Eagle Rural Mailboxes – 4855E
Eagle Newspaper Holder on Standard or Decorative
Mailbox Post Installation Instructions
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Thank you for selecting Salsbury’s 4855E eagle rural mailbox. This instruction sheet is for installing the 4855E eagle rural mailbox along with a 4815E eagle
newspaper holder on a standard or decorative mailbox post. Other installation instructions are available for installing the mailbox on a standard mailbox post, or on a
decorative mailbox post, installing the mailbox on spreaders, and installing the post in a concrete footing.
When you install a curbside or roadside mailbox, make sure that it is easily accessible to the mail carrier. By regulation it should be 41” to 45” from the ground or
street surface up to the inside floor of the mailbox. The door should be set back 6” to 8” back from the front face of the curb or the road edge. However, you should
check with your local postmaster to ensure that the mailbox is installed according to local regulations.
Newspaper Holder to Standard Mailbox Post Installation
Install four (4) 5/16”-18 x 2” long pan head bolts provided with the post
through the four (4) square holes shown in the inside floor of the newspaper
holder and through the four (4) tapped holes on the top plate of the standard
mailbox post. Insert a Phillips head screw driver through each square hole
directly above, and in the top of the newspaper holder, to tighten the pan head
bolts.
Mailbox Installation on a Newspaper Holder and Standard
Mailbox Post
All hardware to attach the mailbox to the newspaper holder is included with
the newspaper holder. To attach the mailbox to the newspaper holder, install
four (4) 5/16”-18 X 3/4” long carriage bolts into (4) square holes in the floor of
the mailbox and through the four (4) square holes shown on the top of the
newspaper holder. Install 5/16” flat washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on the
ends of the four (4) bolts protruding below the top of the newspaper holder.
Cover the hex nuts with cap plugs. Installation is complete. Additional
hardware provided is not needed and may be discarded.
Newspaper Holder to Decorative Mailbox Post Installation
All hardware to attach the newspaper holder to the post is included with the
post. To install the newspaper holder to the post, install six (6) 5/16”-18 X
3/4” long carriage bolts through the (6) square holes shown in the inside floor
of newspaper holder and through the six (6) square holes on the top plate of
the decorative post arm. Install 5/16” flat washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on
the ends of the six (6) bolts protruding below the top plate of the decorative
post arm. Cover the hex nuts with cap plugs.
Mailbox Installation on a Newspaper Holder and Decorative
Mailbox Post
All hardware to attach the mailbox to the newspaper holder is included with
the newspaper holder. To attach the mailbox to the newspaper holder, install
four (4) 5/16”-18 X 3/4” long carriage bolts into (4) square holes in the floor of
the mailbox and through the four (4) square holes shown on the top of the
newspaper holder. Install 5/16” flat washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on the
ends of the four (4) bolts protruding below the top of the newspaper holder.
Cover the hex nuts with cap plugs. Installation is complete. Additional
hardware provided is not needed and may be discarded.
