Larry Jaques wrote:
On Mon, 17 Oct 2005 22:23:31 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, Jon
Elson quickly quoth:


There's an interesting fortress mailbox 2 blocks from me, on a dark
curvy road. The house up on the hill is an A-frame sort of thing, and
the owner made something like an A-frame for the mailbox. On the
side where the cars would approach, it has rows of 2x4's at about a 45
degree angle. On the other side, it has interleaved vertical 2x4's.
The box sits just inside the point where the two sets of 2x4's meet.
It is not just 4 boards, it alternates 2x4's with a space the width
of a 2x4. So, there must be about 10 2x4's on each side. It certainly
looks like if a mid-size car hit it at speed, it would flip the car
over, just like one wheel going up a 3' tall ramp. This thing has been
there for at least 16 years (as long as we've been here). I've never
noticed any damage to his mailbox, either!


I'm surprised no wannabe stunt drivers have used it.
This thing is HUGE, unless you had a fully loaded dump truck, it would
turn you over for sure. Even an idiot would realize the thing would
wreck your car but good! Even though I think the dump truck might
smash the thing, it would probably do serious damage to the truck,
like a punji stake job on the right fender area.

Jon