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My mailbox finally bit the dust. It’s been on its last legs for a couple of years. It’s attached to the post with duct tape right now (of course). I’m an older woman who is not a DIYer by nature. But your video has inspired me to tackle this, with the help of my friend who actually lives in the house. Funny story. I’ve never been stung by anything (mosquitoes don’t count). On my 65th birthday, I went out to get the mail. Apparently wasps had built a nest under the box. Whatever I did annoyed them. Holy stings, Batman! I got stung at least six times, and a couple of those suckers got in my house, to continue the onslaught! That’s one birthday I’ll never forget.

@JustScottPaid

Жыл бұрын

Aww, so sorry to hear that. Happy belated birthday to you! I had the same problem last year and a friend gave me a suggestion that worked great...lemongrass. Yep, I planted some around my mailbox and haven't had a problem since. I even plant it at different spots around my property now, and it smells good. I'm in Virginia and it grows well. Good luck to you. Be safe!

@oahuguppyguy5797

29 күн бұрын

Bro why did you say that lol I’m not even watching now

2022 Suggestion. Fully install the stake into the post first and then drive it into the ground as a unit. This is the only way to be sure the post is fully seated onto the stake.

THANK YOU KEVIN FOR SHARING TO INSTALL THE MAILBOX AND POST. IT'S SO HELPFUL!

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it helpful. Thinking about doing a 6 month follow up video on the mailbox; made it through the winter looking the same as it did the day I put it up!

Interesting mailbox solution. I'm found you by looking for one that had no concrete involved. Considering this strongly! Thanks so much for making this video!

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for taking the time to comment! I'm thinking about doing an update video...it's been over 6 months (through the snow and ice of winter!) and it's held up well, in fact, I would say it's looks just the like the day I installed it. As I mentioned in the video, it doesn't have the sturdiest feel to it, but it's not shifted in position at all.

Thanks. I purchased a similar post--one with a steel insert. I think that I am going to insert the rod into the post first and set the rod and post into cement. I am referencing several of the comments posted below regarding these two changes to your procedure. I live in a rural area and my mailbox was hit by a farm tractor--which tractor--only the Shadow knows. Anyway, great video!!!

thank you for the video -- they also have this in a full post, Ive used it twice and it works very well (just replaced it again because the neighborhood drunk took it out.... anyway I also would recommend putting the metal piece in the wood first then using a scrap 2x4 and small sledge hammer to pound it into the ground as an assembly it just seems easier.

That looked pretty easy Kevin. Thanks for the DIY video.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

It actually was! I needed a quick fix and this was it...it's been up for over a month and seems to be holding up well 😊

Love the quick fix nature of this! I come home my mail box is broken. No one knows nothing. I need cameras too!

@kayeruss7313

Жыл бұрын

Same happened to me. My neighbor notified me that my mailbox had been run into, leaving the wooden post broken and my very new mailbox scraped up and on the ground. The little solar post light was a few feet away. So much for upgrading the old mailbox. At least the dinged up new one is still usable. Might need some Testor's enamel for touch up.

@darrell5703

8 ай бұрын

The school bus hit my mailbox. They denied hitting it but the police informed them that we had a video of it. And it’s clears as day that they hit my mailbox. You can see it and hear it. They eventually fixed it after about 4-5 weeks

Oh THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO ! ❤❤❤

Thank you for a very helpful video

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking the time to comment Cindy! I'm glad you found it helpful. It's been 6 months and it made it through the winter looking the same as it did the day I put it up; was thinking about doing a follow up video showing how it has held up.

I don’t think a little bit of flex is a problem as long as it springs back. If your ground is soft enough or wet enough that it starts leaning incrementally, that’s not good, but as for just having a little flex as opposed to perfectly solid, I would say flex is actually better. The reason we’re replacing our mailbox now is because somebody hit and ran it one night. It was in concrete in the ground, so the vehicle just shattered the wood like a toothpick. I hope it did a number on their car too, ha. But I would rather have a mailbox that could be pushed over by a car, then I could just pick it back up and put it in another spot.

Break out of the dinky little mailbox paradigm and get the big jumbo size! You'll be glad you did...

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds good~looking to move sometime soon so that might be a more thorough project in the future!

I don't know when this video was made but I got this post from Home Depot for $38!!! They are overcharging for them. My lumber was cracked too. Thank you for the video. Old woman DYI since I don't have good neighbors to lend a hand.

