Wednesday this Week, Wish me Luck

Dont turn lights on till the hot pursuit begins, get their license plate number, then have a plan, like I tell my dog as he chases the deer and coyotes around the farm, whatcha gonna do whithem when ya catchem. Good luck, those stakeouts are entertaining.

O/O in 12ga
Not gonna chase, get make and model, binos for license number phone for Sheriff dispatch desk.
Shotgun should the idiots decide to stop.
Our drive on a tough corner for speed, the driver decides to run hard will end up in ditch, will be more than happy to call 911 for them.

Several neighbors have done just that, ours is self protected other than by hurled missiles as sits next to a deep ditch so cannot swerve into proximity without losing control. Was warned by USPS that a box has to be impact release capable or can be sued for damages, if along the road cannot be too armored or again open self to suit for damages if someone gets injured of impact with it.

Sad when Law Enforcement numbers are such the miscreants do this where even if are known to cops get away with it as too little time available to spend on correcting the problem and the problems simply self perpetuate.

My Uncle had trouble with people destroying his mailbox. He pounded 2 steel fence posts next to the mailbox on the direction of travel and attached a piece of 3/16ths plate steel to the posts. He painted it all black to match the box. Problem solved.

If you were closer to eastern Nebraska and it was covered with grease, I suspect we would know who was responsible... LOL

Ya know, years ago, I had a mailbox along a state road. every year someone would take it out with, I presume a 4x4 with a snow blade, post, box and all. Their tracks were evident in the berm, where they would swerve off the road, whack the box, and back on the road. same time every year, around the end of May. No doubt end of the school year shenanigans. Anyhow, a well driller had left a 3" well pounding stem on my property. I wanted to cut a 6-7 foot piece of it and cement it in ground for a mailbox post. I did not do it because I was advised of the lawsuit thing. I am still dubious of that claim though. If that were the case utilities would be sued every time someone takes out a pole... instead of charging the hapless motorist $1-2K for it! Hindsight, I still wish I had done it, we would have had a suspect or two! LOL  truth is, I would have had a hard time cutting and hauling that 3" piece of solid steel!

Probably 10 years ago in Jefferson county a car load of kids were running around knocking off mail boxes with a baseball bat, kid in the front curbside hit one the farmer had built up out of 6 inch steel pipe because people kept bashing his box off, the bat broke,the big end came back in the open rear window and went straight through a kids neck,killed him right there,that turned into a real legal mess real fast

I lose a mailbox every few years to vandals. Just keep my mouth shut and put up a new one
Darrel

We had dispensation from the PO, to put up whatever we wanted, ours got hit so often!  The post is concrete filled sch 80 4" pipe, 4' in the ground, poured in about 18 bags of concrete.  The box armor is 5/16 diamond plate, salvaged from a nearby AF base dump.  The pull latch is a 2" hitch ball, in the same armor plate. After putting it in, we have had no problems. I put a bunch of big 3-400 lb sandstone rocks, that sometimes surface in the fields around here, about every 5', along the side of the drive way, as the dumb bastards around here have to use our driveway as the only turn-around spot there is, apparently.  I'm hoping to find an oil pan hung on one a those rocks, but it hasn't happened, yet!

Big day tomorrow.

Hate to say, pretty well like turkey season, see them for weeks prior the POOF all in hiding!! No show this morning so guess decided not pushing their luck.

Sorry to hear they didnt show up but glad for your mailbox, maybe have to try again tomorrow, dont know how long the "season" lasts in your area. Keep us posted.