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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:22:59 AM EDT
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Fill a mailbox with concrete & put it up at night.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:24:24 AM EDT
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Please DO NOT forget your buds at AR15.com when you make Builder's Photos of your armored creation!
[IMG]http://www.theunholytrinity.org/cracks_smileys/contrib/aahmed/biggrin.gif[/IMG] Edited to add: Excellent! A Stealth Main Battle Mailbox. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:34:21 AM EDT
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I posted this on a thread several months ago.
If it happens on a regular schedule then post yourself in some bushes with some tack strip. When the car goes by after hitting your mailbox throw the stip out and puncture the tires. Hold them until the police arrive and show them the damage on your property. If you fill your mailbox with cement it may break their arms and may leave you liable for their injuries. Alex |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:47:13 AM EDT
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This kept happening to a friend of mine. He took one of the big mail boxes and put a small one inside. Then he filled the space in between the two with concrete. About a week later the local @ssholes came by. One of them leaned out the front window and smacked his creation with a bat. The bat bounced off and shattered the back passenger window of the drivers [i]parents[/i] six month old car(I forget the make). Bset thing was, he was sitting on the porch watching and new who owned the car!
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:48:39 AM EDT
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I dont think filling the mailbox with concrete would make you liable for their injuries. If someone tries to kick in your front door and breaks their foot, I doubt they would be successful in a law suit.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 5:01:15 AM EDT
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Use some C4 and a mercury switch.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 5:01:57 AM EDT
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A couple of years ago, one of the posters talked about making a look-alike mailbox. He rolled & welded 3/8" plate to look just like a normal mailbox. He put it up on a piece of heavy pipe. A little aluminum spray paint and [i]viola[/i] instant vandal getter.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 5:03:05 AM EDT
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I heard one time that doing anything to a mail box was a Federal Offense. You might want to contact the USPS to see what's up and see what they say.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 5:06:03 AM EDT
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Used to happen all the time to me where I used to live. I welded up a mailbox out of 3/8" plate. It cured them. The mailbox at this house is guarded by a huge oak tree, they don't like to get too close to it with their cars for some reason. [BD] A couple of old crankshafts welded together, painted and set in concrete are quite popular here for a post. The snow plow drivers don't even like running over those. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 6:18:38 AM EDT
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"It's a federal offense" is a real nice theory. In reality, the Post Office will totally blow you off. At best, they'll have you fill out a form and instantly forget you exist. Been there. Done that.
And you don't have to LOSE a lawsuit to be financially ruined. Just have to fight one for a while. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 6:24:32 AM EDT
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I think that the intent of the Concrete mail box was to only put it up at night.
I do not know about the USA but here in Canada they do not deliver in the dead of night. Put it up in the evening and replace it in the morning with a real one. Up here we cannot use them all the time due to damage to snow plows. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 7:39:43 AM EDT
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I'd set up a video camera and catch the perps in the act. An armored mailbox is a good idea, but kinda ugly. I saw one that had a brick bunker built around it.
The tragedy of the suburbs is that kids have few outlets for dealing with their pent up rage and / or boredom. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 7:47:34 AM EDT
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They actually make large polymer mail boxes that are ment fo this. The house I grew up in was in an affluent area of Long Island where the mailboxes were at the bottom of driveways that at least an eighth to a quarter mile long. Some had contractors build large elaborate stone structures surrounding the mail box and 2 actually had the house alarms attatched to the boxes. Personally I staked out my house and gave chase. I caught one car load of "baseball" players. [:D]
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Posted: 12/30/2001 8:00:11 AM EDT
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I seem to remember a company called Frontgate used to sell a mailbox that was made of heavy steel. They claimed that it was baseball bat proof.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 8:03:29 AM EDT
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get a bunch of .223 blanks and wait for those fuckers. When they get to your house open up on them! With all the noise and muzzle flash they'll be sure to piss their pants! Make sure you have a brass catcher on though. If somebody on your street calls the cops and they show up at you door you can just say "hey my mail box got smashed and this time it sounded like they had a gun or something." Those kid will be so scared to come down your street again that you could put up a glass mail box and it would be safe.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 8:49:50 AM EDT
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Do what my dad did: Get a railroad tie, sink it most of it's length in the ground, pour concrete around it. AS to the law, I believe a judge in Florida recently ruled that you can build your mailbox as strong as you like.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 9:09:33 AM EDT
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Quoted: They actually make large [b]polymer[/b] mail boxes that are ment fo this.. Oooh, great. Another polymer vs. steel (Glock vs 1911) argument! [;)] |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 10:54:51 AM EDT
[#18]
Quoted: I'd set up a video camera and catch the perps in the act. An armored mailbox is a good idea, but kinda ugly. I saw one that had a brick bunker built around it. The tragedy of the suburbs is that kids have few outlets for dealing with their pent up rage and / or boredom. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 10:57:58 AM EDT
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Take a extra large mailbox, and put a smaller mailbox inside. Pour concrete in the space between the two. Weld this creation to a large steel pipe, and set it into the ground with concrete. Finally, set some shorter pipe into the ground around it so if they hit the box, they will lose an oil pan/transmission/etc.
