It seems like every winter I need to fix the mailbox. The force of the plowed snow seems to bend it backwards and loosen the very stone it is set in. I realize that I could have gotten one that needed a 4×4 post to set it up, but I settled for one that allowed a spike to be driven into the ground. For a couple of years it worked too. But after it got pushed back during one heavy snow fall, it was never the same.
I guess I should see if there are any new improvements to the mailbox selection. I’m not really set on getting one that needs a big post. I’ve seen too many of those not move and have the whole mailbox destroyed by the plowed snow. Hmm… This year, I think I will just get a fencepost and drive it into the ground next to my old box. I can then attach my mailbox to this new post. It may not last forever, but maybe it will last until next winter. I guess I really need to wait until the ground is completely thawed out don’t I. That is good news, one less thing I have to worry about today. 😉
I see what you’re saying – took me 5 or 6 years of living in the country before I realized (well, someone had to tell me) why people on rural roads put boards in front of their mailboxes. I had just assumed it was to keep the vandals from doing more damage during games of “mailbox baseball”.
Have you tried using the board method?
Just once a very long time ago, someone stole it!
Have you tried driving it into the ground six feet back then extending the mailbox out on a long plank? If nothing else it would look really funny.
Wish I could, but that isn’t my land. Because of the directionality of the mail route, I have to have my mailbox on the west side of the road. I live on the east side.
Ah, too bad. Maybe rent some equipment to drive a ten foot metal post six feet into the ground. Let’s see that one bend or break!