I have a couple of steel boxes - both were used as mailboxes at my house for a period of time (not at the same time, though.) But the larger one developed some rusty spots, then the lock disintegrated one day. I bought the replacement locking mechanism at the local locksmith shop, and had the idea to use the vapor hone to clean the metal off, then use the powder coat oven to repaint. But then the powder coat oven was removed from service. And I’m a procrastinator anyway.
Meanwhile, I had acquired another mailbox, thinking it would be a groovy replacement. It was advertised as a mailbox on eBay or Amazon (I forget which). But it really doesn’t function very well for that purpose. At least not in terms of a happy mail carrier, anyway. When I looked at the Mail Boss website, turns out it is intended to be a night drop for keys or single envelope payments. Duh. Perfect for that!
Anyway, I bought a new ACTUAL mailbox from Mail Boss, and got it installed last weekend. The two old boxes need new homes. Both boxes are configured to thwart thieves. The mailbox has a wide lip from the front about 1-2" back. The dropbox has a blocking system welded to the smaller drop door. Both require key to access contents.
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Both boxes side-by-side. Smaller dropbox on the right.
Front View
Side View
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Various views of the mailbox. There are about three keys included with the lock mechanism.
Dimensions of Botton “box” part: 15.25" wide, 7.25" deep
Entire unit is 14.75" tall
“Roof” is 17.25" wide x 8" deep.
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A view of interior of the lockbox. Dimensions are 11.25" wide, 4.75" deep, 16.25" tall
This one might catch the fancy of a committee in need of a payment collection system for their area that takes less space than one of those tombstone things.
There is currently only 1 Uber-special key, because of course I managed to misplace the key I was using the minute I changed keys on the mailbox keyring. Headslap. Maybe it’ll show up before someone begs to adopt this sucker.
In any case, Key is numbered, and you have to order duplicates from the manufacturer:
Mail Boss
17617 NE 65th St
Redmond, Washington 98052