does anyone have this type of post my box got plowed over this winter again



http://www.swingclear.com/index.html

So, are you asking if we have any experience with mail swingers because you are swing curious?

Elegant solution. My mom has a mailbox that is cantilevered out like that, but doesn't swing. No snow where she lives though, and when a drunk runs off the road and hits it, a swing wouldn't save it...

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Originally posted by Fenris:
So, are you asking if we have any experience with mail swingers because you are swing curious?

yes

That was pretty light, dry snow the grader was moving in the video, and was done at slow speed, the only speed a grader can attain.

Here in E. Washington, most of the residential plowing is done with one way truck mounted plows running as quickly as they can... probably 25 - 30 mph. Add to that the fact that usually the residential streets don't even get plowed until 2 - days after being hammered down into a nearly solid ice crust, and you begin to see the problem... Heavy, wet or compacted snow thrown at much higher velocities than shown in the video.

Here, even the vertical support post would probably not survive a good storm and clearing operation!

Don't get me started on how they did away with end gates on the old graders that allowed them to momentarily shut off the flow of snow off the heel of the blade when crossing intersections and driveways... hence preventing plowing in each and every resident who has just finished clearing his driveway!!!

Staged video.

That mailbox was 2 feet into the road - of course it got hit.