming out this morning to take my statement.

 

[mustangsallysdad]

Can someone tell me what the fascination is about destroying someones mail box?

Saturday morning I went out to front of my property to clean up around the entrance. On the way out I could see my mail box was not looking to good. I got closer then noticed it had been flattened by vandals. At least hit once from the side then smashed from the top, hit at least twice.

Being a welder by trade I had some 1/4 inch plate laying around so I made up a new box and welded it to the now metal pipe I cemented in the ground. I would dearly love to see their faces when they take a mighty swing at this new mail box!!!!

Around here it's pretty common practice to take a large parcel type mailbox and a medium size mailbox...center the smaller one inside the larger one and then fill the void between them with concrete...looks like a normal mailbox, but when hit with a baseball bat...ouch!

 

[AlbertaDan]

I know this is late but Lee Valley has a swing away brackey for mail boxes. If it does get hit then the bracket swings out of harme way. Great for those winter storms when the plow comes along and takes out your box. Its part number EH401 at Lee Valley Tools

 

[alltoys]

AlbertaDan,

What about when they smash from the top??