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This is my new mailbox. It has a stainless top and poles.3/32 sides. The shock and spring are functional,pw 50 piston and diamond plate flag. Diamond plate door with a yfz 450 e brake handle. the shock mount is custom all stainless. This is all from scraps and some practice with the tig. I have been one this site and enjoy the projects you guys post. Im getten better and keep eating my weaties. Thanks for all your posts it really helps me. Attached Imageslincoln sp100miller syncrOwave 200 matobo grinders6 different torches for display  Learning the trade
Reply:hmmm that's what i need . every time the county snow plows the road they knock my mail box over. that would solve the problem.
Reply:That's 16yr. old punks, ridin' in a PU on a Sat. nite, armed with a baseball bat, proof."Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Originally Posted by patrickphmmm that's what i need . every time the county snow plows the road they knock my mail box over. that would solve the problem.
Reply:Punk Proof Mail BoxWhen I lived in Florida, the “good old boy’s” would go out Friday nights and run over mail boxes just for sh&ts and giggles.    They especially targeted the boxes with little girly wrought iron post.  My defense was a railroad tie, but my clever neighbor planted a large crankshaft with flywheel under his mail box.   My post might stop the truck but my neighbors would disenbowel it. BTW:  Nice job...Last edited by Billdacat; 10-30-2008 at 08:02 AM.
Reply:Originally Posted by BilldacatMy post might stop the truck but my neighbors would disenbowel it.
Reply:Wow thats a  nice mailbox
Reply:Wonderful job there, that thing is great!Have a Jeep Cherokee?  Click Here!
Reply:every time the county snow plows the road they knock my mail box over. that would solve the problem.
Reply:Some serious repair work when ya get back to the barn"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Hott Racing:I like the SS mailbox and post!  That is one of the most original designs I have ever seen.  Keep up the good work and keep on eating those Wheaties!-MondoMember, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:Originally Posted by Hott RacingThis is my new mailbox. It has a stainless top and poles.3/32 sides. The shock and spring are functional,pw 50 piston and diamond plate flag. Diamond plate door with a yfz 450 e brake handle. the shock mount is custom all stainless. This is all from scraps and some practice with the tig. I have been one this site and enjoy the projects you guys post. Im getten better and keep eating my weaties. Thanks for all your posts it really helps me.
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammThat's 16yr. old punks, ridin' in a PU on a Sat. nite, armed with a baseball bat, proof.
Reply:Ha ha! A wolf in sheep's clothing, perfect! Holger
Reply:Originally Posted by BruceHey Hott Racing,Nice project, where did you go to school, I'm originally from Bawlammer, moved here almost 25 years ago.
Reply:lol mail man will be afraid of it, seems like the sorta contraption that would take ones arm offand yep nice job, yours is probably the only metalic mail box on the block, perhaps the city, very origional
Reply:Originally Posted by duaneb556" Schedule 80 full and sunk in 4' of concrete works good on snow plows too.  Trouble is after the first 'jolt' they just raise the wing and take off the box!  Many, many, many years ago my GF put a plow in the ditch as a result of the above pipe installation.  He wasn't drivin' the plow - he installed the pipe.Nice mailbox Hott Racing.  Got any close-ups or shots of the construction?
Reply:Originally Posted by TSORAround here you would be liable for any damage to the plow truck.  And, if a vehicle happened to hit your "unbreakable" post and ended up with injuries or death - well - you will answer/pay for that too.
Reply:Originally Posted by TSORAround here you would be liable for any damage to the plow truck.  And, if a vehicle happened to hit your "unbreakable" post and ended up with injuries or death - well - you will answer/pay for that too.
