Steel locking mailboxes are currently being advertised as secure and vandal proof. Some of them are stainless steel or 14 gauge steel. Others provide a 16 gauge steel construction. The strongest is a collection of mailboxes which are constructed of a 1/4" steel shell which is 2 gauge.
The steel thickness of the mailbox construction impacts whether or not the mailbox can be pried open with a screwdriver, as is the case with quite a few of the steel mailboxes available today. 14 gauge sounds thicker than 1/4 inch. Actually 1/4 inch is thicker than 14 gauge and is a 2 gauge thickness. 16 gauge also is not nearly as thick and strong as 2 gauge steel. What this means for owners of country mailboxes which are frequently vandalized is that the thicker the steel construction, the better is the solution to ever having a mailbox damaged again.
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