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Posted: 12/30/2001 11:05:35 AM EDT
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Quoted: I heard one time that doing anything to a mail box was a Federal Offense. You might want to contact the USPS to see what's up and see what they say. i built brick fort around mine, matches the house nicely :) |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 12:12:51 PM EDT
[#21]
Quoted: I posted this on a thread several months ago. If it happens on a regular schedule then post yourself in some bushes with some tack strip. When the car goes by after hitting your mailbox throw the stip out and puncture the tires. Hold them until the police arrive and show them the damage on your property. If you fill your mailbox with cement it may break their arms and may leave you liable for their injuries. Alex Not likely. I say build a better mailbox, and they [b]WILL[/b] come! I hope some moron with an aluminum bat takes a poke at shooter's creation. If you can, get pics of the perps as they are being led to the ambulance with compound fractures of the radius and ulna! |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 12:54:32 PM EDT
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Quoted: Quoted: I'd set up a video camera and catch the perps in the act. An armored mailbox is a good idea, but kinda ugly. I saw one that had a brick bunker built around it. The tragedy of the suburbs is that kids have few outlets for dealing with their pent up rage and / or boredom. |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 1:09:36 PM EDT
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Does anyone remember the James Bond movie where his "car alarm" consists of several pounds of HE? It was so cool to watch the dirtbag break the window and get the
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Posted: 12/30/2001 2:42:38 PM EDT
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When I was a kid, there was a middle-aged lady who spent all her time working on her yard. It was the love of her life. Needless to say, when some teenagers took to cutting the corner and driving across her luxurious, green, manicured lawn, leaving tire ruts in it, that disturbed her just a little. So, she baited them with a nice, fluffy pile of freshly-raked pine straw right in the area where they were driving on her lawn. BUT... concealed within the pine straw was a nice sized chunk of concrete. Shortly after that, a VW Bug was found stuck on top of the concrete, minus an oil pan. The owners had lots of explaining to do. That pretty much put a stop to the hijinks there!! [:D]
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Posted: 12/30/2001 3:48:26 PM EDT
[#25]
This kind of crime is wide spread all over the country, and we catch the littl heathens, on rare occassions and the Judge hammers their asses.
But don't expect any help from the U.S. Postal Service, they won't do anything. A banged up mail box isn't any skin off of their butts and they will just sluff it off. 7th |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 3:59:39 PM EDT
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Quoted: Does anyone remember the James Bond movie where his "car alarm" consists of several pounds of HE? It was so cool to watch the dirtbag break the window and get the "For Your Eyes Only" |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:13:22 PM EDT
[#27]
Move the mailbox back away from the road a bit so that they have to drive off the road to hit it. Between the road and the mailbox, bury a board with 4 inch nails sticking out of it.
Just remember to remove it before the mail truck gets there during the day.[;)] |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:16:40 PM EDT
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I have seen the cement idea work on numerous occasions...
Besides, remember that there is a causal relation between action and injury in this case - these in-duh-viduals damaged themselves in the commission of an illegal act (vandalism and destruction of private property.) "But for your actions..." Legally, TheY can be held directly responsible for THEIR OWN injuries, AND damages to your property sustained while receiving their injuries... Of course, my favourite was whe I helped a guy sink an 18" water pipe four feet into the ground, cut out a relief to expose the front of a USPS regulation mailbox (they say the BOX has to be reg, NOT the post it's on/in!) and fill the whole mess around the box with cement. Then, we painted the post Safety Yellow and stencilled "DANGER" up and down both sides. It only took a week before some damn fool decided to try his luck - with a metal bat. The clang could be heard for 300 yards, the crack for about 20, and the yess for a mile! When it went to court, he showed pix of the mailbox (as finished) and the judge said - "Can't you damn fools READ?!" Dismissed. Don't know if it will fly in your area, but something to think about. It worked in Indiada in the '70s, tho... FFZ |
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:18:23 PM EDT
[#29]
sence im still in high school Ive heard all about mail box bashing though ive never joined in because its stupid fact is they are looking for a challage they wont hit a box too many times if they dont get a reaction from the person who owns it normally take it on as a challange and have fun with it the next time they come by stay in the bushes with a painball gun on full auto they will be scared as hell another thing you can do is get a peace of steel pipe about four inches around and mount you mail box on it make it 7 feet long and put about 4-5 feet in the ground in a hole about 2feet wide cut large holes in pipe so concrete goes in side they will have there work cut out for them. I know of a kid who died out smashing mail boxes he tryed tipping over a garbage can on one attept the can tiped back came back and hit him in the head and killed him the kid who was driving is in prison for the rest of his life for supplying the beer among other charges
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Posted: 12/30/2001 4:32:20 PM EDT
[#30]
Holy fricken run-on sentences, Batman! Hope you're doing ok in English class...
