Wednesday this Week, Wish me Luck
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Topic: Wednesday this Week, Wish me Luck
Posted By: DMiller
Subject: Wednesday this Week, Wish me Luck
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 3:27pm
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Last two weeks, as take trash down the hill for weekly pickup On Wednesday was no issue at 5am, went to town just as Auto Parts was to open first of those two, get down the hill Mailbox been hit with a Casey's Water bottle, Seal Unbroken as was bottle still full. Made Sheriff report, used a fist inside box straightened out dent as post is on a Drive In support and gives enough a thrown object will not take off box. Last Wednesday Same issue Down hill early NO Damage, back with additional bag an hour later from workshop and ANOTHER Casey's water bottle, New Dent in Box, beat dent out and shoved box post back to straight. SO then, Wednesday THIS week as have a Trend, will take Trash down, have a nice point of Hide where the Old Gap Gate into the pasture once sat, will park truck where Head Lamps will illuminate highway and have me some coffee. Camera, Binoculars, Phone and Shotgun with me. Figure they ARE Stupid Enough to try it ONE MORE TIME.
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Posted By: Dirt Farmer
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 5:32pm
| 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. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 5:34pm
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use slugs NOT bird shot..... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 6:47pm
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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. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 8:58pm
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Happy hunting! Personally, What we did was to armor the mailbox, got plenty of sandstone rocks around it, plus a little tank trap made out of 3 lawnmower blades, welded into a giant caltrop, of sorts! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop" rel="nofollow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caltrop
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 11 Sep 2022 at 9:42pm
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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. |
Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 12:30am
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Seems like a piece of 1/4" plate on the side of the mailbox would stop dents. |
Posted By: klinemar
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 5:51am
| 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. |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 1:15pm
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You must have really pissed someone off.
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Posted By: JohnColo
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 1:34pm
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If you were closer to eastern Nebraska and it was covered with grease, I suspect we would know who was responsible... LOL |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 1:50pm
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I was wondering if had angered anyone, not had any altercations since lived here with anyone reasonably close, and certainly not with anyone lived down our hwy further. Should know something by Wednesday Morning.
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Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 2:33pm
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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! ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 3:11pm
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My BIL had his box destroyed four times and got angry, set a 4x4square steel pipe for a post, concreted a Standard mailbox inside a Parcel box and welded a plate on the post for support for the now forty pounds of box. Was around two weeks, same yayhoos that had gotten it before came racing down the road as he watched, kid in back of pickup had a 2x4 and went to knock the box off as usual. BIL heard the Crack then the Scream, kid broke BOTH hands with the board. Well police called and showed up, kids were just down the road and the Sheriff there came to BILs house, said not illegal but post office would be notified no mail until a Correct box was installed. Needed to be Wood Post or Gauge Metal post that would fold up on accident, and no concrete mailboxes. Never charged just warned, kids parents were distraught AT the destructive boys but also disheartened a Football Team Member would not ever play again. The Dad came up and paid for five destroyed mailboxes knowing his son had done them, also said if left the Concrete box would eventually sue the snot out of BIL. Whole assembly got swapped.
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Posted By: TomC
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 3:16pm
| 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 |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 3:19pm
| BIL lived off Old Sugar Creek Rd back in those days, We both remembered that incident. Was long after his own box destroyed. |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 4:33pm
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I lose a mailbox every few years to vandals. Just keep my mouth shut and put up a new one Darrel |
Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 4:37pm
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Some people got to learn the hard way........ You cant FIX STUPID. ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 12 Sep 2022 at 6:06pm
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! ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: tadams(OH)
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2022 at 1:58pm
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Here in our county they have one meployee that in the winter time it's his job to replace all mailboxes that the snowplow knocks off.
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Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2022 at 4:46pm
| Big day tomorrow. |
Posted By: plummerscarin
Date Posted: 13 Sep 2022 at 7:09pm
| Happy hunting |
Posted By: DMiller
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2022 at 6:53am
| 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. |
Posted By: Allis dave
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2022 at 7:16am
| I was checkin in to see what happened. Nothing..... |
Posted By: Dirt Farmer
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2022 at 1:20pm
| 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. |
Posted By: AC7060IL
Date Posted: 14 Sep 2022 at 9:19pm
| Had numerous mailbox fatalities at our old farmhouse. Kinda ran in that neighborhood as there were usually multiple neighbors suffering from baseball bat pranks. Anyway one Sunday afternoon a neighboring county’s sheriff squad car came driving down our lane. Sheriff had found our smashed mailbox in one of his county’s town 35 miles away, with it’s still legible street address. He was a dedicated soul. He handed us our wrecked mailbox & apologized for his suspected hoodlums from this town. After that, we never had anymore trouble. Think that Sheriff caught his suspects... |