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

[Al Fuller]

On further reflection, it sounds like a basic fence bracket would clamp 
to the pole, and screw into the wood base on which you would mount the 
mailbox.

See: 
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=fence+bracket&crid=1KY4EBVHRVA62&sprefix=fence+bracket%2Caps%2C264&ref=nb_sb_noss_1

And:
https://www.amazon.com/Fence-Bracket-Brackets-Galvanized-Repair/dp/B0D3HCMNMQ

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Al Fuller
714.335.0248 Mobile


------ Original Message ------
>From "Jim Franklin" <jamesf at groupwbench.org>
To "Shop Talk" <shop-talk at autox.team.net>
Date 4/10/2026 4:34:35 AM
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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