DIY Custom XL Mailbox

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  • Опубліковано 5 тра 2021
  • In this video, we are making a new mailbox for our property. We are removing the old one that originally came with the property and swapping it for this XL Custom made mailbox.
    We used the Centennial XL mailbox from Lowes and made a custom 10"x10" post for it.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 266

  • @markparadis496
    @markparadis496 3 роки тому +17

    I love watching people dig in nice soil. In Maine the mailbox goes not where you want it but instead where you don’t hit boulders.

    • @benscoles5085
      @benscoles5085 3 роки тому

      in Virginia, it takes 2 days to shovel dig a hole like that, the RED CLAY is as hard a cement, using a post hole digger is not an option, it is a procedure. Good Work to the hard working couple.

  • @stanwiggins3423
    @stanwiggins3423 3 роки тому +4

    Great to see you two working together on a really cool project. That's one beefy mailbox, and I feel sorry for the first kid that runs into it on a bicycle or 4-wheeler. Also always a pleasure to see the beautiful Zoe and listening to her detail out what was done. I can only imagine the look on the mail lady's face when she first pulled up to that monster.

  • @PurpleCollarLife
    @PurpleCollarLife 3 роки тому +4

    That is the most sturdy mailbox I've ever seen! Nice job.

  • @outsidewithjohnhayes4674
    @outsidewithjohnhayes4674 3 роки тому

    Great post for y'all mailbox Zoe love y'all and your videos

  • @washingtonc60
    @washingtonc60 3 роки тому +3

    Now that's how a mailbox should be done, TEAM WORK

  • @craiglloyd1361
    @craiglloyd1361 3 роки тому +1

    WOW that's a big mailbox post, you guys did an awesome job making that post and getting it set up 💪💪

  • @billstory7495
    @billstory7495 3 роки тому

    Great job, and ya'll work great together. Don't remember that Florida sand being that tough though. Being back in Kentucky, looks so easy!! Always enjoy watching you guys!!

  • @keithfletchermedium
    @keithfletchermedium 2 роки тому +1

    Wow looks great. Nice job I was looking for ideas for my mail box. I live in Maine and that would work for me. Thank you and have a great day.

  • @MoneypitHomestead
    @MoneypitHomestead 3 роки тому +1

    I love this mailbox post and the way you burnt it, and it looks great. I need to put up another mailbox post, and although my post will not be that big, I hope it will at least look good. I also subscribed to your channel, and I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos!

  • @linda4853
    @linda4853 21 день тому

    Nobody gonna steal that mailbox!❤

  • @larryfoulk4466
    @larryfoulk4466 3 роки тому +3

    Wow!! most people would have used the kubota!

  • @waynenorton-se9vs
    @waynenorton-se9vs 7 місяців тому

    love that mailbox well done love how you two work together

  • @diaryofasummer
    @diaryofasummer 2 роки тому

    This just became a favorite video of mine. Definitely making this mailbox for my Arkansas property.

  • @richardevans5736
    @richardevans5736 3 роки тому

    Having one cut now looks great!!!

  • @paulconteyoutubesucks2931
    @paulconteyoutubesucks2931 2 роки тому

    That is beautiful work brother 👏. Love the mailbox set up

  • @louisianausmc0331
    @louisianausmc0331 3 роки тому +1

    That thing is built for fun !!! 😎

  • @doubledroptinehunter
    @doubledroptinehunter 3 роки тому

    My Self Reliance uses the same method building log cabins. He used it with a roof for his last log cabin and lately been using it again making the base and basment for his new log cabin. Only difference is he uses an open fire to burn the logs. He just rotates them after a bit and it seems to work very well and much quicker than a torch.

  • @gustavovazquez5535
    @gustavovazquez5535 3 роки тому +1

    You guys make a beautiful couple! 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @manwhomanimal
    @manwhomanimal 3 роки тому +9

    She is the cutest lil Phat lady on you tube

  • @gentleman_908
    @gentleman_908 3 роки тому

    Very good idea and nice mailbox 😁

  • @jamesscroggins3486
    @jamesscroggins3486 3 роки тому +4

    That thing is a beast, that should cover your workout today for arms, back, and legs! 😎

  • @ronwhite36
    @ronwhite36 3 роки тому +1

    Nice Box!

