Sometimes I wonder if I am the only one falling victim to the faceless snowplows roaring through the neighborhood late at night.
My neighbor's box never gets hit, but his is much cooler than mine, and I can't imagine what would happen if a plow blade hit that 4" steel support tubing.
My box got hit and knocked over maybe 3 or 4 times each winter, and I'd have to reset the post each time. So, a few years ago I constructed a tripod made of scrap lumber (expendable) so that if it got hit, it would just be thrown into the ditch, and I'd only have to retrieve it.
Added bash panels made of sacrificial plywood blocks which the plows would hit and eventually knock off, but the mailbox would generally be spared.
Found the whole unit about 20 feet off in the ditch a few days ago, and the box got bent up a good deal. I'm wondering if, now that the drivers know my box is a whack-a-mole that quickly pops back up again once hit, that maybe it has become a game to relieve their boredom.
Today I made a bash panel made of wood and a double thickness chunk of tractor-trailer rubber mudflap.
Added a fluorescent pom pom to help with the visuals:
Not sure if last year's addition of intimidating garage art has helped at all.
At the last minute I attached one more appendage.
This has got to work.
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My neighbor's box never gets hit, but his is much cooler than mine, and I can't imagine what would happen if a plow blade hit that 4" steel support tubing.
My box got hit and knocked over maybe 3 or 4 times each winter, and I'd have to reset the post each time. So, a few years ago I constructed a tripod made of scrap lumber (expendable) so that if it got hit, it would just be thrown into the ditch, and I'd only have to retrieve it.
Added bash panels made of sacrificial plywood blocks which the plows would hit and eventually knock off, but the mailbox would generally be spared.
Found the whole unit about 20 feet off in the ditch a few days ago, and the box got bent up a good deal. I'm wondering if, now that the drivers know my box is a whack-a-mole that quickly pops back up again once hit, that maybe it has become a game to relieve their boredom.
Today I made a bash panel made of wood and a double thickness chunk of tractor-trailer rubber mudflap.
Added a fluorescent pom pom to help with the visuals:
Not sure if last year's addition of intimidating garage art has helped at all.
At the last minute I attached one more appendage.
This has got to work.
.
.
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