I appreciate you not being afraid to show your mistakes bud. Unlike many of the people who comment excessively in the negative, you likely aren’t that insecure 😎
Not to add to the insults but you put the metal bracket on upside down. Had you flipped it right side up, the metal tabs around the outside and in the middle that you beat flat with a hammer would have posotioned the mailbox lip at the back up above the wood cross brace.
Love how the mailman played along haha, I have a cedar post in the garage waiting to be out up using the spike to beat in the ground. Have to sand and stain it first, I want it to match the planter box I'm making.
Cool, i know what I’m doing 0/4 of the time so you’re ahead of me! I love this option. I don’t want to use concrete and my husband left me to do this myself so thanks!!
I'm curious as to why a mailbox installation expert such as yourself, Mary, finds it necessary to watch and criticize mailbox installation videos? Oh and the name calling seems completely unnecessary, Bee Yotch.
you should have put the metal mount on flipped over so the sides were pointing UP, which would have left clearance for the mailbox edges. You could have also just used a flat piece of wood the correct size and skipped the metal bracket.
What about the bag of pea gravel to ensure drainage, the effort of digging a whole big enough to hold enough concrete to keep it steady, then the mixing and the pouring and the clean up after? Not everything is about cost. Effort is a commodity as well. Plus, unless you dig deep enough to level it so you can put some dirt on top and perhaps grow grass or flowers, It just looks bad to have a mound of bare concrete there. So now I gotta get grass or flower seed, straw to keep it down and keep birds and squirrells away and water it every other day till it grows back... Or put some sort of mulch over the to and replace it when it is carried away by storms, animals or kids. I think I'll pay a wee bit extra to avoid most of that extra effort if I can.
Ugh, the wife decided we need a new mailbox. I remember the last time we replaced it and what a pain in the ass it is. I never fully removed the old post, I just cut it about 2 inches above grass. It must be cemented in there because it wont budge. But I have to remove that, plus the current post. I think the hardest part is picking out the post and mailbox we are gonna use.
The type where the letter carrier that delivers from vehicle tend to be large for packages etc. Many properties are far away from the mailbox. Mailboxes on the house, in the city, are much smaller, flatter. In case you've been wondering for 3 years 😊 (mine's massive, ready to replace as post is held together with barbed wire after snowplow hit.)
I used the same "spike mount" with the square receptacle on top to mount a new post on my own mailbox I had to install years ago to replace a buried post that had rotted out and broke at ground level -- and then one of those drive-by "mailbox bashers" recently came along with his intent of using his baseball bat on my mailbox! But unfortunately for him, that mailbox of mine was a "heavy duty" one that was built to withstand "bashing," and his blow on my mailbox only resulted in the rusted-out post socket of my mailbox's "spike mount" breaking off -- so it was off to my local Home Depot store for a replacement "spike mount," and then, my own mail carrier came along after I had driven it into the ground and was getting ready to install my mailbox and its post onto it!
Do it right, or dont do it at all. Dig a hole 18 or so inches deep. Place the post in and just pour some dry quickcrete mix into the hole and tamp it down. Put some more concrete in and do the same. Pour a little water in between additions of the cement after each tamping.. When done with the tamping of the concrete , the post will be firm in the ground. The dry concrete in the hole will absorb water from the damp ground and harden just as hard as if you mixed it by hand. If you ever left a bag of concrete in your garage, and about a week later you go to use it, you will see it hardened just by absorbing moisture from the air! The ground is way moister. I put up about 200 feet of picket fencing at my home this way, and 25 yrs later, they are still standing solid as rock and straight! No sloppy mixing involved,and no cheap metal spike in the ground that will rot away or loosen.
The mailbox i'm about to replace was "done the right way" but that didn't stop a car from taking it out, and now I'm stuck with a broken post that's going to be a nightmare to remove (assuming I bother to at all.) This way seems easier, cheaper, and I won't have to buy any extra tools.
@@Omni0404Regardless of how well you install it,it won't prevent it being hit by wide farm equipment and other vehicles. Happens occasionally in rural Arkansas. 😢
@@littlebopeeps5852I must be a "girlie guy" as I left my old metal post there to "protect" my new 4x4 wooden post.Looks ok for a very rural box.I have installed many boxes and Birdhouses and I never use any type of concrete.Just dig a 2-3 ' hole and pack dirt and rocks and it's good 4 yrs unless someone hits it.😊
Nope. He will have ZERO issues. Installed mine almost the same way in 1999 (it's one of the poly double-opening boxes) and it has withstood even being struck by a falling tree and is still plumb and functioning to this day.