@GrandmaSezSo

Жыл бұрын

@@RaymondGinn1978 Oh, you know what? Mine is cedar. Maybe that is why it was more. It is the same as yours in appearance. In any case, I got it in the ground yesterday. I had to use a different wood base to set the box on. The thin wood in the kit came already badly split but it is a 120 mile round trip to Home Depot for me so I improvised with some thicker scrap wood. I set mine in a planter then drove the stake down through the hole in the bottom of the planter. I added quik cement inside the planter leaving room on top for soil to plant some flowers in. That post is not going anywhere and does not wobble a bit. Your video really helped me out. Thank you.

Thank you very much!!

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome....thank you for taking the time to comment!!

Unfortunately one year later the post you show isn't available from Home Depot. But the "Simpson Strong-Tie 4-in x 4-in Powder-coated Wood To Wood Post Spike" is almost as easy -- and I used a treated 4x4 that I easily cut to length with a common hand saw.

when you hammer the post on top of metal rod you will likely just be pounding the rod deeper in the earth with not that much getting inside the post, you should hammer rod fully in the post first. The reality is most peoples earth will be too soft for this to really work and I needed to dig and get some concrete but the metal rod is useful for holding position. I dont think the post is weather treated so I put on some Thompsons water seal.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing your thoughts, valid concern. I was definitely worried about not getting enough of the rod into the wood, like you said, where the stake would just push into the ground But was also worried about splitting the wood by hammering in the whole stake if I put the wood on first. What I found was the wood went over the stake fairly easily with the pre-drilled hole, which you can see by me just using my weight to push it down over it. Hard to know if I got it all in, but until the part I used the hammer to finish off the post, I could see the stake hadn't moved at the time. Also, good move on using the water seal; I would've used that had I some around; just didn't have the time to run out and get some. I was surprised the post wasn't treated when I got it, thus that quick paint job.

Thanks Kevin! The anchor base seems a bit wobbly? Thinking & going this avenue replace my rotted wood post!

@HowTowithKevin

Жыл бұрын

It does feel that way...actually I wouldn't say wobbly, but sort of springy! But I've seriously had it for 1 year now and it appears to be in the same shape as when I put it in as well as in the 8 month update video I did a few months ago. If you do it. feel free to let me know how it turns out!

Did the self drilling screws come with the install kit or did you buy them? Sometimes if I'm worried about splitting the wood because of hammering directly on it, I'll instead find another piece of wood and place it on top of the other piece of wood and hammer on that. Or I'll use an outside rug if I don't have scrap wood lying around. Also thank the person who helped film you for me. That was nice of them.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

The screws came with the mailbox and post kit (not the wood anchoring kit)....using another piece of wood works great, too; if the mallet didn't work, I was going to use that next. Using a rug is an idea that I never thought of!--great idea, because that would definitely help protect it, too...thanks for sharing that!...And then that was my fiancee that recorded me. I'll pass your thanks on...she already likes you from reading your comments...and when you mentioned a video game in one of them, I think it had to do with scrolls or something, it was the game that she plays so that sealed the deal, lol!!

@FlimsyIndo

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowTowithKevin HAHAHAHA! I'm such a big elderscrolls nerd🤓! To be honest it's a little disturbing lol. Morrowind plus blood moon and mournhold add ons. Oblivion and the shivering isles, knights of the nine add on. And of course Skyrim. I even look up canon lore from time to time. Anywaaay not sure if your fiance is that into it but I've kinda grown up playing it so it's been with me for a long time.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlimsyIndo LOL~so I had to run this past her, because I had no idea what you were talking about...but she knew everything! Said she looked the lore up, too! Too funny!!

@FlimsyIndo

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowTowithKevin lol! That's awesome! There's so much lore in this series it's insane. 10 plus races with intermingled pasts and distinct cultures and traditions. Not to mention that there are two classes of god's, the aedra who are nine in total, and the deadra who are I think around 12 total. Each with there own characteristics and dealing with mortals and each other. That's not even the beginning of it. Anyway I'm glad she helped, she seems awesome.

Nice yards.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Sealing the wood with wood paint is a good idea.

@HowTowithKevin

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! I thought so...glad that someone agrees with me 😊

Yo! I subscribed but I think KZread unsubscribed me, so I did it again. Great video by the way

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I think KZread is conspiring against me~kudos for your perseverance!

