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

[DArmstrong]

A pair of conduit pipe hangers:

https://www.amazon.com/Newhouse-Electric-CH1-Application-Improvement/dp/B0CY
T9HDM9/ref=sr_1_12?crid=P6O2ZIG0QTOA&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Rgi4zjoGNd8MsIw6Mb1__6
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wQikpOI3_RV5OhQhM&dib_tag=se&keywords=Conduit%2BHanger&qid=1775837728&sprefi
x=conduit%2Bhanger%2Caps%2C124&sr=8-12&th=1 

Or a pair of u-bracket conduit clamps:

https://www.amazon.com/Stainless-Heavy-Duty-U-Bracket-Electrical-Plumbing/dp
/B0DYP4GTHD/ref=sr_1_2?crid=UIMQW2EF292R&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.RVoOuTwGhfIDv3Naj3
Tw6Wh6EDrMrMym5K7I4e5nSA3bFR6OW8FBAVH4Lvf-eIbT0JnFHiFjXuh_eb7VlMXflCCF82wy80
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yyReGiDHyNdMkqAG4-eQXV7_-x_al3geGPm5dEV3nyl02Tj8wX8wE.ta6X0bAlLpd12jvcQp847x
fWQSENRwhkSKUTRbNCkUI&dib_tag=se&keywords=metal%2Bu%2Bbrackets&qid=177583791
0&sprefix=metal%2Bu%2Bbrakets%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-2&th=1

You can either mount the mailbox directly to the clamps or attach a backing
plate & attach the mailbox to it.  If you have a worry of it sliding down
the post, add a self tapping screw below the clamp

Doug


-----Original Message-----
From: Shop-talk <shop-talk-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Jim Franklin
Sent: April 10, 2026 7:35 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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