lifting and chucking scenery: Weight of a parking meter

[Bruno]

I'm working on a brick for my friends supers game. Powers conveniently provides approximate weights for things like cars etc, but I'm looking for weights of a few other common bits of street decoration. I may need to throw them at bad guys, or use them to prop up things, or just whack stuff with 'em.

* Parking meters
* telephone poles
* ice cream cart (I'd say hot-dog cart, but tossing around anything with propane in it is probably bad).
* mail/fedex boxes

I've been trying to dig these up via google, but I obviously lack the mad research skills. Anyone know?

[ed_209a]

Originally Posted by Bruno

I'm working on a brick for my friends supers game.

* Parking meters
* telephone poles
* ice cream cart (I'd say hot-dog cart, but tossing around anything with propane in it is probably bad).
* mail/fedex boxes

I've been trying to dig these up via google, but I obviously lack the mad research skills. Anyone know?

Sheer guessing here.

Parking meter - 30-50 lbs.
Telephone pole - .75-1 ton
Ice cream cart 2-300lbs
mailbox - 50-100lbs (but usually bolted down)

[Gef]

Originally Posted by ed_209a

Parking meter - 30-50 lbs.

Is that the force needed to hoist it out of the cement sidewalk? Does it come out cleanly or is there a bulb of cement stuck to the bottom?

[ed_209a]

Originally Posted by Gef

Is that the force needed to hoist it out of the cement sidewalk? Does it come out cleanly or is there a bulb of cement stuck to the bottom?

Oh goodness no! That is just a guesstimate of a 4 foot steel pipe with a clockwork gizmo on the end.

It would probably _take_ a superhero to pull it out.