[TheForge] Crush proof mailbox

[Jerry Frost]

That's pretty much what I said. Manufacturers have 
specs they have to follow.

Custom boxes need to fall within accepted guidelines 
and these are generally, height, distance from driving 
surface / curb / pavement / cow trail, etc., I forgot 
about the visibility of the flag requirement and it 
needs to have a door with a catch of some sort.

Sure you can apply to the postmaster for approval of 
your custom design and almost undoubtedly not get it, 
OR do it the way you have to, to get anything through a 
bureaucracy.

Build it, put it up and if there's something wrong with 
it the carrier will let you know.

Mother retired from the PO 23 years ago and we put up a 
custom box at virtually every place we lived. Every 
once in a while a neighbor would complain to the PO and 
the carrier would have to make a report. We'd hear 
about it but that's about all. We never got a gripe 
from the PO and Mother being an employee we certainly 
would have if they were at all picky.

Your main concern is liability from a collision. Even 
if the post is a breakaway if the mailbox can become a 
dangerous projectile and it injures someone you're on 
the hook.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Peter Hirst" <saltydog335 at aol.com>


> Not exactly, Jerry.  USPS regs do require certain 
> accessibility standardsa, but the ALSO inclusde the 
> following :
>
> "3.2 Curbside Mailboxes
> 3.2.1 Manufacturer Specifications
> Manufacturers of all mailboxes designed and made to 
> be erected at the edge of a roadway or curbside of a 
> street and to be served by a carrier from a vehicle 
> on any city route, rural route, or highway contract 
> route must obtain approval of their products under 
> USPS Standard 7, Mailboxes, City and Rural Curbside. 
> To receive these construction standards and drawings 
> or other information about the manufacture of 
> curbside mailboxes, write to USPS Engineering (see 
> 608.8.0 for address).
>
> 3.2.2 Custom-Built Mailbox
> The local postmaster may approve a curbside mailbox 
> constructed by a customer who, for aesthetic or other 
> reasons, does not want to use an approved 
> manufactured box. The custom-built box must generally 
> meet the same standards as approved manufactured 
> boxes for flag, size, strength, and quality of 
> construction. "
>
>
>
> So check with your local Postmaster, and y6ou can get 
> your custum job approved
>