Custom mail boxes

[1976gmc20]

I've thought about building a mailbox out of a piece of large heavy steel pipe - maybe cut it in half and weld a piece of channel for a base to make the traditional shape.

We had a nice old American made jumbo mailbox when we moved out here. Then a few years later some house movers wiped it out. I fought with them for a month or two before we finally got them to buy us a new jumbo box but it is a chinese made POS and leaks rain and snow even brand new. I moved it up the hill a couple hundred feet to where the other mailboxes were so the rural carrier wouldn't have to stop twice.

My post is getting bad and I had to brace it a while back. When the ground thaws out again I'm planning to talk to my neighbors about building a "hitching rail" out of 6x8 timbers for mine and all of their mailboxes to mount on. Except for the butthead across the crick that threatened to kill me!

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Except for the butthead across the crick that threatened to kill me!

Maybe get one of these and point it at his house.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

Maybe get one of these and point it at his house.

Oh hell - he already knows! I'm armed all the time

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by 1976gmc20

Oh hell - he already knows! I'm armed all the time

It reminds me of a guy that lived next door down the hill from us. He was a real nice guy. BUT He was a schizophrenic and if got off his medication you never knew what he would do. He didn't even know himself. He really rattled my nerves because he was bat azz crazy. Nuttier than a squirrel turd. And you never knew when he'd lose it.

I know it sounds cruel. But I was glad/relieved when he died. He gave me the jitters. Too bad because he really was a nice guy when he was under control. He was just mentally ill.

[1976gmc20]

Originally Posted by FleetsidePaul

It reminds me of a guy that lived next door down the hill from us. He was a real nice guy. BUT He was a schizophrenic and if got off his medication you never knew what he would do. He didn't even know himself. He really rattled my nerves because he was bat azz crazy. Nuttier than a squirrel turd. And you never knew when he'd lose it.

I know it sounds cruel. But I was glad/relieved when he died. He gave me the jitters. Too bad because he really was a nice guy when he was under control. He was just mentally ill.

Two good old boys (brothers) from Georgia. The other brother bought a place in Billings where I guess he still lives with his wife. This guy bought this bare rocky quarter section across the crick. They seemed nice enough at first.

First he lived in a cabover camper and now he has a little garden shed of some sort to live in. Apparently he had back trouble and got addicted to pain killers and became an asshole. He used to have dogs that he let run loose to kill livestock and also apparently abused them because the (surviving ) ones that got taken to the shelter had to be put down.

Just about everyone has had some sort of trouble with him. Of course the sheriff department won't do anything substantial about it. I suppose they don't want to jail him and have to pay for his medical care

Haven't seen his tracks in or out since this snow and cold spell so maybe he froze to death ...?

[weq92f]

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Mailbox story time... 8 years ago I heard a sound out front that I had to investigate... some contractor in a big truck accidentally destroyed my mailbox ( this was one of those normal mailboxes encased in a brick structure/monolith about 3 feet x 3 feet and just tall enough to get the box to the right height and of course with some pretty brick work and a nice domed top ).

After getting them to admit it was not my fault and that they would be responsible I was off to get it rebuilt/replaced.

Well -- I hired a dude to come out and rebuild it. I should have setup a time-lapse camera LOL. It took him all day and cost about 1100 bucks. Of course I got the upgraded mailbox ( a nice big square affair with a locking access hatch ) and the nice white-etched plaque stating my house number since it was not my $$.

Watching this guy remove the old and then slowly build up the new was something else. I couldn't believe it would take that long, require that much effort and patience....for a mailbox!

-klb

[FleetsidePaul]

Originally Posted by weq92f

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Watching this guy remove the old and then slowly build up the new was something else. I couldn't believe it would take that long, require that much effort and patience....for a mailbox!

-klb

I had two neighbors that just re-roofed their houses. One took a probably a month and the other took a couple days for about the same size house. I don't know the details but it sure makes you wonder if someone was milking the job.