On Wed, 17 Oct 2018 05:36:51 -0400, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

On 10/16/2018 9:08 PM, wrote:
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 19:44:56 -0400, Alex wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Tue, 16 Oct 2018 17:31:02 -0400, "Mr. Luddite" wrote:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEaazdWUiLk
Looks good, except for the nails in the post. Don't want to deface this beautiful cedar. I'll think
up a workaround.


The cedar *will* rot. Paint the bottom (and the sides of the bottom) of
the post with cheap roof coating and you won't have to worry about
that. The pros do it here all the time.

Posts usually rot off right at the top of the concrete. That is why a
lot of people say not to use concrete at all.
If you are just setting them in dirt or compacted gravel (the option
we haven't discussed) I agree the coating is a good idea.



Many towns here in MA frown on or ban setting mailbox posts in concrete.
Too many snowplows are damaged.


My cop buddy in Maryland got tired of people mowing down his mailbox
so he brought me some 6x6 box beam that I welded angle on, to mount a
box. He buried about 3-4 feet of that in the ground, in concrete,
poured the beam solid and put his box on that. The next guy ended up
totaling his brand new Corvette and tried to sue my buddy. That did
not go very far. It turns out there is no expectation of safety when
you hit something in the right of way. Concrete utility poles are not
very forgiving either.