A snow plow (state truck) took off my mailbox...?

Question

My box is about 4 feet off the pavement.

It's not a costly fix but now I have a half foot of snow and ice in my yard so I'm kinda mad.

I'm going to tell the post office to hold my mail.

This was a great way of coming home after a night shift was'nt it?

What should I do, Take it with a grain of salt?

Pennsylvania

Answer 1

Hey Buddy - Bummer, be thankful you aren't living here, highs in the teens lows below zero with 30mph wind. Went ice fishing a couple days ago and 18" of ice which means the ground is frozen twice that deep. I wouldn't be able to replace that post til April. Take a couple of reject tires from someone else's shift (I know there aren't any on your shift LOL), stick your broken post in the middle and throw in a couple of bags of Sacrete til spring. Or, throw a 'wake' and get p**p faced.  RScott

Answer 2

I'm a carrier (in ohio) and I see it all the time. Most people will get a 5 gallon bucket and mount a mail box in ti with cement and stick it back by the road.

next time stick a rock level with you box, high enough to see over the snow, they'll avoid it.

-------------okay i got a funny one.

one of my past customers got one of those large metal mail boxex and concreted a smaller mail box inside in it. The next tim the kids tried to knock it down, the bad busted in half damaging the parents car. And they had the nerve to sue THE BOX OWNER...they lost

Answer 3

That really stinks.  

I don't have any advice, because I think that whomever you talk to (the Village Hall, the Dept of Transportation, etc...)  will really not give a dang.

Answer 4

The funnest thing I've ever seen was a mail box on a long and heavy beam (made to look like an arrow) that spun on it's post. If the plow hit it, it would spin and hit the back of the plow (of course waking up the driver)

Answer 5

wait for the snowplow man tomorrow and throw a snowball at him.

Answer 6

I guess just fix when you can. If Penn. is like WV the state would never fix it & if they did it would take three weeks with 10 state workers to stare & fix it.

Answer 7

With most state agencies there is really nothing that you can do and even if there was they would bury you in so much paperwork.

I would say just fix it and have a nice talk with the driver of the snow plow and at the same time I would report it just to have it on file in case.