nice mailbox

[ralph7]

actually, it would be pretty cool if not for the fact that it advertises to the world that you are a gun nut and probably have a nice collection inside ripe for picking.

gun mailbox.jpg

[Kid Sopris]

Well It's a photo shop picture... It doesn't meet Postal Regulations for a Rural Mailbox.

[what would you say]

actually, it would be pretty cool if not for the fact that it advertises to the world that you are a gun nut and probably have a nice collection inside ripe for picking.

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That's true. he's probably got enough firepower to keep 'em at the mailbox too though.

[what would you say]

Well It's a photo shop picture... It doesn't meet Postal Regulations for a Rural Mailbox.

Kid is right again. Got the wrong house number with 357 along the barrel.

[BearBio]

Besides, it's not a Colt!

[okcorral1881]

Well It's a photo shop picture... It doesn't meet Postal Regulations for a Rural Mailbox.

Kid you are probably right but what is puzzling me is the shadow of the mailbox...unless the guy who did this also thought about that!

[okcorral1881]

Well It's a photo shop picture... It doesn't meet Postal Regulations for a Rural Mailbox.

Also the base of the stocks is on cement and the front sight is articulate to raise and lower (flag)!

[ohiobuckeye]

The shadows for the box and everything around it appear realistic. I know a few guys who would probably build such a thing given the time and opportunity. I fabricated my own rural mail box support, although nothing nearly as elaborate, and the regs are fairly simple to meet. The thing USPS seemed to frown upon the most, was building one to withstand the weekend beer drinkers who like to destroy mail boxes with ball bats....seems to be a popular sport in some areas. USPS wants it to be flimsy enough to fold up and allow paswsenger vehicles to pass over it, instead of bringing it to an abrupt halt and pushing the engine back into the drivers lap. A heavy steel or concrete reinforced mini fortress is a no-no. There is a fellow up the road who sells air compressors, high pressure washers, etc., and he has what looks to be a complete 40-50 gallon vertical air compressor for a mail box. The actual mail box is set inside a hole cut into the tank at the proper height. it's been there a couple of years, so it appears one can put up just about anything for a mailbox as long as one has a reasonably cooperative local postmaster and meets the height/size requirements. Here's the regs..
[h=4]2.0Curbside Mailboxes[/h][h=5]2.1Manufacturer Specifications
[/h]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 G043 for address).
[h=5]2.2Custom-Built
Mailbox
[/h]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.

[ralph7]

Well It's a photo shop picture... It doesn't meet Postal Regulations for a Rural Mailbox.

think you are mistaken.

[Kid Sopris]

think you are mistaken.

I could Be:

http://www.huntfulltime.com/wp-conte...-Mailbox-2.jpg