Reply:Originally Posted by EdKingUsed to have that problem around here, so I took a large size mail box and put a small size mailbox in side and filled the gap with concrete. I got the thing mounted on a piece of telephone pole about 10" diameter. One morning I found a mangled aluminum bat lying near it, haven't had any trouble since.Ed
Reply:RE: snowplows, damage, injury, death, etc.How come a guy hits the 3 foot diameter oak tree by the road, and sucks it up.  But if he hits the mailbox you're liable??Could you be sued if some AH hits your house.  After all it's an obstructionAnd if your car is parked in the street??  What if someone hits that?This sounds strange"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:And I never heard of anybody suin' the power co. for hittin' a pole?"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:OK, I hate it too, but what's different on the mailbox it is deceptive with an intention. You know what you get wrapping your ride around a telephone pole. Kid breaks his arm and returns to a home where there's no health insurance and no extra money for anything. Kid gets stitched up at the hospital where a lawyer hangs around looking for work. Asks the parents if they want him get the money to pay for the med bill and perhaps a little, or a lot more, it's possible. I've seen parents suing even though they felt real s**tty about it, just because they didn't know how else to pay the hospital's bills. After being wheeled out of a CA hospital the first person I met asks me whether I want to sue the staff (that just saved my life). Holger
Reply:Very nice.I like the springs, that is a great idea.Probably save you from having to put a new post in the ground if someone runs it over.Not to mention the damage to their undercarriage The Welder Shop has great deals and reviews on Hobart, Miller and Lincoln Welders.
Reply:Originally Posted by farmersammRE: snowplows, damage, injury, death, etc.How come a guy hits the 3 foot diameter oak tree by the road, and sucks it up.  But if he hits the mailbox you're liable??Could you be sued if some AH hits your house.  After all it's an obstructionAnd if your car is parked in the street??  What if someone hits that?This sounds strangeOriginally Posted by TSORBecause YOU put the mailbox there.Also the mailbox is on property owned by the city.  You are responsible to follow the city's rules governing mailboxes - if you don't you are at fault.Your house is on your property, not the city's.  A house is not an obstruction in the road right of way.If you park your car in the street, you are also responsible - unless it is legal to park there.Get it now??BTW, that is a nice mailbox the OP posted.
Reply:Yep, better safe than sorry.  My mailbox post is a wood 4x4 and it has a couple 3/4" holes drilled all the way through where it meets the ground so it will snap easily/cleanly off.  Every couple years I do have to replace it.
Reply:Originally Posted by TSORYep, better safe than sorry.  My mailbox post is a wood 4x4 and it has a couple 3/4" holes drilled all the way through where it meets the ground so it will snap easily/cleanly off.  Every couple years I do have to replace it.
Reply:Build a  box out of half inch plate attatch it to a 6" pipe and concrete her in the ground with 3 bags of Sacrete.  Put you mail box inside.  Make sure the front of the 1/2 inch plate box has a plate door on a drop down hinge with a latch.My neighbor got tire of having his mailbox messed with and did  just what I said. One night he heard a car slowing down coming up the hill.  He heard a a loud WANG, followed by a sound of shattering glass followed by the car screeching to a halt followed by loud crying and cursing.  It was never messed with again.  But they moved to ours.  They pulled it up after bashing it a few times and threw it in the ditch where we found it 2 years later in the Kudzu.  In the mean time,  we bought a lexan mailbox that was guaranteed not to break.  They tried and tried to destroy it.  Some mornings, we would have to straighten it up.  One night we heard a loud boom and thought someone had blown a tire.  The next morning we went out to find our mailbox had been blown to bits by a molotov cocktail.  It was the next day that the County road crew found our mailbox down the road 2years later when they were cutting back the kudzu.  Would you believe the major boy that was involved was the postmaster's son?Esab Migmaster 250Lincoln SA 200Lincoln Ranger 8Smith Oxy Fuel setupEverlast PowerPlasma 80Everlast Power iMIG 160Everlast Power iMIG 205 Everlast Power iMIG 140EEverlast PowerARC 300Everlast PowerARC 140STEverlast PowerTIG 255EXT
Reply:Build it so it will break off but install one of these game cameras into it so it can record the license plate number, then just forward the pics to the police!Here is what I have so Far:Miller:Shop Master 300 A A/C D/CS 22a Wire FeederRFC-14 Tig PedalHF-251D High Freq. UnitProfax 250 A Mig GunVictor RegulatorsHarris:63-2 torch Cutting Attachment 49-3making home built tig cooler
Reply:Originally Posted by lugweldmolotov cocktail
Reply:mail box i built for mail man that would leave my mail anywher if i got  a  package. truck , tractor, four wheeler in  driveway if none of them were handy Attached Images