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I brought an old FFA concrete mailbox post home with me today from an old homestead, it's one of them that has the large round petestal on the bottom end so that you can place it by the road without having to dig a post hole. I was an FFA member 35 years ago when I was in high school and still have my jacket. Anyway, I see these posts scattered about the rural areas all along but I never remember us selling any when I was in school. Did a search on the internet and couldn't find anything on them. Any of ya'll have one of these posts? How many former FFA members do we have reading this forum? And I bet this dadburn post weighs at least 110-120 pounds.
 
By BIL made one several years ago, set it up and in a few days the postal people told him to take it down. It should be a break-away metal post or made of wood. Safety Factor.
 
Was in FFA from 83-86 and an officer for the last two. We never had the posts here in Wisconsin because they are not legal here.
 
funny think someone would mention saftey, as i have a mailbox cemented 5 feet down becuase the old man that used to live across the street, 3 times a day would back out of his driveway and take out my mailbox, my father put that in back in the 80"s . ....however i was a ffa member up untill 09
 
i started highschool in 1966, in ffa shop they had the forms for that type of mailbox, we still made them for two more years, lots of people here had them back here
 
Dito the Duchmans reply. I think I was presedent for two or three years.

A Precast concrete place near here was told no one could use their new concrete mail boxes because it was to solid if a car was to hit it at a high speed.
 
83-87, now on FFA Advisory Committee
Never seen the concrete posts, We had tin signs that you could nail to your mailbox posts
 
In Idaho a mailbox has a breakaway requirement. If somebody hits your concrete post and gets hurt you could be in trouble.
 
Indiana FFA member 53-57 never heard of them. I am retired pipe-fitter, my mail box post base is a 8"-6" cast iron reducing fitting with a 2" sch.10 pipe tack welded.
 
Some of ya'll mentioned that regulations require a break away post in case of impact, I've heard of that too around here. With that being said, this FFA post would be basically a break away style post as it would simply tip over if hit by a vehicle since it stands up on a a pad/pedestal. If I knew how to post a picture of it I would show ya'll. Lots of them through out south Alabama where I live, they could have been sold through other schools in my area rather than the one I went to. We have 6 high schools in our county and I think all of them have or used to have FFA programs.
 
Never heard of the mailbox posts, still using the FFA rain gauge I got in freshman year a lot of years ago.

Four inch wood max or some skinny metal round pipe - forget the diameter required - for break-away protection. That gives the insurance co an out to not pay on a claim, so a person is in big trouble if you don't follow & someone bumps - or smashes - into your post.

I remember the days of cemented I-beams, etc. when folks got tired of people running them down....

--->Paul
 
80-84 Rockmart Ga. Vice-President and President, also got my American Farmer Degree. There are some of the post in my area, we didn"t sell them during my time, we sold tons of Indian River fruit, poinsettas and plants.
 
I got me one of these and have repainted and put new arms on it. It looks GOOD. These were made in the 50s and 60s here and were sold as fund raisers. I still have my coat and pins from 1972.
 
FFA 1961-1965, still have too small jacket and pins too. No FFA around the schools here anymore, sad, was a lot of fun. Never heard of the mailboxes before.

Dick ND
 
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