When my neighborhood was built back in the late 50s and early 60s, the building contractor mounted the mailboxes on the outside wall right next to the front door. Some people have moved theirs up towards the city sidewalk, but most of them are still next to the front door. I imagine the mail delivery people must hate this neighborhood because of all the extra walking they have to do.
So I walked out to get my mail...
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Mine has been plowed many times....so many times in fact that most of the plastic slide channels are broken so I simply slide the box off of the "post" whenever it calls for snow, lay the box on the ground behind the post, and reinstall it once the plowing is done.
This has worked great for two years but recently my neighbor saw my box on the ground, took it and the post down to his house, and glued it all together for me....glued very well too. There wasn't much I could say other than "thanks neighbor!"
This has worked great for two years but recently my neighbor saw my box on the ground, took it and the post down to his house, and glued it all together for me....glued very well too. There wasn't much I could say other than "thanks neighbor!"
Originally Posted By: earlyre
...every year there's an article in the paper from either the county crew, or ODOT, recommending folks use steel boxes, as the plastic ones get too brittle in the cold.
So i write that yesterday, then today, guess what's in the paper?
Basically they say they'll only replace the box if it's taken out by the plow itself,not the debris thrown by said plow, and if it was set the proper distance back, according to county standards. If they do replace it, it will be with a standard wood post, and a standard steel mailbox, as the plastic ones can get too brittle in the cold.
...every year there's an article in the paper from either the county crew, or ODOT, recommending folks use steel boxes, as the plastic ones get too brittle in the cold.
So i write that yesterday, then today, guess what's in the paper?
Basically they say they'll only replace the box if it's taken out by the plow itself,not the debris thrown by said plow, and if it was set the proper distance back, according to county standards. If they do replace it, it will be with a standard wood post, and a standard steel mailbox, as the plastic ones can get too brittle in the cold.
Originally Posted By: Merkava_4
When my neighborhood was built back in the late 50s and early 60s, the building contractor mounted the mailboxes on the outside wall right next to the front door. Some people have moved theirs up towards the city sidewalk, but most of them are still next to the front door. I imagine the mail delivery people must hate this neighborhood because of all the extra walking they have to do.
My neighborhood mail boxes are at similar location, some near the front door and some on the garage door, the mail person have to walk from the curb to the front door to deposit the mail.
When my neighborhood was built back in the late 50s and early 60s, the building contractor mounted the mailboxes on the outside wall right next to the front door. Some people have moved theirs up towards the city sidewalk, but most of them are still next to the front door. I imagine the mail delivery people must hate this neighborhood because of all the extra walking they have to do.
My neighborhood mail boxes are at similar location, some near the front door and some on the garage door, the mail person have to walk from the curb to the front door to deposit the mail.
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Originally Posted By: Donald
My Dad had a mail box on a pipe that he could slide a few feet in or out. He would pull it in until the road was plowed then push it out normal again.
Some put up steel I-beams next to the mail box.
I live on a dirt road. I am lucky if they bother to plow it.
Canada is going to mailbox centers, a neighborhood place where you can get your mail at any time. They will be stopping delivery.
The only way we can continue with mail delivery is if the post office gets a fair payment for doing the end delivery for Fedex and UPS.
Canada is going to mailbox centres?
Really?
My company builds roughly 200 homes and from 50-500 units of condos/walk ups and in all our new sub-divisions I have yet to see one of the mailbox centres of which you speak.
Many small towns have a post office,with the whole towns mailboxes to which the resident goes to to get their mail but mist small centres have been this way for as long as I can remember.
The city still gets home delivery though.
I do recall those super boxes in Ontario though when I worked in the new subs but the existing/older homes still got delivery.
Home delivery is being phased out soon for all urban areas. I don't know if it effects us rural folks. They have been contracting out rural delivery for 20 years.
I put in my mail box down stream of the existing ones, and put a single lag bolt through bottom into the post, so it gets spun by the snow off the plow when its heavy. Its actually rusting out so I need a new one soon.
Originally Posted By: Donald
My Dad had a mail box on a pipe that he could slide a few feet in or out. He would pull it in until the road was plowed then push it out normal again.
Some put up steel I-beams next to the mail box.
I live on a dirt road. I am lucky if they bother to plow it.
Canada is going to mailbox centers, a neighborhood place where you can get your mail at any time. They will be stopping delivery.
The only way we can continue with mail delivery is if the post office gets a fair payment for doing the end delivery for Fedex and UPS.
Canada is going to mailbox centres?
Really?
My company builds roughly 200 homes and from 50-500 units of condos/walk ups and in all our new sub-divisions I have yet to see one of the mailbox centres of which you speak.
Many small towns have a post office,with the whole towns mailboxes to which the resident goes to to get their mail but mist small centres have been this way for as long as I can remember.
The city still gets home delivery though.
I do recall those super boxes in Ontario though when I worked in the new subs but the existing/older homes still got delivery.
Home delivery is being phased out soon for all urban areas. I don't know if it effects us rural folks. They have been contracting out rural delivery for 20 years.
I put in my mail box down stream of the existing ones, and put a single lag bolt through bottom into the post, so it gets spun by the snow off the plow when its heavy. Its actually rusting out so I need a new one soon.
We have no mailboxes in Tennessee No one can read, write, or talk correctly, so we be saving money .
I have also seen a "shell" constructed around the mailbox with rebar.
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