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a quick one for the fabricators out there...
- Thread starter Dabbler
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I recall reading on rec.crafts.metalworking, back in the day, of a couple guys that solved their mailbox issues, um.... creatively...
One used both sizes of official USPS tin mailbox, one inside the other, with reinforced concrete between the inner and outer ones. Said he found a broken baseball bat laying next to the mailbox, pretty much put an end to Mailbox Baseball, in his area...
The other guy, who had been having problems with keeping his mailbox due to a grader operator, carefully measured out the distance from the road centerline, augured a rather large hole, and concreted in a solid bar of six inch diameter steel to mount his mail box upon. The county Grader operator, who had been rather consistently taking out his mailbox, hit that, and sheared the mounts off the grader blade. Said THAT was what it took, to actually get the County Supervisor out on the scene. Didn't work so well for the Operator!
One used both sizes of official USPS tin mailbox, one inside the other, with reinforced concrete between the inner and outer ones. Said he found a broken baseball bat laying next to the mailbox, pretty much put an end to Mailbox Baseball, in his area...
The other guy, who had been having problems with keeping his mailbox due to a grader operator, carefully measured out the distance from the road centerline, augured a rather large hole, and concreted in a solid bar of six inch diameter steel to mount his mail box upon. The county Grader operator, who had been rather consistently taking out his mailbox, hit that, and sheared the mounts off the grader blade. Said THAT was what it took, to actually get the County Supervisor out on the scene. Didn't work so well for the Operator!
Dan Dubeau
Ultra Member
One down the road from me has an old crank from a truck/tractor as the post. Our rural carriers (and snow plow drivers) can be real picky about stuff like that, so I'm surprised they haven't said anything about it, but we've been here for 14 years, and I'm sure it's been there a lot longer.