@@cloudstrifeification but the wife said no. You really need to watch the whole video. She said she likes the wood look. However, coating the post with lenseed oil will keep the wood look and help perserve the post.
I appreciate you not being afraid to show your mistakes bud. Unlike many of the people who comment excessively in the negative, you likely aren’t that insecure 😎
Not to add to the insults but you put the metal bracket on upside down. Had you flipped it right side up, the metal tabs around the outside and in the middle that you beat flat with a hammer would have posotioned the mailbox lip at the back up above the wood cross brace.
The mailbox, and your house looks great!!!
Thank you, I didn't know you could install without concrete, that is great.
I like it! Going to see if the big box store has one this weekend for our new house!
Thank you. Very informative. Did mine yesterday in less than an hour.
Love how the mailman played along haha, I have a cedar post in the garage waiting to be out up using the spike to beat in the ground. Have to sand and stain it first, I want it to match the planter box I'm making.
Cool, i know what I’m doing 0/4 of the time so you’re ahead of me! I love this option. I don’t want to use concrete and my husband left me to do this myself so thanks!!
Howdy Leilani. So did you install the mailbox yourself? How did it go for you? I wanna know the outcome! Happy Spring 2022
Great job. Looks good. Fun video to watch too.
You need an endslate for your videos, Sam!
For your outdoor wood projects, what do you do to protect against weathering and bugs/termites?
Hahaha holding the mailbox for the mailman, lmao! Nice install, this is probably the same post/box I’m about to go with
First video I have seen of yours and you are so good!
Fun and informative video, dude, I enjoyed it.
Thank you sir! Happy wife, happy life!
What size socket did u use @1:13? Anchor box
Well done.
Did you make the wood post ?
Excellent
Looks great!! The mailbox and your wife!! 😘😜
YEAH .....U tha MAN!!!!
she loves the wood!!!
Well, now I'm subscribing.
Thanks mang
Mo Ron, instead of smashing the universal bracket with the hammer, you should have just flipped it over-- you had it upside down!
thats why he knows what he is doing 2/4 of the time :D
I'm curious as to why a mailbox installation expert such as yourself, Mary, finds it necessary to watch and criticize mailbox installation videos? Oh and the name calling seems completely unnecessary, Bee Yotch.
@@ryno2062 I'm curious as to why you are replying to a comment that is 2 years old. Oh and the name calling seems completely unnecessary, Bass Turd.
@@marymack7530You "fart knockers" should chill and learn about proper mailbox install.😅
@@Weirlive
0:31 So, about this neat thing you found at Home Depot... What's it called? The label wasn't legible in the video.
There called ground spikes or post anchors. Depends were you buy them at.
Ivan Fernandez Thanks!
I found them right next to the wooden mailbox posts in the wood department, not the mailbox department.
you should have put the metal mount on flipped over so the sides were pointing UP, which would have left clearance for the mailbox edges. You could have also just used a flat piece of wood the correct size and skipped the metal bracket.
we're both up too late! now I do t regret it as much.
nice mail box
bag of concrete is $5 and $3 for 5 gallon bucket. The metal post anchor is $29
What about the bag of pea gravel to ensure drainage, the effort of digging a whole big enough to hold enough concrete to keep it steady, then the mixing and the pouring and the clean up after? Not everything is about cost. Effort is a commodity as well. Plus, unless you dig deep enough to level it so you can put some dirt on top and perhaps grow grass or flowers, It just looks bad to have a mound of bare concrete there. So now I gotta get grass or flower seed, straw to keep it down and keep birds and squirrells away and water it every other day till it grows back... Or put some sort of mulch over the to and replace it when it is carried away by storms, animals or kids. I think I'll pay a wee bit extra to avoid most of that extra effort if I can.
Dumb question but did you buy the post like that already?
There are NO "dumb" questions, only "dumb" answers....