  • @RamiroRamirez62
    @RamiroRamirez62 Рік тому

    👍 Awesome now that’s a Mailbox 👍

  • @Didewro
    @Didewro 2 роки тому

    Man...awesome! People look at me like im crazy when i ask someone to build me 6x6 or 8x8 mailbox post! Tired of texting drivers taking mine down and escaping lol

  • @justinphillips5702
    @justinphillips5702 2 роки тому

    Love watching your videos. You guys are a great team and, make a beautiful couple

  • @jets1722
    @jets1722 3 роки тому

    really nice setup!

  • @joeslater604
    @joeslater604 3 роки тому +1

    Looks like the new mailbox is a bit higher than the other one. I hope you don't have to change it. And, I am envious of you dude that your wife is so willing and able to help you with the work you do. I wish I had had that with my wife in my business.

  • @bdo9114
    @bdo9114 3 роки тому

    I didn't catch it was not in the whole yet at first ,I was like ......dang that's a little tall...looks good 👍

  • @davidking6172
    @davidking6172 3 роки тому

    It looks great good job

  • @steveyork8069
    @steveyork8069 3 роки тому +6

    In my state the home owner is held responsible for any damages occurred by anything bigger than a 4x4 post ,it’s considered a road size hazard and the bottom of the mailbox is suppose to be no more than 42” or less than 38” from the road surface.Good looking post though.👍

    • @flyonawall6521
      @flyonawall6521 3 роки тому

      I was thinking the same thing, I believe it goes for the entire country. I had to install one at my house as well.
      I love the way the mailbox looks though, they did a great job!
      *Curbside mailbox posts should be buried less than 24 inches deep and made from wood no larger than 4 inches high by 4 inches wide.
      www.mailboss.com/guide-usps-mailbox-regulations/

    • @Paulog1990
      @Paulog1990 3 роки тому +1

      While I see your point, what about a large tree near the road? Would the homeowner be responsible for a tree that a car hits?

    • @steveyork8069
      @steveyork8069 3 роки тому

      Paulog1990 If the home owner planted the tree within 6ft of the roadside then yes they could be held responsible.

    • @Paulog1990
      @Paulog1990 3 роки тому

      @@steveyork8069 what if the tree was already there?

    • @steveyork8069
      @steveyork8069 3 роки тому

      Paulog1990 When I moved in to my current house to keep the same insurance company I had on my previous house they made me cut a tree down within that 6ft area or they weren’t going to insure me.May depend on who has the best lawyer.

  • @MrJaycob310
    @MrJaycob310 3 роки тому

    Love your videos👍🏼 keep posting

  • @daviddawyyd8309
    @daviddawyyd8309 3 роки тому

    Aah the dream is over 😝
    That s a nice mail box by thé way

  • @AlexMar-r
    @AlexMar-r 3 роки тому +1

    I really admire how people lived in remote places in the middle of nowhere and call it home , to each his own .

  • @daddog7zero805
    @daddog7zero805 2 роки тому +1

    What a beautiful couple God bless you always

  • @chriscars3578
    @chriscars3578 3 роки тому +1

    Fantastic job and fantastic video again. Zoe is a little strong girl

  • @Patrick-c8x
    @Patrick-c8x 2 роки тому +1

    Holy balls !! Does your mailman drive a Monster Truck ?! WOW

  • @lynntraylor1646
    @lynntraylor1646 3 роки тому +2

    I could feel the strain. Nice work. Pitty the fool that trys to knock it down.

