My mailbox is falling apart. I'd love to replace it with something interesting that I can build, instead of buying a junky plastic one or a cheap wood one. Anyone built one? Are there plans around for anything interesting?
I'm also wondering about the post. I once saw a mailbox on a cool laminated post forming an arc.
Thanks, Michael
Norm made a pretty nice post/box combination on last weeks show. I don't see it at the website though.
: > My mailbox is falling apart. I'd love to replace it with something : > interesting that I can build, instead of buying a junky plastic one or : > a cheap wood one. Anyone built one? Are there plans around for : > anything interesting? : >
: > I'm also wondering about the post. I once saw a mailbox on a cool : > laminated post forming an arc. : >
: > Thanks, : > Michael : >
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Here is a mailbox post from wood magazine. The issue is still available.
Hmmmmmm. Mailbox post. I seem to remember something like that a while back.
David :-)
I'll repost some pics of the mailbox/planter I built a couple of years ago to abpw
Google search alt.home.repair where the topic has been discussed ad nauseum.
I don't know about the box, but for a most interesting post read on.
Years ago I had a friend who lived in rural AZ and had a problem with a local drunk and his pickup truck. This asshole took a liking to running down my friends mailbox several times a year. The solution was a piece railroad rail buried 6' deep and bedded in concrete. This was wrapped with old 1 by whatever boards to disguise the rail and to have something to attach the mailbox to. Shortly thereafter the drunk demolished the 1 by whatever boards and totaled his truck. The rail had some shiny new scratches but remained perfectly vertical.
Art
See for the "official rules" concerning mailbox construction. Especially sections 2.1 and 2.2.
It's a good idea to get local PostMaster approval, _before_ constructing. :)
This what i would like to do to mine. But its probably illegal. And besides the vehicle that is responsible for mine is a snow plow, and might still win. Its not actually hitting mine, but throwing heavy wet snow and knocking off the box. I see that LV has a swing away mechanism to counter this problem. My neighbor finally got one. They are not cheap though, about $55 Cdn plus tax. Ken in NS
In my (rural) neighborhood, this would be an ongoing project where you'll get lots of chances to do it right! :-) The last time somebody creamed my mailbox, I installed a heavy galvanized post hanger at ground level, so I can just bolt in a new wooden post the next time somebody takes it out. I suppose one could go the other way and use a steel post that couldn't be damaged, but I like the look of wood.
I just can't see putting any real work into a wood post because of the liklihood of either accidental or malicious damage. I would think that anything really nice would be a tempting target for young stupids driving by.
Tim Carver snipped-for-privacy@twocarvers.com
One 'creative' solution for this is to put in a _tall_ (like 8 foot) post with a crossbar at the top, and hang (literally -- on wires) the mailbox from above. When anything hits it, it bobs out of the way, and then swings back into place.
I've also seen this with bungee-cord 'stabilizers', so it didn't blow around in the wind.
Indeed it is. In thirteen years of living in the country, our mailbox was never molested (we lived on a dead-end road, and the box was in our driveway), but plenty of our neighbors' boxes were, many of them multiple times.
One guy sank a couple of 4" I-beams into the ground about a foot on either side of his mailbox post. I don't know how deep he put them, but they projected upward to about the same height as the mailbox -- which nobody ever bothered again.
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