#2408504 - 06/03/11 08:14 AM
Re: Mailboxes
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Mike Belt
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Loc: Lakeland, Tn.
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Around here they go through "spells" where they decide to do in 10-20 mailboxes at a time. I replaced mine 5 times already. I've seen the ones that were bricked. If they can't knock it down I've see them wrap a chain around it and pull it down with a truck. I guess if on the ground is their goal any means necessary works.
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#2408597 - 06/03/11 10:17 AM
Re: Mailboxes
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Hangnail
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Registered: 11/30/00
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Loc: Murfreesboro, TN
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I'd love to catch someone messing with one. I think a sledgehammer to their vehicle would be appropriate. I can't think of another item that you have to buy and install but it's the federal government's property.
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#2408600 - 06/03/11 10:27 AM
Re: Mailboxes
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VolDoug
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Registered: 11/05/99
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Loc: Plateau
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Around here, it seems that most people use a piece of rebar stuck in the ground to the side of the box.
Let 'em sue!
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#2408601 - 06/03/11 10:30 AM
Re: Mailboxes
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MUP
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State or county right of way is 10 feet on each side of the road. It is illegal to build permant fixtures or buildings on right of ways. There was a lawsuit in monroe county over a car hitting a brick mailbox and killing the driver. The drivers family sued the homeowner and their insurance along with the state and won
Wow! 
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#2408603 - 06/03/11 10:31 AM
Re: Mailboxes
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VolDoug
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Registered: 11/05/99
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Loc: Plateau
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Here are some other ideas!
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#2408740 - 06/03/11 12:57 PM
Re: Mailboxes
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spitndrum
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Vandalizist Chad?
Or someone that ran over em?
put a regular one back up and when they come back through with a ball bat have that sucker filled with concrete they will think twice about the next one while there wearing casts!
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#2408743 - 06/03/11 12:57 PM
Re: Mailboxes
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Redwing
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Registered: 11/15/04
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Loc: Blount Co.
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Put up a decoy and a trail cam. Nail thier arses to the wall and make sure it makes the paper. That should stop it.
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#2408751 - 06/03/11 01:04 PM
Re: Mailboxes
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Gravey
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Registered: 07/20/05
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Loc: Rutherford / Wilson County Lin...
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Vandalizist Chad?
Or someone that ran over em?
put a regular one back up and when they come back through with a ball bat have that sucker filled with concrete they will think twice about the next one while there wearing casts!
Sorry guys I should have been clear. It was not vandalized on purpose. A guy had a few too many cold ones and hit them. I know who he is and tracked him down that night at his house about a mile away. He came to my house the next evening asking what I wanted him to do to make it right. He actually works for the guy who did my patio last summer and I see him all the time while jogging and he hollers at me and waves so all is good from that perspective. They said they can do a concrete one but I want pictures first to see what they look like. Still leaning toward brick to match the house.
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#2408760 - 06/03/11 01:08 PM
Re: Mailboxes
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Winchester
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Smart move Chad, and the concrete is not only legal its a good idea, and when bricked looks great to boot! I did mine this way on this last house I built.
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