@FlimsyIndo

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowTowithKevin 🤜🖐️why I outta - Homer J Simpson lol Not you, the algorithm 😏

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

@@FlimsyIndo 😂😂

I installed this earlier in 2021. January 2022. Blizzard hit. Snow plow pushed it over with the snow

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Oh no! Sorry to hear that...especially having to deal with that in a blizzard. So far, mine's hanging in there pretty well...but likely we haven't had much snow this winter, so I'll have to cross my fingers it does meet a snow plow.

How is it holding up after a year?

Did you have to call in for location on utilities?? Thanks for the video..

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you; that's a great question and really good point; I did not because I had called 811 when I put a gas line in previously and I knew where everything was, and then also, it was right next to where my old post was so I was confident there would be no issue. But to the point of always better being safe than sorry, a call to 811 would make sense and I should've mentioned this in the video. For anyone reading this and unsure what 811, here is some info: call811.com/

@artriumph

2 күн бұрын

@@HowTowithKevin

Wearing earmuffs for hand tools while installing a plastic mailbox. Yeah, I've seen enough.

@lochermaleficent5062

3 ай бұрын

lol!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂

What about using some quick set cement for stability?

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Great question; you could do that, and that's what I would've done with a full wood post for sure. But I think the issue with the single metal spike (with it being fairly thin) is that the wood over it could still flex in the part above the ground, even if the metal spike submerged in the ground was cemented. Circumstances dictated what I did here, but so far it's holding up well. I'll probably do a quick follow up video after I see how it handles the winter.

@charlesbeall2589

2 жыл бұрын

Quick Set CONCRETE would work better.

What type of drill do you use?

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the question...nothing fancy, just an old 18 volt Black & Decker cordless drill that I have.

What mailbox was used on the post?

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mike, sorry for the delay in replying...it is the Postal Pro Madison Mailbox and Post Kit. You can check it out here: amzn.to/3dK4vec

Thanks for the info. But I think it would be good for you to speed up some of it like putting the screws and stuff in that would shorten that down just a little constructive criticism.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback~always looking to get better at this; these project types of videos are new for me.

@ByGraceIGo

2 жыл бұрын

@@HowTowithKevin thanks for the good attitude. 😘😍

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

@@ByGraceIGo Absolutely! Happy Holidays!!

How’s it holding up 10 months later?

@HowTowithKevin

Жыл бұрын

So, not to make you watch another video. but I do have an 8 month update video I did which you may want to check out, I'll link it for you at the end of this reply. It's been almost a year ago now and it's holding up well, just like in the update video. It has a flimsy quality from day 1, but it's just as straight as the day I put it up and it went through a winter with snow and ice. kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6R5y5Sqd6WpYbQ.html

You may wanna hold the hammer more on the end for more impact when needed… inertia. Let IT do the work.

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

Very true and good advice...thanks for sharing Joe!...I will admit, I was REALLY worried about splitting that wood since I knew I had to get it done that day. I'm not the strongest guy (you can tell by looking at my arms, lol), but I've surprised myself on breaking things in the past that I never thought I was strong enough to do!

@GrandmaSezSo

Жыл бұрын

@@HowTowithKevin Not so much your strength that breaks things but how cheap stuff is these days. LOL

@HowTowithKevin

Жыл бұрын

@@GrandmaSezSo So VERY true!

@seanseoltoir

11 ай бұрын

Yeah, it was actually *painful* watching him *trying* to operate a *hammer*... :(

I watched your video but the non treated post in contact with the ground is no good and the shaking as you opened and closed the door is a concern for long tern performance and durability. Thanks.

Mine feels like I'm hammering into concrete 😂

I thought this was a Madison mailbox, not a Gibraltar 🤔🤔

You look like murr from impractical jokers

Due to brainwashing media at the start of the pandemic loosing a lot of my memories, Thanks to this video I just remembered that we had one time this kind of mail box stick and post installed but of course the weather knocked it down after a few years, because of oxudation and rust , if I would use this method again I would use tar for the bottom of the post instead of just paint spray!Thanks!

As a mail carrier I can tell you this is not sturdy enough. Back and forth swaying makes it very hard to ensure the box door is shut.

dudes drill is in reverse

Way to flimsy

@HowTowithKevin

2 жыл бұрын

That was thought too...but it really has held up through the winter here and it's still as level as the day I put it in (I'm knocking on wood as I type this!) If I were to do this again (and had the time I didn't have then) I would've tried to alter it some to stiffen it up.

Too much flex

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