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There is only one spot where I can put the mailbox up. I discovered the prior property owners chose to cement the mailboxes in each time it happened. There must have been 5 cemented holes I found the first time I tried to find a place to put the mailbox up at. I had to dig one out in frozen ground, in 10 degree winter temps, and it took forever.
Perhaps I should put a Tom Brady mailbox up. He never seems to get hit.
Ya think? Although I don't think the postman will deliver to the loo.
One time in the middle of winter I got my mailbox taken out on a Sunday evening. The temps were going to be in the single digits all week and I knew I couldn’t tackle it until the following weekend. I called the Post Office up on Monday to ask them to hold my mail there for the week. They said I would need to come into the Post Office myself, fill out a form, and it would take several days to process the order. I said there is no need for that, and since I have no mailbox at the current time, please have your postal delivery person just walk the mail to my front door and put it between the doors. They came back and said we’ll stop the mail and hold it immediately.
That is pretty cool and would definitely help when a snowplow takes the mailbox out, which has also happened to me on several occasions. But it wouldn’t survive when a car comes careening though the front yard and there is only one foot of clearance underneath the vehicle.
The first time I went on vacation after I moved in I went through all the paperwork, and in time, to stop the mail for the week. They forgot to stop the mail. The postman just kept shoving it in the box. Unfortunately the mailbox opens from both ends and whey he delivered it, he just kept shoving it in and the prior days mail would fall out the other side. Needless to say I had to contact all the places that sent me bills (that I couldn't find in the bushes) in order to try and figure out what needed to be paid. I now have a neighbor or family member get my mail when we're away.
I cannot put up anything permanent like a fence or trees less than 10 feet (the amount the government says they are allowed to use for signs and such), plus another 5 feet (per local ordinance) from the road. It would do me little good. I’m thinking of starting a mailbox shop from my garage. I’ll sell and install them on weekends in the area. I’ll just need to get myself one of those gas operated post-hole diggers. I’d probably make a killing.
LOL. One neighbor up the road has a smaller version of that he built. We all laugh at it because I live in the country and everyone here has guns... several. I guess it's meant to deter the tourists.
LOL. Gives a whole new meaning to "getting air."
happened to my brother in law. Every weekend, his mailbox would get plowed over. There was a bar not too far from him and he figured it was some drunk making his way home. Probably the first time it was an accident, but after that, it was like a joke. Soooooo, my brother in law sunk that post in cement.
I love this. It will get stolen.
I might be able to help with that......