  • @lukebramblett66
    @lukebramblett66 Рік тому +1

    Just a quick tip for anyone about to try this: if your timber is not sanded and it’s straight from the mill like this post is, when you go to apply your boiled linseed oil, make sure whatever you use to apply the oil is LINT FREE. Or use a high quality brush. I ruined a piece of rough sawn timber once not thinking trying to apply linseed oil with a cloth that had lint. No lint roller, no wire brush, no toothbrush, NOTHING takes the lint off aside from sanding, planing, or re milling. Hope this helps…

  • @drumdad1242
    @drumdad1242 2 роки тому

    Cool finishing method.

  • @1972jwalk
    @1972jwalk 3 роки тому +5

    Cool ! I like seeing you guys work together ! Nice job !

  • @andrewvaldez1777
    @andrewvaldez1777 3 роки тому +6

    I had to smile when Zoey said “I think we’re hitting the earth’s core.” I’m a geologist.

  • @alanjenkins7346
    @alanjenkins7346 3 роки тому +1

    Wow now that's a post, less struggling with the tractor

  • @billyraymond9416
    @billyraymond9416 4 місяці тому

    Hit that beast well done

  • @Jerry-jg1uc
    @Jerry-jg1uc 3 роки тому +5

    Great job and love that post. but i have a silly question. Instead of fighting to lower it into the hole and back out. why didn't you use that strap with the tractor she use to load the saw to lift and lower it? sure would have saved your back!

  • @pakjohn99
    @pakjohn99 3 роки тому

    Awesome job as always but agree it looks high. 45 inches to the bottom of box and 8 inches off of edge of road.

  • @LJW1102
    @LJW1102 Рік тому

    I love how soft your soil is. I am going to make a post for my huge mailbox. I will have to hire someone to dig 2 ft down in the rock hard desert ground.

  • @chips4289
    @chips4289 2 роки тому

    I know about those heavy timbers, I recently put a big male log on my mill 10x12"x8.5' wanted to remove it and my tractor starter quit. I ended up cutting the timber into boards so I could get it off my mill. I can load logs onto my mill using a winch and ramps but taking a big timber off another thing. Finally after the starter being at the starter repair shop I get it back tomorrow and can start back milling big stuff

  • @John-cw4zi
    @John-cw4zi 3 роки тому +8

    If only you had a tractor to help you put that post in the ground!! 😀

    • @stevedoe1286
      @stevedoe1286 3 роки тому +1

      Really: I was wondering why the struggle

    • @tan_k
      @tan_k 2 роки тому

      She has a tractor - the one wearing a cap.

  • @lukeframpton3671
    @lukeframpton3671 3 роки тому

    Strong fella that looks heavy

  • @tonygresham2634
    @tonygresham2634 Рік тому

    It’s a nice mail box

  • @Recovering_Californian
    @Recovering_Californian 3 роки тому +1

    Dang that post is a beast!

  • @lwsrider
    @lwsrider 3 роки тому +1

    Don't be surprised if the neighbors get jealous! Or, if they ask you guys to build one for them!

  • @thinkordie7292
    @thinkordie7292 3 роки тому

    Excellent work. Are you considering a drop box for Amazon packages

  • @franklegerski9682
    @franklegerski9682 Рік тому

    Frank's Tip:
    You have a tractor, so next time wrap a chain around the post 3 times and secure it. Secure the other end of the chain to the bucket (or fork) and lift straight up. Let hydraulics pull the pole and not you back. This works on any kind of pole. Do the opposite to set the new pole in the ground. Work smarter, not harder!

  • @floridaprepper598
    @floridaprepper598 3 роки тому +4

    Seems like to me the raggedy mailbox is doing a pretty damn good job of staying put

  • @308media74
    @308media74 3 роки тому +1

    That looks really cool ,Nice !! First car that hits it ....lol

  • @probuilder961
    @probuilder961 3 роки тому

    Nice. I remember installing the mailbox post at my first house in East Bradenton in 1994. I hit water at 2 ft down! You must be high altitude there....15ft above sea level?

