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arbilad


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Our mailbox got destroyed recently. We'll probably be able to put it back together, but this is an ongoing problem. I'm told that previously it has been destroyed by farm equipment passing by or even the rural mail carrier (the rural mail carrier had a turqouise paint job, and the destroyed mailbox had a large turquoise scrape on it).
Do you know of any indestructible mailboxes? I realize that it's a tall order to survive both trucks and farm equipment, but I rather like not having to worry about the mailbox.

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I don't know if Shane from the other forum is here, but you could ask him- he is a mail carrier and might have some ideas.

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So a quick google of indestructible mailbox brought up a lot of links. And some expensive mailboxes. I did come across thread on some forum discussing this very issue and they had some interesting do-it-yourself ideas.

http://ths.gardenweb.com/forums/load/disaster/msg0111323611921.html

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Buy the flimsiest mailbox you can find, just mount it between two 8' railroad ties buried 4' in the ground.

My buddy used to ceremonially destroy a neighbor's mailbox with a drive-by pumpkin tossing every year when school got out. Each year, the neighbor would build it back stronger than before. Eventually, (if I remember the story correctly), he ended up with a concrete and rock monument, with more than half of it buried underground.



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Oh, tonight's CSI featured a story on mailbox smashing teens. And a concrete decoy mailbox.

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arbilad


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Shane is on this forum. I had forgotten that when I asked the question. Maybe he'll have some good input.

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What you need is not an indestructible mailbox, but a smart one.
One that can sense a collision, and move out of the way. :)

Or get one on a rubber pole; it weebles and wobbles, but it won't fall down. ;)

-- Edited by Xanth at 10:20, 2008-11-23

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arbilad


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I like the railroad ties idea. I'm not sure how to construct a mailbox that would reliably hold mail but still be flexible, as you say. We get some high winds around here.

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Don't you have cats? Can't you train them to run and get the mail when they hear the mailman?

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I can train cats to come for dinner, and that's about it.

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