New Mailbox

[PineRidge]

Rob, I always mount my mailbox with the front lip about 1/2" lower than the back.

I'm really not going to touch that one Jim.....

 

[Soundguy]

So uh..i guess we can say that Jim loves his mailbox! Sorry.. couldn't pass that one up jinman!!

Great idea though... I hadn't thought about it concerning the mailbox.. though i have done it to paper boxes... nothing like a cold limp rag to read with yuor coffee.

Great idea.. thanks for sharing.

Soundguy

 

[3RRL]

Rob that was perfect timing, I am on vacation this week coming up and I have about 300 feet of fencing to do, I am going use my new PHD for the 1st time LOL
I have miles of fence under my belt but all done by hand.

Charlie,
You're a tougher man than I am. I wouldn't dig a fence post hole by hand if you paid me. It's bad enough having to shovel the rest of the dirt out. And man, if you hit a rock and have to get a breaker bar to "chisel" it out of the hole you'd end up with deltoids like Arnold.

 

[3RRL]

Rob, it's hard to tell by your photos, but I always mount my mailbox with the front lip about 1/2" lower than the back. That way any door leakage runs back out the front instead of flowing back and possibly wetting my mail. Does anybody else do that?

Jim,
Mine supposed to be level...never thought of angling it. Then again I never get the mail...let Mrs3RRL deal with that one. Hahaha Heck, I thought about the raised concrete around the post for wear.... can't think of everything? LOL

 

[jinman]

I'm really not going to touch that one Jim.....

Another boring day with nothing to do, Mike?

 

[PineRidge]

Another boring day with nothing to do, Mike?

Actually Jim you guys keep me on my toes.

 

[3RRL]

So who besides Jim has a ½" slope built into their mailbox???

 

[Timber]

Charlie,
You're a tougher man than I am. I wouldn't dig a fence post hole by hand if you paid me. It's bad enough having to shovel the rest of the dirt out. And man, if you hit a rock and have to get a breaker bar to "chisel" it out of the hole you'd end up with deltoids like Arnold.

LOL yea my dad had a post hole digger, his name was Chuck, He wasn’t about to dig a hole by hand either. I’ll never forget the routine. He would mark the hole and say Dig it 12 inches round 36 inches deep with square sides. And dig fast before the water comes into the hole. One thing I can do is dig into the ground. Hear in New England if you take a leak you get a rock so I suspect I’ll still be doing a lot of hand digging. I have bars in all shapes and sizes so I think I’m in good shape.

 

[CurlyDave]

<I>Does anybody else do that?</I>

Not yet, but mine will now be that way before the rainy season. Good idea.

 

[jayhaitch]

Here in Canada all new urban developments and all rural areas have "super mailboxes." That's newspeak for one big mutha everyone must go to to pick up mail. There is no home delivery anymore, unless you live in older urban areas.
The "super mailboxes" are just like ones in apartments, little doors individually keyed, but out in the open. At least newspapers still get delivered to each dwelling.

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