  • @leokelly359
    @leokelly359 3 роки тому

    the box and post at my old house was 6 inch pipe 5 ft in the ground with concrete inside then my mail box was 3/8 thick steel plating welded
    we had problems with people knocking our box down (kids and drunks) after we built and installed the beast of a mail box. we had no more knock downs but we did find a few broken baseball bats. or a drunk driver wrapped around the pole but no more knock downs to my knowledge pole and box are still there 15-20 years later

  • @michaelt6796
    @michaelt6796 3 роки тому

    Y'ALL have successfully STOPPED mailbox baseball❕ HAHAHA🤣

  • @rubengalvan3836
    @rubengalvan3836 3 роки тому

    Thanks for you videos pretty

  • @JuanceMusicOK
    @JuanceMusicOK 3 роки тому

    dolape, te sacaste la lotería con la rubia!

  • @AJDIYNetwork
    @AJDIYNetwork 2 роки тому

    I’ve lifted a 6x6 post for my pergola. I can only imagine what that must have weighed!!!!

  • @user-zl1bh2gk1b
    @user-zl1bh2gk1b 3 роки тому

    Now I know where I have seen her before! 😉

  • @bull5919
    @bull5919 2 роки тому

    Hmmm if this method close pores how is the oil going to soak in? Should you have applied oil first n let sit for a day then burn it

  • @verndaley3471
    @verndaley3471 3 роки тому

    Great looking mail box. Great team work. No post hold digger?

  • @chrisnash2154
    @chrisnash2154 3 роки тому

    The post is awesome. I recently spent 200 for an 8x8x16' post so I'm guessing that post would have been well over a bill in the store. Trying to figure out why you don't at least own a post hole digger. With that farm of yours, I bet you would find a ton of uses for an auger attached to your tractor. Not sure if you own forklifts for your tractor, but that would have made a world of difference hauling that heavy post. I probably use forklifts as much as the bucket. You could have even used the bucket to support it. Please save your back.

  • @wayneeden98
    @wayneeden98 3 місяці тому

    One hell of a dam idea on that big mailbox post, I really think it's unanimous idea for around the entire country that we'd all prefer to have much beefy ier , mailbox posts, but as the government regulations state this n that about break away safety for reasons for the general motorists, we all want the fort Knox principle. But that 10x10 that dam nice idea showing some muscle,

  • @kenbrownfield6584
    @kenbrownfield6584 2 місяці тому

    Delivery Drivers appreciate your numbering !

  • @davebrooks6712
    @davebrooks6712 3 роки тому

    Yep I agree with DeBow, If you lived in rural Georgia, that mail box will get the post shortened. Also with a really nice tractor like that why not get an auger to dig the hole and use the front end loader to set the post??????

  • @tonydoe877
    @tonydoe877 3 роки тому

    Beautiful wood post….I need a saw mill, some day! Incredible wife😍

  • @deanreinke1148
    @deanreinke1148 2 роки тому

    Is it 41 - 45” from the ground to the bottom of mail box?

  • @michaelmerrill589
    @michaelmerrill589 2 роки тому +1

    Should of used the tractor and a chain to lift it out of the ground if you have equipment Should use it to save on work and they make a auger for drilling holes for post power poles and mail box post even 10x10 post. Makes task simple take it from a country Boy that knows.

  • @tlimsisnw1948
    @tlimsisnw1948 2 роки тому

    Nice

  • @JustinArrington
    @JustinArrington 3 роки тому

    Thumbs up for Zoe

  • @billmorris2613
    @billmorris2613 3 роки тому +2

    I thought you had a cutting torch. If so a rose bud would be much quicker.

  • @snycustomworks7390
    @snycustomworks7390 3 роки тому +1

    11:00 I just noticed, you are the only one who have a mail box beside the road.. overall it looks amazing..

