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So update as of Jan 2022...
I moved away a few years ago and it never got hit again. :-( I've built a version 2.0 at my new house and it hasn't been hit either. Ugggggg
dissipant
You DO know nobody is ever going to hit your mailbox ever again?
ScourgeOfAges
I read this whole post in Ron Swanson's voice.
Beezlebubble
Just get a Granite post and Steel box like one of my neighbors did. Friend rode his bicycle into it (being stupid) knocked himself out
debunker
I'll take "Crazy Old Man Things" for $500 Alex.
Conflict
This is the most impressive mailbox stand ever created. I want to make fun of you for overkill but as a guy this is just genius.
CAVOKay
Snowploughs beware
jamesfrown
Can I have those metal downvote arrows?
Nizedk
I'd like a current picture @op
maethor
oh my god. I love this so much. metalworking porn AND some general grumpiness...
WateryTartan
Add a shaped charge to it.
Imwalkingonlegos
Now they die when they hit it, no more minor injuries!
ninjadog2
He did say that that its brakes away if a car hits it.
AndThatsOneMansOpinion
OH PLEASE OP PLEASE DON'T BE THE FIRST ONE TO SLIDE INTO IT!
nirach
I think you did a mans job. You can turn a big one down, you can't turn a little one up.
Jammiepak
I hate to point this out as you did such a nice job, but I would guess that statistically you are the most likely person to hit it.
BoomerDog
Anything yet?
hoboindenial
I'm pretty sure your mailbox could sink the titanic.
SophoclesRex
so how small is it?
Ilikecreativepeople
I'm really proud of you @op
IgorAuschwitz
OP thinks this was overkill? More like roadkill.
Nobodyn0se
Holy shit! It's just a mailbox, man. Calm the fuck down.
wererat2000
DO NOT QUESTION THE MAILBOX OF DOOM!
WilliamHuskerAdama
Loving how the old one is held together by duct tape
GrampaJack
What line of work are you in?
scuba7jb
At the time I was the "shop guy" at an environmental laboratory; best job ever with a dream machine shop.... lathe, bridgeport mill, etc
GrampaJack
All the goodies! Like a kid in a candy store ;-)
GrampaJack
I like the duct tape fix on the old one!
ViviRouce
#7 Everyday, wild downvotes are harvested for their strength, and used as building material
UrsaUrsa
xD
strongbald
now i WANT to see some one hit this thing. post pics..
QwertyMcGiblets
nicely done OP, post pics next time someone crashes into this updated version ;)
charlieschocolatefactory
@scuba7jb any ‘customers’?!
masterswasntworthit
Hopefully it's not of a mangled corpse...
Rednecksaremyspiritanimal
My ex father in law did that. The snow plow caught it, spun around, pissed the driver off. He hit it 5 more times until he broke it.
swisstraeng
My guess is that he broke his snow plow.
imthenachoman
So if someone has an accident that is no fault of their own they could hit your mailbox and die cause they are in a small car?
CrispHigh5
If they hit the mail box, a judge will see it as their fault. Going too fast, not leaving enough room, etc... ask me how I know...
blacksteve
The deliberately skinny bolts will sheer off, leaving the post and the base undamaged. He replaces the bolts, but keeps his post+base+box.
imthenachoman
Thanks. And how is this getting attention 2 years later?
JesusHorsedickChrist
I have no idea.
OhNoDontTouch
these things just kinda happen..
BigFckingRocket
Time travel
blacksteve
Because the bolts sheer off, the resistance is non-lethal. Unless you hit it at high speed sideways, but a wood post would kill you then too
imthenachoman
Thanks. And how is this getting attention 2 years later?
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OhNoDontTouch
'eyyy!
ezzmann
Future ✊?
scuba7jb
I'm kind of feeling like this whole project was overkill...
ligmabolz
Any luck with the mailbox trap ? Do you even still live there ?
TisNagim
its not overkill until you start adding on pneumatic pumps that turn the mailbox into an autobot
Thorlite
Someday, someone will thank/curse you.
TehAccountant
yeah 20 buck at home depot would have done it
Pentel123
Overkill is underrated. I think this is awesome
wererat2000
Whaaa? naaaaaah, that's crazy talk...
nzey
Overkill as in it has the ability to kill someone to avoid inconveniencing you? Yep.
powerisdown
Only now, OP?
LetMeTellYouHowIPlannedToKillYouBeforeYouEscapeMrBond
Hi from the future. How's about now?
HonHomes
From further in the future, there was an update a while back, it got "removed" for roadworks. Check the description again!
LetMeTellYouHowIPlannedToKillYouBeforeYouEscapeMrBond
How fucked is the world now?
HonHomes
Ha! Turbofucked.
LetMeTellYouHowIPlannedToKillYouBeforeYouEscapeMrBond
Things can always get worse.
Laopard
Anything worth doing is worth overdoing!
Dxb105
Are you a boilermaker op? Seems like something one of us would do...
peikkos
What about now? Anyone hit it?
tomyironmane
Maxim 37: There is no overkill, there is only "Open fire" and "Time to reload."
UmamiMama
At least it breaks away or it could kill someone
lolitsmike
It's your property and your money. Fuck the others
EGoatMan
OP .. it's not over kill.
darkoneko
nah
Givemesomemore
800lbs of concrete? You didn't think oh this is overboard?
scuba7jb
A car weighs around 2500-3500 lbs so I figure 800lbs is reasonable. ;-)
ServantOfTheGodEmperorOfUsersub
@OP how about now?
scuba7jb
Still nothing. :-( I'm crossing my fingers for this winter!
GrampaJack
Any luck?
scuba7jb
Nope! :-( .......... I sold the house and moved 1200 miles south to Houston. Snowdrifts are forever a distant nightmare of my former life.
MosesSupposesHisToesesAreRosesButMosesSupposesErroneously
Update?
GrampaJack
Congratulations!