Can I just say - this is the 4th time this year that someone has hit my mailbox and I've had to replace it .. Can I just ask - if you accidently hit someones mailbox - or if ur avoiding deer or whatever.. at least have the sack enough to tell the owners what happened..
Put in heavy steel pipe anchored by concrete. When they hit it next time they won't have a choice.
Can I just say - this is the 4th time this year that someone has hit my mailbox and I've had to replace it .. Can I just ask - if you accidently hit someones mailbox - or if ur avoiding deer or whatever.. at least have the sack enough to tell the owners what happened..
My mailbox got run over by a snow plow! Not granny by a reindeer.
Many years ago ,my father had a problem with some numbskulls pulling his signpost out of the ground and hauling it away. His fix was to weld cross bars on a steel post and burying the post about 3 feet deep. The next morning there was a length of chain and a rear bumper of a car at the end of his driveway, but the sign post was still there ,undamaged.Nuff said !
Can I just say - this is the 4th time this year that someone has hit my mailbox and I've had to replace it .. Can I just ask - if you accidently hit someones mailbox - or if ur avoiding deer or whatever.. at least have the sack enough to tell the owners what happened..
Lowes also sells a mailbox that has a picture of a guy hitting it with a baseball bat and vibrating his arms! My initial question would be, are you the only one on your street to have the damage? If you are, you have additional issues. If it was random then it is usually kids riding around bored. Damaging a mail receptacle s a Federal Offense because the mail box is Federal Property, even though you bought it. Call the postal inspectors and file an official complaint. Be careful not to put yourself into a position of liability for a premeditated action.
Scott
Think IED!
So, if I were to, say, line a cheapie looking mailbox with an inner shell of concrete two inches thick, that would get me in trouble how? I am not reading the "premeditated action" thing clearly. If someone were to hit that with a bat, and dislocated their shoulder, say, are you saying I could be liable?
Now, were an innocent motorist to crash into it, and receive greater injuries, I get that, but someone engaged in a criminal act?
* For posts and supports, it’s up to you to keep them neat and adequate in strength and size. Ideally, its assembly should bend or fall away when struck by a vehicle. The Postal Service doesn’t regulate mailbox supports except for purposes of carrier safety and delivery efficiency. It’s also your responsibility to ensure a path is clear to your mailbox so that carriers can safely and efficiently deliver the mail.
Installation of curbside mailboxes must meet our specific construction standards, which you can find at your local Post Office™. For a copy of our standards (United States Postal Service STD-7B, Mailboxes, City and Rural Curbside), write to:
Lowes also sells a mailbox that has a picture of a guy hitting it with a baseball bat and vibrating his arms! My initial question would be, are you the only one on your street to have the damage? If you are, you have additional issues. If it was random then it is usually kids riding around bored. Damaging a mail receptacle s a Federal Offense because the mail box is Federal Property, even though you bought it. Call the postal inspectors and file an official complaint. Be careful not to put yourself into a position of liability for a premeditated action.
Scott
From the USPS website:
Citizens are sued all of the time by criminals that were injured while committing their act or crime. The post where a Pumpkin was electrified would be an example if an injury occurred. Discretion is that better part of valor.
Scott
I would love to hear how this was done.Reminds me of the year my dad 'electrified' our halloween pumpkin to keep the teens from smashing it.