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Originally Posted by ThomasPowers  Watch out for liability---if you build a mailbox designed to cause harm it can cause legal problems later. |
Exactly Thomas. That's why I put the - would you, should you - statement on my post.
I came home one day to find my mail box crushed and the 1/4" wall pipe and plate mounting-post bent in half. There was a note on the front door from a witness.
Turns out that it was a road rage incident where two fellas were combat driving and one lost control of his 70's era P/U and went off road over my mail box. The witness said the plate the box sat on caught the side of the truck over the rear wheel-well and sliced it open like it was made from tin leaving about a 4 ft gash down the side - the truck then took off without stopping - I'm thinking the guy got a surpise when he looked at what happened.
When I had put that post in a year earlier, I wasn't thinking at all about it being bash resistant - just wanted to make sure it would stay where I put it.