"Breakaway Brackets" Protect Mailbox Posts

"Breakaway Brackets" Protect Mailbox Posts FARM HOME Miscellaneous 24-1-32 "It's the best way to avoid having to replace your mailbox post every winter when it gets damaged by passing trucks or snow plows," says Dave Grieder, Carlock, Ill., about his new "breakaway brackets" for mailbox posts. The steel brackets are designed to bolt onto a 4 by 4 wood post and consist of four front and rear pieces as well as four side pieces. The idea is to cut the post off 3 in. above the ground and put matching brackets on the stub in the ground and on the cut-off post. Then you put the post back together with breakaway pieces that go through the front and back of the brackets. If anything hits the mailbox, the release pins break and the post simply falls over. "They work. I know because I've had them on my own mailbox for 10 years," says Grieder. "It takes only about 10 minutes to replace broken release pins. It'll pay for itself the first time it releases." The kit comes complete with brackets, bolts, extra release pins, assembly and installation instructions, and a 30-day money-back guarantee. Sells for $44 plus $12 S&H. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Dave Grieder, Rt. 1, Box 11, Carlock, Ill. 61725 (ph 309 376-3791).

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