Scott writes...
>I think if I had concerns, I'd find a telephone pole and sink it maybe
>six feet deep. It's real easy to identify a hoodlum as the ambulance is
>carrying them off and you can take their i.d. from their wallet after
>their pants are cut off them.
That's what I did. I got the official .PDF from the post office about
mailbox placement (Email me if you want a copy) and I made my mailbox post
to fit the regs (or at least my best interpretation as the document
contracts itself in a few places.)
What I ended up with was 2 X 2.5" rebar posts that go about 4' deep into
the ground and 5" steel C beam to tie them together. Check out the
photo...
http://www.megageek.com/photoalbums/NavigationalBuoys/navigationalbuoysinstalled.html
Of course I used 'approved' mailboxes (these are the cheapest I could
find). One other thing I did was to set my mailboxes about 5' back from
the road, then I paved the gap.
You can see it in this photo...
http://www.megageek.com/photoalbums/NavigationalBuoys/navigationalbuoysinstalled6.html
This way I can sit in front of my mailbox with my truck and not be in the
road. The mailman is happier and the kids can't turn into it at any
speed. The real reason I did it was the snow plows around here are
operated by NASCAR so I would often have to fix my mailbox because the
snow that was plowed into them. Problem solved.
PS, yes, those are real navigational buoys in front of my place. I got
tired of people going to the wrong driveway. 8>)
Eric P
"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational
being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph
Waldo Emerson
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