Pivoting Mailbox Stand
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My pivoting mailbox stand swings out of the way if hit by a snowplow or other vehicle and then "rights" itself by swinging back out to its original position. It's an idea I saw in a previous issue of FARM SHOW and then adapted to fit the materials I had on hand.
Key to the idea is a piece of 2-in. stain-less steel pipe - 40 in. long - that's anchored in the ground in concrete. The top end sticks out of the ground and is cut off at a 30? angle. A 16-in. long section of 1 1/2 in. dia. pipe fits down into the ground pipe. There's a 5116-in. bolt screwed into the side of this inside pipe with a free-rolling sleeve on it that rolls up and down the angled edge of the ground pipe.
A long length of welded-together barn cleaner chain is welded to the pipe that fits inside the ground pipe. The barn chain arcs out toward the road (I welded it together by stretching the chain over a 55 gal. barrel). A conventional mailbox is held on the end by a short piece of 8-in. dia. steel pipe cut in half (so it fits over the top of the mail-box).
If anything hits the mailbox, it swivels up and to the side and then rolls back toward the road by gravity.
(Dan Yehi, 2678 West Five Mile Rd., Allegany, N.Y. 14706)
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Pivoting Mailbox Stand FARM HOME Miscellaneous 19-5-36 My pivoting mailbox stand swings out of the way if hit by a snowplow or other vehicle and then "rights" itself by swinging back out to its original position. It's an idea I saw in a previous issue of FARM SHOW and then adapted to fit the materials I had on hand.
Key to the idea is a piece of 2-in. stain-less steel pipe - 40 in. long - that's anchored in the ground in concrete. The top end sticks out of the ground and is cut off at a 30? angle. A 16-in. long section of 1 1/2 in. dia. pipe fits down into the ground pipe. There's a 5116-in. bolt screwed into the side of this inside pipe with a free-rolling sleeve on it that rolls up and down the angled edge of the ground pipe.
A long length of welded-together barn cleaner chain is welded to the pipe that fits inside the ground pipe. The barn chain arcs out toward the road (I welded it together by stretching the chain over a 55 gal. barrel). A conventional mailbox is held on the end by a short piece of 8-in. dia. steel pipe cut in half (so it fits over the top of the mail-box).
If anything hits the mailbox, it swivels up and to the side and then rolls back toward the road by gravity.
(Dan Yehi, 2678 West Five Mile Rd., Allegany, N.Y. 14706)
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