  • @billyjohnson6379
    @billyjohnson6379 3 роки тому +1

    Nice hefty mail box and post.I was wandering if that charing the wood with the touch keeps termites away,they love to eat pine

    • @leokelly359
      @leokelly359 3 роки тому

      as far as I know it does for a while

    • @Bullshit1011
      @Bullshit1011 3 роки тому

      He didn’t really burn it enough

  • @donaldpainter956
    @donaldpainter956 3 роки тому

    Why did you choose pine and not cedar

  • @justinphillips5702
    @justinphillips5702 2 роки тому

    Also hopefully you get/have a magnetic square 🤔😉

  • @josephlee7325
    @josephlee7325 2 роки тому

    Tractor and a scrap would been a big help

  • @frankm4243
    @frankm4243 2 роки тому

    Why didn't you put cement as a base in the hole?

  • @STRThermal
    @STRThermal 3 роки тому +21

    Dang girl, careful standing by the road, Zoe, you're gonna cause a distracted driving accident.

  • @cryopunch
    @cryopunch 3 роки тому +1

    that smoke must smell so good while it gets burnt. I love me the smell of a wood burning.

  • @billmorris2613
    @billmorris2613 3 роки тому

    Good afternoon from SE Louisiana 12 May 21.

  • @Zach2Wheels
    @Zach2Wheels 2 роки тому

    Big log little torch 🤣

  • @travissmith7073
    @travissmith7073 3 роки тому +1

    you see guys.. be a good man and your wife will stay in shape too lol definitely a power couple.

  • @allenbartman2346
    @allenbartman2346 3 роки тому

    I don't know anything about the Japanese method, but will it protect it from the water? How does it compare to pressure treated?

    • @Bullshit1011
      @Bullshit1011 3 роки тому

      You need to burn it way more than that , he needed the bigger burner it I imagine the Japanese used to pass the wood over coals maybe ?

  • @bradwatters996
    @bradwatters996 3 роки тому

    You can make a fire and do it that way too. Quicker and easier than that small torch.

  • @punjabseth260
    @punjabseth260 3 роки тому

    nice

  • @chips4289
    @chips4289 2 роки тому

    we need beefy posts here in western NY..the snowplow destroy ours lol

  • @clayshaw9227
    @clayshaw9227 3 роки тому

    Beautiful nice outfits .

  • @davidweeks6425
    @davidweeks6425 3 роки тому +1

    Yall have a Kubota!!!!

  • @bulentzaman1560
    @bulentzaman1560 3 роки тому +1

    It's so stupid to try so hard for a simple mailbox, but woman cook sweetie I love it❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @rayprice1116
    @rayprice1116 3 роки тому +2

    Just a heads up. In my area it’s illegal to have a mailbox post larger than 3.5” x 3.5” and needs to be able to shear. If someone were to crash into it they can hold you liable for damages and injuries. Just stop at your local USPS for verification.

    • @dirtyrider098
      @dirtyrider098 3 роки тому +2

      sounds like you live in a very liberal area. in the south east we have metal post and even brick enclosed mail boxes and not liable for damages, however the drivers that destroy the mailbox are responsible

    • @boltaction8541
      @boltaction8541 3 роки тому

      @@dirtyrider098 usps has nothing to do with what state you’re from as it’s a Federal agency... there is only one set of regulations for setting a box...
      www.usps.com/manage/mailboxes.htm

  • @kennethhopson7087
    @kennethhopson7087 2 роки тому

    You could build a fire and stick the end in the fire for a little while and that will prevent the moisture and bugs.

  • @johnbalzano6588
    @johnbalzano6588 Рік тому

    Nice mailbox. Im watching because im getting ready to install a new one at my house. Just a question... why aren't you using your tractor to lift with? That looks heavy.

  • @donkeziah2564
    @donkeziah2564 3 роки тому

    Tractor with front loader forks!!! Hey people!!!

  • @dutchvandermak4581
    @dutchvandermak4581 2 роки тому

    Shoot where I live it would take all day to dig a hole that big by hand. Rocks and clay is what I have. With about 4 inches of top soil. We would need a backhoe.

  • @ArizonaKid
    @ArizonaKid 3 роки тому +1

    Howdy you two .

  • @drdez
    @drdez 7 місяців тому

    By USPS regulatory standards, your mailbox should be 41” to 45” from the ground or street surface and up to the inside floor of the mailbox.