Mailbox woes

[Pistol]

We have to replace our mailbox again. This is the fourth time this year. Something about our box and no one else on the street seems to draw in the distracted drivers, although I think last night's "mishap" was deliberate.
The first time was clearly a drunk- he got both sides of the road and we could see the tire tracks. The next two times were in the day time and my husband saw the driver meandering/ swerving b/c they were texting or talking on the phone. Those three times the box, post and car were signifcantly damaged. This morning, it was only the mailbox. The post is an L post the box sits on top of, but it was not damaged at all! The 12 gauge steel box was destroyed and there was no debris from a car laying around. Again, it is the only box on our street that had anything amiss.

Short of bricking in the box (which is a consideration), is there a box the GS would recommend? Is there anything else you think we can do to protect it?

[systemnt]

sounds like your latest case was mailbox baseball...not a car.. put a dummy box filled with concrete out there for that...

as far as cars hitting it....a 12' section of 4 1/2" drill pipe buried/cemented 8' will take care of that issue.
My parents hung many a car.. and caught a drunk in a lifted 4x4 once..

[PSD Ryan]

My buddy had a brick mailbox that some hoodlums kept running over. He finally snapped and cemented a steel pole through the middle. Totaled their car the next time. I'd go this route.

[Red Wing R/C]

No the feeling.

[stinkbelly]

I had my mail stolen once and then hit with a baseball bat another time. I fixed the problem.

I put a base of 1.5 cubic yards of concrete. I placed cynder blocks on top of the concrete and ran rebar from the base through the cynder blocks. I then filled the blocks with concrete. I put a heavy duty locking box on top of that. I only can receive mail, but I don't have problems any longer.

[bowhuntntxn]

Just get a 6" piece of pipe about 4 foot long, weld a plate to it for the box. Plant the pipe at least 18" in the ground surrounded with concrete, and also fill the pipe with concrete. That I assure you will cause enough of a "memory" to the driver and the vehicle that it will not happen very often.

Also, A pipe is easier to stand back up and reset, than rebuilding a brick mailbox.

[Todd-ty729]

Must be a way to utilize an IED in this case?

[Pistol]

Thanks y'all! We were talking about going with a pipe and these are great ideas. Until then I will forward the mail to my PO box.
I don't think it is the same person every time. We have a somewhat busy road with a 30 mph limit that most everyone (including the UPS driver) reads as 60 mph limit.

[poisonedbrew]

just be careful.....liability for protecting you stuff can be a *****!

http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php...hlight=mailbox

[TMC50]

Ive posted this before. In hs, we
Had some guys hitting our mailbox and many others on our road..... We have two mail boxes for our house (one was for my grandpa who passes) so I filled hill mailbox
With concrete and left a big
Enough hole for
Mail......

Two weeks later, I saw which kids were playing mailbox baseball

[Tubby]

If you live on a US or State highway, it has to be a "break-away" mailbox. If not, 4" pipe and a welded metal box.

Someone on here made one, maybe they'll see this.

[PSD Ryan]

Only the support has to give way... no regulations against welding a heavy duty mailbox that will break some kids arm when he tries to hit it with a bat from a moving car Unfortunately I think most people are lazy and just run over them now instead.

I have no pity for any injury vandalizers suffer. I don't care if they are just kids.

[Bill M]

We don't mess with a mailbox, just PO Box.

[nck]

Pistol, We can make you one.

[Dusty Britches]

Call the county and ask them if they give away free mail boxes for rural areas. When we lived in College Station, they gave us one. It was on a pad that could be moved.