Sweet, got the same one just chocolate lol
Ugh, the wife decided we need a new mailbox. I remember the last time we replaced it and what a pain in the ass it is. I never fully removed the old post, I just cut it about 2 inches above grass. It must be cemented in there because it wont budge. But I have to remove that, plus the current post. I think the hardest part is picking out the post and mailbox we are gonna use.
I've fixed my very attractive green mailbox countless times because the black ones are so ugly, and that's all you can buy at a reasonable price.
Make sure to link the products you use! :D
Happy wife!
Damn I didn’t beat the metal down on the horizontal piece lol. My mail box is unique
Happy wife, happy home.
lol my wife is on me about it too
What happen at 1:21
American letter box is very large yes?
The type where the letter carrier that delivers from vehicle tend to be large for packages etc. Many properties are far away from the mailbox. Mailboxes on the house, in the city, are much smaller, flatter. In case you've been wondering for 3 years 😊 (mine's massive, ready to replace as post is held together with barbed wire after snowplow hit.)
Funny
Hi
Bracket will probably rust out in about 6 years, as mine did. Maybe you will do better.
I used the same "spike mount" with the square receptacle on top to mount a new post on my own mailbox I had to install years ago to replace a buried post that had rotted out and broke at ground level -- and then one of those drive-by "mailbox bashers" recently came along with his intent of using his baseball bat on my mailbox!
But unfortunately for him, that mailbox of mine was a "heavy duty" one that was built to withstand "bashing," and his blow on my mailbox only resulted in the rusted-out post socket of my mailbox's "spike mount" breaking off -- so it was off to my local Home Depot store for a replacement "spike mount," and then, my own mail carrier came along after I had driven it into the ground and was getting ready to install my mailbox and its post onto it!
Do it right, or dont do it at all. Dig a hole 18 or so inches deep. Place the post in and just pour some dry quickcrete mix into the hole and tamp it down. Put some more concrete in and do the same. Pour a little water in between additions of the cement after each tamping.. When done with the tamping of the concrete , the post will be firm in the ground. The dry concrete in the hole will absorb water from the damp ground and harden just as hard as if you mixed it by hand. If you ever left a bag of concrete in your garage, and about a week later you go to use it, you will see it hardened just by absorbing moisture from the air! The ground is way moister. I put up about 200 feet of picket fencing at my home this way, and 25 yrs later, they are still standing solid as rock and straight! No sloppy mixing involved,and no cheap metal spike in the ground that will rot away or loosen.
The mailbox i'm about to replace was "done the right way" but that didn't stop a car from taking it out, and now I'm stuck with a broken post that's going to be a nightmare to remove (assuming I bother to at all.) This way seems easier, cheaper, and I won't have to buy any extra tools.
@@Omni0404Regardless of how well you install it,it won't prevent it being hit by wide farm equipment and other vehicles. Happens occasionally in rural Arkansas. 😢
@@winnhill3736 Now I'm picturing some combine going down a country road snapping all the mailboxes
Real man would get a bumper jack and lift old mailbox and concrete out with chain
You said it! A real man.
@@littlebopeeps5852I must be a "girlie guy" as I left my old metal post there to "protect" my new 4x4 wooden post.Looks ok for a very rural box.I have installed many boxes and Birdhouses and I never use any type of concrete.Just dig a 2-3 ' hole and pack dirt and rocks and it's good 4 yrs unless someone hits it.😊
video would be so much better without the loud annoying music. just a suggestion.
mmmm
THAT CHICK IS CRUZIN FOR A BRUZIN
I like how he cut his dishwasher off at the end while it was talking about contrast lol
Sticks out into the road too much. Just saying.
Tom and too high. No mail carrier can deliver to that.
No concrete? Wait for it to lean in 5..4..3..2..1
Nope. He will have ZERO issues. Installed mine almost the same way in 1999 (it's one of the poly double-opening boxes) and it has withstood even being struck by a falling tree and is still plumb and functioning to this day.
@@cloudstrifeification but the wife said no. You really need to watch the whole video. She said she likes the wood look. However, coating the post with lenseed oil will keep the wood look and help perserve the post.
Coating the post with lenseed oil will keep that "wood look" and help perserve the post's life.
Troy, it's linseed oil. 😎
And the post is pressure treated, it will be fine.
hack job
Hacksaw job and left sharp shards still sticking up.
What an ahole!!!
That music is God awful