Mailbox Mayhem

[E4 No More]

^^^Have enough money for the lawsuit too.

[inspecting1]

Ask around see if anybody else has the same problem then think about a rattlesnake:)

[Guest Drewsett]

My father-in-law did something similar to combat mailbox batting.

He made the mailbox out of mild 3/8" steel welded into a box. Then he put the arm, (it had to extend over the ditch to the street), on a swivel mount, and the mount was sunk in concrete. I got him a mailbox alarm from RadioShack so that whenever someone opens the box it sounds a buzzer in the house. He doesn't have much trouble with it now.

EDIT: Too cold for a rattlesnake to be useful!

Your father in law doesn't live off of Hwy 96 in the Blackman area of M'boro does he? I grew up driving past a house that had a mailbox like that and always thought it was cool

[E4 No More]

Your father in law doesn't live off of Hwy 96 in the Blackman area of M'boro does he? I grew up driving past a house that had a mailbox like that and always thought it was cool

Nope. The in-laws live in Kansas City, Missouri on a rather steep hill. In the winter is when cars would take-out the mailbox. Then he also had kids getting into it, which the alarm helps to cure.

[StumpyBeagle]

If you are within 300 feet of your mailbox you could try one of these, there are several out there on the internet:

Mailbox Mail Alert

If it works as advertised at least you wouldn't have to keep that close of an eye on it.

[Guest Swamprunner]

Make a propane cannon (simple, really). Microswitch in the mail box. Brown skivvies follow soon thereafter.

My dad did it with a low voltage solenoid and an air horn to my uncle (my uncle was a mailman). Poor feller damn near had heart failure.

[Guest Bluemax]

Sadly I am just kidding about electrifying the mailbox idea but the rattlesnake, hmmmmmm (scratches chin ominously)

You would be amazed at how pi*&ed off a possum can get after spending a few hours in a mailbox :tough:

[analog_kidd]

How about one of those dye-packs they use at the bank?

[BrasilNuts]

How about one of those dye-packs they use at the bank?

I think that's the best idea yet for you George!

[gnmwilliams]

How about one of those dye-packs they use at the bank?

Than I'd burn up my mail! But then again, it's just bills, so that may work. Unfortunately my branch doesn't use dye packs anymore cause' they are surpisingly expensive but I may be able to improvise my own. But I'm not that worried anymore cause my HCP came Saturday! Woot!

[Guest gunslinger707]

You would be amazed at how pi*&ed off a possum can get after spending a few hours in a mailbox

Or several hour's in a locked truck trailer !

[Luckyforward]

Still like the snake