Cedar Mailbox Post

[HandyDan]

Years ago friends of my dad would carry the mailbox out to the street everyday after loosing many of them to Cherry Bombs. 

Around here the box post has to give way when a car hits it.  Safety first!

[Fred W. Hargis Jr]

I pay everything on line I can, but it doesn't have anything to do with mail theft. Around here the USPS is so poor with deliveries I don't trust them to get anything anywhere correctly.

[Chips N Dust]

My wife made a change of address while she was done here the last couple of weeks. All of her mail ended up at her old address. The piece of mail that was on the bottom of her mail box was a note from the USPS about her address change.

[HandyDan]

My wife passed away over 20 years ago.  I think last year was the first year I didn't get mail for her and she never lived at this house.

 

[HARO50]

Canada Post is no better, but they're always whining about nobody using the mail system any more. Is it any wonder?

John

[Al B]

Don't know if this is still available on the market. I used Curernol  stain below grade level . This is the same stuff my uncle used  in the bilges of the white oak wood hull boats he built. My cedar post mailbox has stood for many years and shows no signs of decay.

Edited March 2, 2017 by It Was Al B

[Chips N Dust]

UPDATE:

Wife talked to the post office. It takes them 2 to 3 weeks to start the forwarding. No place do they tell you this. 

No wonder they are going broke

[p_toad]

Our local post office delivery folks have always been very good here.   The yokels running over and destroying mailboxes...   well, i caught one once...  it was hilarious.

 

Rocks, corncobs, bats, vehicles...   had one run over once and the sheriff says "probably drunk" and i pointed out the tire marks where they spun their tires before the snapped off the post, ran it down into the ditch, and smashed the box flat.   he wasn't impressed (but then again, neither was I, and i'm paying his salary...grrrr).

[steamshovel]

I use outdoor paint for my outdoor master pieces. I have some chairs that I built 30 years ago and the paint is still there but has seen its better day. I would say they saw 15 years. It's sears weather beater. You can choose your own color. I agree with pea gravel and seal the end.

 

I had a woman crash into our power pole, mailbox, flower garden, concrete border, maple tree. Pole broke in half. mailbox destroyed. flower garden and concrete barrier rearranged, and the 30" maple tree had a little bark removed. Car was a complete wreck. Woman driver was ok.

 

Preston