[Shop-talk] Mounting a mailbox to the side of a round post?

[Brian Kemp]

A mailbox mounted to the top of the post is cleanest if you are set on the survey post.  I did find a side mount bracket at https://www.mailboxesandsigns.com/replacement-parts/mailbox-brackets/sinclair-side-single-mailbox-mounting-bracket/
- very pricey.  

My recommendation would to just install a normal mailbox post and mount at a location convenient for both of you, likely near the edge of the driveway.

Brian
-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Franklin <jamesf at groupwbench.org>
Sent: Apr 10, 2026 5:18 AM
To: Shop Talk <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Shop-talk] Mounting a mailbox to the side of a round post?

My carrier has requested I move my mailbox to a place he doesn't have to hike to and I would like to help him out. I have a survey post that's very much like a chain link fence post with the cap removed. It's on the property line so I don't want to top-mount a mailbox. I haven't found anything in my searches that will let me do this without hacking it so much it looks super sketchy. Are there any mailboxes, or adapters, that will let me do this? I'm thinking a standard rural mailbox that sits on a plate, and the plate has a recess to slip over the top of the post, just offset so the mailbox is on my side. I could imagine there's a 2-mailbox plate that centers itself over the post, and I'd just cut off one of the plates.

thanks,
jim
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