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Fortress mailboxes
Some years ago this came up and one of us had a mail box mounted on a swing
arm that detentes at the road. The platform is held by a pipe - drill rod I think - that was maybe 20 feet long until it turns downward into a heavy anchor. The issue he had was snow plows - he would have to pay - school buses - he would pay - so just make one that would swing out of the way - way out of the way. Then it was easy to re-set and forget. It just takes a little yard. Move to mow... Martin Martin Eastburn @ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net NRA LOH, NRA Life NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder Ignoramus5275 wrote: I have been reading about fortress mailboxes (a topic raised here). A couple of conclusions: 1. At least in some places, and possibly but not necessarily, near highways, fortress mailboxes may be illegal. Call your building and zoning department to find out. 2. I doubt the morality of installing a fortress mailbox (but I am not certain). Two cases come to mind: - a few years ago, near my old house, a car swerved off a road due to ice and was almost buried in a huge pile of snow in my yard. The teenager in it was very apologetic and I dragged his car out with my pickup. He did not have any ill intention, he was simply an inexperienced driver on an icy road. - Last year, same thing happened in my new house, very near my mailbox. Some bad young driver hit a big pile of snow that I made, stopping inches away from my mailbox. That was during a sunny day with me in my yard. Surely it was not intentional. I would rather have him knock my mailbox down than suffer any meaningful damage. Especially since he was my neighbor. Unless I had a repeating problem with mailbox vandalism, I would definitely not install a fortress mailbox. If I had such a problem, I would keep a wimpy breakable mailbox, but would perhaps make the first 8-12" or so off the ground to be made of something very strong, like a large I beam or some such, to damage the vehicle, but not the occupant. Around that, I would install a fake fortress made of plastic that looks like bricks (sold as room decor at Home Depot), to make the mailbox an unattractive target. If some vandal hits your mailbox, dies, and you lose thousands in court, you are not a winner in the situation. If an unfortunate driver dies, there would be a moral guilt element in addition to the court judgment. i ----== Posted via Newsfeeds.Com - Unlimited-Uncensored-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.newsfeeds.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! 120,000+ Newsgroups ----= East and West-Coast Server Farms - Total Privacy via Encryption =---- |
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