W5FL
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The first year on our rural property, I replace 13 mailboxes that had been damaged. The post master was sympathetic but could not do anything about it.
I finally put up a composite mailbox that was supossed to resist vandalism. It last for less than a month. They tore it up twice.
Finally, I found a guy that would build one out of 3/8 in wall 12 in pipe and set it on a 4 1/2 inch heavy wall steel pipe filled with concrete. Put it in a 5 1/2 foot deep pole. 300# mailbox and 300# concrete. Painted Green, it looked pretty good.
That's when I found out how they were knocking them all down. They were sticking a piece of pipe out the window of a pickup camper and driving down the street and knocking the boxes off.
Only problem was when they hit this one, it took the pickup camper off the pick up. Broke it in a hundred pieces and left it laying in the ditch. Always wondered what the driver told his Dad happened to the pickup camper. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Found a couple of nicks where someone tried and failed to pull it up with a chain.
It is possible to destroy it, but it has withstood the past 5 1/2 years and still looks like new while my neighbors continue to lose their mailboxes regularly.
I see brick mailboxes (very expensive) completely destroyed by pulling them over with a rope. Has anyone else sucessfully solved this problem?
I finally put up a composite mailbox that was supossed to resist vandalism. It last for less than a month. They tore it up twice.
Finally, I found a guy that would build one out of 3/8 in wall 12 in pipe and set it on a 4 1/2 inch heavy wall steel pipe filled with concrete. Put it in a 5 1/2 foot deep pole. 300# mailbox and 300# concrete. Painted Green, it looked pretty good.
That's when I found out how they were knocking them all down. They were sticking a piece of pipe out the window of a pickup camper and driving down the street and knocking the boxes off.
Only problem was when they hit this one, it took the pickup camper off the pick up. Broke it in a hundred pieces and left it laying in the ditch. Always wondered what the driver told his Dad happened to the pickup camper. /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif /w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Found a couple of nicks where someone tried and failed to pull it up with a chain.
It is possible to destroy it, but it has withstood the past 5 1/2 years and still looks like new while my neighbors continue to lose their mailboxes regularly.
I see brick mailboxes (very expensive) completely destroyed by pulling them over with a rope. Has anyone else sucessfully solved this problem?