Here's the absolute best way to install a mailbox without using concrete.
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@DeargMcCumhailMuhBeaches3 жыл бұрын
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.
@chaoticgood3935Ай бұрын
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 😎
@leilanij25673 жыл бұрын
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!!
@Metqa2 жыл бұрын
Howdy Leilani. So did you install the mailbox yourself? How did it go for you? I wanna know the outcome! Happy Spring 2022
@BEAZY_51503 жыл бұрын
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.
@sheri0233 жыл бұрын
Thank you, I didn't know you could install without concrete, that is great.
@patriciaann90857 жыл бұрын
The mailbox, and your house looks great!!!
@huskierider13 жыл бұрын
Thank you. Very informative. Did mine yesterday in less than an hour.
@johntracy28614 жыл бұрын
I like it! Going to see if the big box store has one this weekend for our new house!
@KickInTheDoor363 жыл бұрын
Thank you sir! Happy wife, happy life!
@Ian_MacGregor3 жыл бұрын
Hahaha holding the mailbox for the mailman, lmao! Nice install, this is probably the same post/box I’m about to go with
@soysaucehairdye78694 жыл бұрын
she loves the wood!!!
@user-ij9iq4vc1t7 жыл бұрын
You need an endslate for your videos, Sam! For your outdoor wood projects, what do you do to protect against weathering and bugs/termites?
@Sulkanator6 жыл бұрын
Great job. Looks good. Fun video to watch too.
@marymack75305 жыл бұрын
Mo Ron, instead of smashing the universal bracket with the hammer, you should have just flipped it over-- you had it upside down!
@Weirlive3 жыл бұрын
thats why he knows what he is doing 2/4 of the time :D
@ryno20622 жыл бұрын
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.
@marymack75302 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@winnhill3736 Жыл бұрын
@@marymack7530You "fart knockers" should chill and learn about proper mailbox install.😅
@TheOzthewizАй бұрын
@@Weirlive
@PHDinMeTV5 жыл бұрын
First video I have seen of yours and you are so good!
@CrystalClearSQL Жыл бұрын
Well done.
@BarryKN5 жыл бұрын
0:31 So, about this neat thing you found at Home Depot... What's it called? The label wasn't legible in the video.
@ivanfernandez96135 жыл бұрын
There called ground spikes or post anchors. Depends were you buy them at.
@BarryKN5 жыл бұрын
Ivan Fernandez Thanks!
@tropx89954 жыл бұрын
I found them right next to the wooden mailbox posts in the wood department, not the mailbox department.
@JubeProductions4 жыл бұрын
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.
@pay90113 жыл бұрын
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.
@jasonfeldmanis418610 ай бұрын
Fun and informative video, dude, I enjoyed it.
@r6u356une56ney9 ай бұрын
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.
@Zelousfear5 жыл бұрын
Make sure to link the products you use! :D
@lpc51522 жыл бұрын
bag of concrete is $5 and $3 for 5 gallon bucket. The metal post anchor is $29
@Metqa2 жыл бұрын
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.
@SOGothikka3 жыл бұрын
Well, now I'm subscribing.
@Malcomb353 жыл бұрын
Looks great!! The mailbox and your wife!! 😘😜
@jackiesicilian57202 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@mikepeterson4432 жыл бұрын
Happy wife, happy home.
@z84danmanz2 жыл бұрын
Thanks mang
@FamBAMiLee7 жыл бұрын
we're both up too late! now I do t regret it as much.
@nickbrooks40433 жыл бұрын
Damn I didn’t beat the metal down on the horizontal piece lol. My mail box is unique
@barbaramcnamee77985 жыл бұрын
Bracket will probably rust out in about 6 years, as mine did. Maybe you will do better.
@MichaelBrandenburg-eu2kvАй бұрын
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!
@thurm1014 жыл бұрын
YEAH .....U tha MAN!!!!
@greensequin9237 жыл бұрын
nice mail box
@tmuxor4 жыл бұрын
American letter box is very large yes?
@katkameo6413 Жыл бұрын
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.)
@truthfulrobot92954 жыл бұрын
Sweet, got the same one just chocolate lol
@Alvisr7 Жыл бұрын
Did you make the wood post ?
@Zelousfear5 жыл бұрын
Happy wife!
@ladiecawthon73964 жыл бұрын
What size socket did u use @1:13? Anchor box
@lasandrawil78222 жыл бұрын
Dumb question but did you buy the post like that already?
@TheOzthewizАй бұрын
There are NO "dumb" questions, only "dumb" answers....
@terrythomas7904 жыл бұрын
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.
@Omni04044 жыл бұрын
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.
@winnhill3736 Жыл бұрын
@@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. 😢
@Omni0404 Жыл бұрын
@@winnhill3736 Now I'm picturing some combine going down a country road snapping all the mailboxes
@vernedudeman5 жыл бұрын
lol my wife is on me about it too
@cincysloan Жыл бұрын
Hi
@rolorodriguez20896 жыл бұрын
What happen at 1:21
@edwardjackson9871 Жыл бұрын
video would be so much better without the loud annoying music. just a suggestion.
@Tommy_boy0076 жыл бұрын
Sticks out into the road too much. Just saying.
@EsotericASMR4 жыл бұрын
Tom and too high. No mail carrier can deliver to that.
@arseniclullaby873 жыл бұрын
mmmm THAT CHICK IS CRUZIN FOR A BRUZIN
@The_Woof_Pack5 жыл бұрын
Funny
@frankwhite82356 жыл бұрын
Real man would get a bumper jack and lift old mailbox and concrete out with chain
@littlebopeeps58526 жыл бұрын
You said it! A real man.
@winnhill3736 Жыл бұрын
@@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.😊
@YouTuber-pm6ho7 жыл бұрын
No concrete? Wait for it to lean in 5..4..3..2..1
@TortureBot5 жыл бұрын
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.
@troyna775 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@troyna775 жыл бұрын
Coating the post with lenseed oil will keep that "wood look" and help perserve the post's life.
@Zer-im8up5 жыл бұрын
Troy, it's linseed oil. 😎
@Zer-im8up5 жыл бұрын
And the post is pressure treated, it will be fine.
@jessicaotherwise91942 жыл бұрын
That music is God awful
@310shadow3104 жыл бұрын
I like how he cut his dishwasher off at the end while it was talking about contrast lol
@DavidMasters-dd9tw4 жыл бұрын
What an ahole!!!
@Chris-ul5lg2 жыл бұрын
hack job
@billmetal2 жыл бұрын
Hacksaw job and left sharp shards still sticking up.