post office wants me to fix their problem

[grover99]

When I moved in to my house there was no post box out front by street. I asked driver where I should put it and did what he said. Over time the driver delivering mail has worn a rut in front of my box which fills up with 6 inches of water when it rains. No chance of getting stuck because the rut is only 4 feet long and one foot wide. Now the driver tells me that I have fill the rut or no mail. If I keep filling it with dirt or gravel it will just wash out again. So I will have to put down an asphalt pad so the driver doesn't have to drive his jeep in 6 inches of water.

 

[bigwheelzip]

Guy at the stone yard sold me recycled concrete to fill a dirt parking area. Worked great. It required no prep, spread easily, packed down like asphalt, stayed porous, lasted forever, and was the cheapest of all the alternatives.

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[Old Arkansawyer]

Does the county not grade your road? If so they will fill the rut for you.

 

[grover99]

Does the county not grade your road? If so they will fill the rut for you.

The box is next to a city street. Box has to be far enough back from street to allow post truck to be off street when putting mail in box. Thus driving on what was once my grass and now a water filled rut.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Rent a PO Box at your post office and go get the mail once a week or whenever you feel like it.

 

[grover99]

We should raise taxes to pave your property.

Post office created rut they should fix it.

 

[ColbyBruce]

Post office created rut they should fix it.

The entry and exit in front of your mail receptacle should be kept clear of obstacles and hazards. That is the responsibility of the resident, not the USPS employee.

 

[Autonomous]

Oh brother.

 

[Rustyt1953]

And here I thought I had problems.

 

[pawngal]

What have other people on your street done?

 

[GypsmJim]

My mailbox was installed to comply with the position that all the other houses have. It is far enough out that the letter carrier does not have to drive on my lawn. It's far enough back that the snowplows don't hit it.

Sounds like the original recommendations were wrong.

 

[Hair Trigger]

Just buy a 80# bag or two of concrete mix (the kind with small gravel in it), and pour it dry in the rut, rake it out smooth. Ground moisture will harden it within a week, sooner if the ground is overly wet from recent rain, plus the driver driving on it will help compact it until it sets. Costs you about $15 at most, takes about 15 minutes to do.

 

[CH4]

I think the rut is your responsibility

 

[ExRanger714]

Sounds like you may have a carrier that needs retraining on the following. Another poster speculated that they have brought on so many new people recently that maybe some training fell through the cracks.

The following was shamelessly copied and pasted from the USPS website:

How to Install a Mailbox | USPS

"Where to Place the Mailbox

Here are some helpful guidelines to follow when placing your mailbox:

Position your mailbox 41″ to 45″ from the road surface to the bottom of the mailbox or point of mail entry.

Place your mailbox 6″ to 8″ back from the curb. If you do not have a raised curb, contact your local postmaster for guidance. (underline mine) (bold mine)

Put your house or apartment number on the mailbox.
If your mailbox is on a different street from your house or apartment, put your full street address on the box."

Good luck!

 

[grover99]

What have other people on your street done?

the guy next to me has his mail box right next to the pavement so he doesn't have my problem. However the notice I got stated that your box should be back so the mail carrier can be off street when stopping by your box. So to not be in violation of one postal rule I have to be in violation of a different one.

 

[Autonomous]

Sounds like you may have a carrier that needs retraining on the following. Another poster speculated that they have brought on so many new people recently that maybe some training fell through the cracks.

The following was shamelessly copied and pasted from the USPS website:

How to Install a Mailbox | USPS

"Where to Place the Mailbox

Here are some helpful guidelines to follow when placing your mailbox:

Position your mailbox 41″ to 45″ from the road surface to the bottom of the mailbox or point of mail entry.

Place your mailbox 6″ to 8″ back from the curb. If you do not have a raised curb, contact your local postmaster for guidance. (underline mine) (bold mine)

Put your house or apartment number on the mailbox.
If your mailbox is on a different street from your house or apartment, put your full street address on the box."

Good luck!

Always RTFM. Do not trust opinion, even from employees.

 

[Muss Muggins]

The box is next to a city street. Box has to be far enough back from street to allow post truck to be off street when putting mail in box. Thus driving on what was once my grass and now a water filled rut.

Why does the mail truck have to drive off the street into your yard? My box is on the street. Mail truck puts wheels in the curb and gutter.

 

[Muss Muggins]

They should fix it with our tax money, on your private land, for delivering your personal mail.

Just a point of parliamentary procedure, but I'm gonna guess that the city/county right of way extends past the location of the mailbox. So it's not really his/her private land . . .

 

[LoboGunLeather]

the guy next to me has his mail box right next to the pavement so he doesn't have my problem. However the notice I got stated that your box should be back so the mail carrier can be off street when stopping by your box. So to not be in violation of one postal rule I have to be in violation of a different one.

That is exactly what the rules are for! You will always be wrong, no matter what you do or choose not to do.

Kind of like gun control laws. We always need someone to blame. It's your turn.

 

[ameridaddy]

They should fix it with our tax money, on your private land, for delivering your personal mail.

That rut would not be "private" land around here, but chances are the homeowner would still have to fix it. It may be different other places, but here, what looks like one's front yard is not quite - the local jurisdiction owns an easement from edge of pavement back to 15 ft into our front yards parallel to the center line of the road. I can use it, I take care of it if I want it to look nice, but it's not mine. I found that out for sure one winter when the *#^&#$* county sent a motor grader to clear snow and left a pair of 12" deep, 12" wide ruts and stripped the grass, sprinkler system and part of my paved driveway all the way across the front of "my" property. Although the county owned it, and the county tore it up, fixing it to look nice again was my problem.