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Posted: 12/31/2001 1:38:18 PM EDT
[#31]
Quoted: Holy fricken run-on sentences, Batman! Hope you're doing ok in English class... LMAO! |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 1:49:28 PM EDT
[#32]
One of my neighbors armored a mailbox. A kid leaned out the passenger side window of his friend's car and hit it with a sledge hammer. Broke his arm and the rear door window. Every once in a while justice is served.
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Posted: 12/31/2001 1:50:53 PM EDT
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Quoted: Holy fricken run-on sentences, Batman! Hope you're doing ok in English class... Him gets gud markz of engliz clas, speckelly wit duh spellung. Thank you, hooked on phonics! |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 1:58:54 PM EDT
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ShooterX308, I like the solution that you came up with. The rebar was an especially nice touch. I can't wait to hear about the next encounter![BD]
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Posted: 12/31/2001 2:26:00 PM EDT
[#35]
Dang shooterX308
That is a great mail box. Please get video. |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 2:31:34 PM EDT
[#36]
You eeeevil, devious bastard--I love you!! Please report back. I would PAY to be in the bushes watching the next "attack." [}:D]
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Posted: 12/31/2001 2:50:14 PM EDT
[#37]
Your a BAD MoFo. Promise that you won't let me piss you off.
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Posted: 12/31/2001 3:03:21 PM EDT
[#38]
Someone needs to make a double walled mailbox where the smaller inner box has a door to allow access for the mail. The outer box would be filled with day glo green or orange paint and an impact with the outer box would cause it to spew out toward the front marking anyone or any vehicle near at the instant of impact.
Uhhhh? Gee mom I don't know how the Lexus got that paint on the side..... |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 3:34:10 PM EDT
[#39]
I love it that is some great mailbox you got there. Good job!!! LOL
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Posted: 12/31/2001 3:37:14 PM EDT
[#40]
Holy fricken run-on sentences, Batman! Hope you're doing ok in English class... <-lol
shooterX308 that kicks ass can't wait to see the picture after he hits it. haha |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 3:52:06 PM EDT
[#41]
Looks like the idiot who hits it next is going to look like Wile E. Coyote in real life. Get a video![}:D]
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Posted: 12/31/2001 3:54:36 PM EDT
[#42]
How in the heck do you mount that box to the post?
Gotta be some serious nuts and bolts. Excellent. I used to have a girl with a box like that! [;D] edited for the inevitable...she always knew when the male was coming... |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 3:58:43 PM EDT
[#43]
X308, please post pics of the "results". [:D]
CMOS |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 4:15:00 PM EDT
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Hide and get licence no.
Then next time you see them in town jerk em out of there car and give them a public spanking. |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 4:33:00 PM EDT
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I'm in high school too, don't do that for all the right reasons but used to know some people who did. They "borrowed" the 300 psi aircannon me and my friend made and used it to launch pop cans full of cement to overcome the cement and steel reinforcement that one of their targets constucted.
Just thought I would warn you about what might come next. Please get video of the morons hurting themselves [:D] |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 5:26:15 PM EDT
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Quoted: The replacement: Inner liner box, 2 1/2 bags Quikcrete filled between: [img]http://www.drhaddix.com/Mailboxconcrete.JPG[/img] I have mailbox envy! |
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Posted: 12/31/2001 5:51:43 PM EDT
[#47]
Damn!! Its like chobham armor for your mailbox!![}:D]
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Posted: 12/31/2001 6:01:46 PM EDT
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You could probably market that thing. I'll be looking for a pallet of them at Home Depot.
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Posted: 12/31/2001 7:15:03 PM EDT
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That concrete mail box is nice but it could be lethal if someone runs into it and it ends up in their face. In today's litigious society, that's something to consider.
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Posted: 12/31/2001 7:26:49 PM EDT
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As a employee if the texas Deoartment of Transportation(txDOT) i have run into this often. If it is on state right of way, any state(as per federal dot regulations), every structure has to be breakaway approved, including the boxes. be careful, if injuries ar sustained, you will be liable. On county roads and private property, all bets are off..Besides, its more fun to catch and corner them, make them sweat..fullclip
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