Was just thinking the same thing up here in the northern Midwest! Very cool looking mailbox though!

That's why I made mine to pivot if a snow plow comes by and hit it. That happens at least twice a year. It's still standing after 30yrs.

Well it looks to me like this man lives in the country where the snow plow doesn't come. The road appears to be wide enough for most anything. STOP being a pessimist and appreciate the beauty and craftsmanship of a beautiful piece of functional art. He made this to be admired and appreciated, not to be considered. It's beautiful I would love to have this in front of my home. Great job!!!

@@roomwithaview4195 he did an excellent job but the sad fact is that when the snowplows come they will inevitably hit your mailbox. It has nothing to do with how wide the road is. The plows need to push the snow back as far as possible which is why so many mailboxes meet their demise.

Vertical nice mail box and post. But the front of the mailbox is suppose to be at least 8 inches from the edge of road.

Is the mailbox USPS approved?

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Зато какая качественная опалубка для плиты.

with the rebar 1 in off the bottom of the dirt and 4 inch from the top of slab

Yeah a stiff wind will blow that over. I guarantee you that art fart mail box is broken.

A bigger box too.

My neighborhood, Frost will heave that right up.

It’s a mail box make it deeper to what support a second story mailbox. Gotta critique don’t you

@@benjurqunovthat’s where you live and it’s a mailbox. The frost does t go heaving up rocks in my front lawn. Like ever

​@@Bdigital9482I'm sorry if somebody picked on you but that's not what was happening here. The dude offered a perfectly valid bit of constructive criticism. A mailbox sits atop what equates to a 4 foot long lever attached to the base.

I was gunna say grind the bolts down so u have to cut them off to remove it. Its too easy to unbolt it.

It is gorgeous. I suppose if it disappeared it would be a compliment....it being a work of art and all. All it would take is a truck and a few good (bad) men. Maybe a heavier base?

You’re right. Dude needed to go deeper with his footer

@@engineeringartist4801 they’re interchangeable words

@@engineeringartist4801 maybe technically correct. But it’s still interchangeable. My family has been doing residential and commercial construction for 50 years. I know. If I’ve found out anything over the years it’s that architects don’t know as much as they think they do. And they definitely don’t like it when you have to make on the job changes to their plans because what they drew up won’t work. Or there is a better, more efficient way of doing it. So I really don’t care what you think you know. I’ve done this all my working life.

I am a 58 year old home inspector and I think it is very pretty.. I do not think the snowplow will go down that residential street

See what you started? Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!

You must work in a really tiny town with hardly any boxes. There's at least five cooler mailboxes than that on my first loop alone. I really love the huge mailboxes that fit large parcels. Obviously, slots are the WORST.

@Human Twotwentyone I actually work in a big city. Austin TX to be exact. Alot of my curbside deliveries the residents could care less about the look of their mb. I have seen some nice one's just not so attention to detail as this one.

I doubt you would....

Respect 😂✊

Very nice comment... for his beautiful work, Thank-you !

N nobody is going to come along and tip that over you moron. No one puts that much into mailboxes. They'll see a cement pad and keep walking. A bat would be the biggest concern with mailboxes and this guy but his with heavy gauge steel.

@@madwand28 I've seen many a street signand stop signs layed over on the ground just because kids have got nothing better to do , and NO , they were not hit by cars . They were pulled UP out of the ground .Two teenage boys could push that over on it's side no problem .

That would require going outside and being off the phone so I think it’s safe in this day and age😂

Or the wind.

​@@solless2504 these things still take place. Seen a handful of mailboxes being destroyed from time to time or a car, garbage truck breaks it or wind just blows it over

I think 4" is being generous. 2x4 is only 3.5". Plus he was below the edge of the 2x4 a little. I wouldn't doubt it if his actual slab thickness is 3 1/4 or so. Definitely not enough.

Snowplow? A large vehicle driving past would knock that over. I'm a little surprised it didn't fall over when he pulled on the door to open it. 😂

Just take it in at the end of the day

@@DannySauer HAHA!!! Exactly

It’s actually closer to 6 inches- notice how deep the hole is below the rebar- at least a couple of inches… No slab thickness will save that from a direct hit by a plow, or probably even the snow from a plow. If the slab holds, the frame’s going to bend

100% 🤣

he put 6 lag bolts in I don't think it's moving unless a truck hits it.

No faith what so ever.

@@youreverydayjoe8087that footing was only 4” deep😂

​@@youreverydayjoe8087 BAHAHAHAHAHA! (the bolts could hold down ten times the weight that shallow footer will)

Cool idea 👍

Lol. Use a concrete bridge piling

Lol

Or a piece of track from the local abandoned railway.

I duct taped 2 5lbs lead bars to the inside of my mailbox lol

One of my old neighbors probably 7/8 years ago filled his with concrete because the same people kept hitting it with a metal baseball bat. Next time they did it the kid had to go to the ER with his arm beyond broken

That’s why he doesn’t live in your neighborhood.

@@GeronaXxYT this made me laugh thank u

In my neighborhood I would find it in front of the house down the street

In my neighborhood criminals get shot or beat up.

@@ML-ks2lj as it should be....

You would have to drive past it slowly, otherwise it would fall over.

I think you could ever stop! looks like he is on quite street , as far as traffic volume!😀

Theres no reason why you would assume he didnt call before hand. Or that the post master didnt approve

Postmaster probably playing with buttholes like the rest of the feds and to "busy" to be bothered by it

You can make a mailbox from anything

@@matt59fire Never heard of that before

@@lucky43113 What are you talking about?

We also have to look at reality. Form over function didn't work for Wright and it isn't going to work here.

Very , very , cool !!! But it will LEAN over in frost or wind unless you anchor it…A REAL WOORK OF ART THOUGH..!! ❤

you don't come off as very creative when a strong breeze blows over your mailbox

oh yeah. guy completed a nice project

You just criticized the criticizers..

A foreclosure notice

As a mail carrier myself......that flag will drive me crazy.

It's fine. The actual mailbox is a regular metal one from the store.

A street sweeper could knock that over not to mention the mailman....

That is exactly right. Mailboxes have to conform to standards that are set by the post office and the municipality you are in. For instance, a mailbox attached to a 50 ton boulder wouldn't be allowed on a road bc it could destroy a car and its occupants. Also, a really heavy mailbox may go through someone's windshield, etc.

Mailboxes have to be certified by the USPS, and i don't think they go certify custom ones. It is beautiful.

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​@@alexkitner5356 courier discretion with boxes that aren't approved. I have one that isn't and it's not a problem

@@veganpotterthevegan they might not care to bother enforcing it but if one day they decide to, then it still goes back to the somewhat bureaucratic and picky regulations requiring USPS approval. Some carriers barely manage to get the mail there, they're not about to bother doing paperwork or dealing with a non-conforming mailbox unless it causes them an issue or is more work. It's kind of like speeding, just because they don't pull over everyone that goes 1mph over the posted speed doesn't mean that they can't choose to or that their not enforcing it on others means everyone gets an automatic pass for it.

Not yet. Thank goodness.