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<blockquote data-quote="NightShade" data-source="post: 3300144" data-attributes="member: 29706"><p>Thought about making some nice mail boxes if I had some place to do it. If I was to build them I would cast a hollow concrete core then adhere the brick to the outside of it. Once it's in place the home owner could then fill it up with sand or rock or whatever. Be simple enough to make then load on a trailer and drop in place wherever it's wanted. When the truck barreling down the road hits it that would be the end of the truck to say the least and the kids who want to do stupid crap would never want to take a swing at it. Even without being filled up it would probably total a small car and just need a little brick replaced. As long as it's back far enough from the road I doubt it would matter. A tree that has been grown to be about 24" in diameter will total a car easily, same goes for power poles. You probably could not put a heavy duty box next to a highway where everything is cleared back a good ways but on residential street with a low speed limit, I doubt anyone would bat an eye. Then again I have heard it said that it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Kinda like ignoring signs since concealed is concealed.</p><p></p><p>But the things workers will toss where they think it will never be found can be pretty bad. While working on a paving crew most of them just threw their trash in the concrete and it ended becoming a part of the road forever. I know one stretch where a bunch of chicken bones was thrown out ahead of the paver. However the worst thing to find while working construction was actually old rotten sod. The sod will get stripped off an area and often times thrown at the very bottom of an existing grade and covered over. That old putrid grass is a horrendous smell if you are ever working on a pipe crew and end up being unlucky enough to come across some of it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NightShade, post: 3300144, member: 29706"] Thought about making some nice mail boxes if I had some place to do it. If I was to build them I would cast a hollow concrete core then adhere the brick to the outside of it. Once it's in place the home owner could then fill it up with sand or rock or whatever. Be simple enough to make then load on a trailer and drop in place wherever it's wanted. When the truck barreling down the road hits it that would be the end of the truck to say the least and the kids who want to do stupid crap would never want to take a swing at it. Even without being filled up it would probably total a small car and just need a little brick replaced. As long as it's back far enough from the road I doubt it would matter. A tree that has been grown to be about 24" in diameter will total a car easily, same goes for power poles. You probably could not put a heavy duty box next to a highway where everything is cleared back a good ways but on residential street with a low speed limit, I doubt anyone would bat an eye. Then again I have heard it said that it's easier to ask forgiveness than permission. Kinda like ignoring signs since concealed is concealed. But the things workers will toss where they think it will never be found can be pretty bad. While working on a paving crew most of them just threw their trash in the concrete and it ended becoming a part of the road forever. I know one stretch where a bunch of chicken bones was thrown out ahead of the paver. However the worst thing to find while working construction was actually old rotten sod. The sod will get stripped off an area and often times thrown at the very bottom of an existing grade and covered over. That old putrid grass is a horrendous smell if you are ever working on a pipe crew and end up being unlucky enough to come across some of it. [/QUOTE]
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