Instructions / Assembly

SALSBURY INDUSTRIES
1010 East 62
nd
Street, Los Angeles, CA 90001-1598
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Installation instructions are provided as general guidelines. It is advised that a professional installer be consulted. Salsbury Industries assumes no product assembly or installation liability.
Copyright © 2014 Salsbury Industries. All rights reserved. (Rev. 01, 1/23/14)
Heavy Duty Rural Mailboxes – 4850
3-Wide Spreader with Heavy Duty Newspaper Holders
on a Standard Mailbox Post Installation Instructions
U.S.P.S. APPROVED
Installing Mailboxes on Spreader with Newspaper
Holders on a Standard Mailbox Post
Thank you for selecting Salsbury’s 4850 heavy duty rural mailbox.
This instruction sheet is for installing 4850 heavy duty rural mailboxes on a 3-
wide spreader with 4815 heavy duty newspaper holders and a standard
mailbox post. Different instruction sheets are available for installing 4850
heavy duty rural mailboxes on 2-wide, 4-wide or 5-wide spreaders with 4815
heavy duty newspaper holders and a standard mailbox post. Other
installation instructions are available for installing the mailboxes and
spreaders with newspaper holders on a modern decorative mailbox post,
mounting a single mailbox on a decorative or standard mailbox post,
mounting a single newspaper holder, and mounting 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.
Spreader and Newspaper Holders Installation to
Standard Post
Attaching the spreader to the standard mailbox post requires simultaneously
attaching the center newspaper holder to the spreader and to the standard
mailbox post. Start by installing 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 center newspaper holder, through the four (4) center square
holes in top of the spreader, 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.
All hardware to attach the remaining two newspaper holders to the spreader
is included with the spreader. To attach an additional newspaper holder,
install four (4) 5/16”-18 x 1-3/4” long carriage bolts through the four (4)
square holes shown in the inside floor of the newspaper holder and through
the corresponding square holes in top of the spreader. Install 5/16” flat
washers and 5/16”-18 hex nuts on the ends of the four (4) bolts protruding
below the bottom of the spreader. Repeat these steps for the remaining
newspaper holder.
Mailbox Installation to Newspaper Holders
All hardware to attach the mailboxes to the newspaper holders is included
with the newspaper holders. To attach a mailbox to a 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. Repeat these steps for the other
mailboxes. Installation is now complete. Additional hardware provided is not
needed and may be discarded.