Shopping Cart

Your cart is empty.

Your cart is empty.

RTC SwingAway Mailbox Support, 36-inch arm, Galvanized Steel Mailbox Post Swings Away When Impacted

Free shipping on orders over $29.99

$179.00

$ 74 .99 $74.99

In Stock
  • Swings out of the way of snowplows!
  • Product swings 360 degrees in either direction and returns to road position.
  • Made of commercial grade steel. Galvanized to prevent rust.
  • Internal anti-theft cable included.
  • No holes to dig or cement to pour!


The Return-to-Center SwingAway Mailbox Support has a swing away design that swings out of the way of snow plows. The design allows your mailbox to swing freely 360 degrees in either direction when struck and gravity will return it to the original position. It is made of commercial grade steel and all parts are galvanized after they are manufactured to prevent rust. The support has an adjustable height to fit your needs. Fully extended, it stands 53-inches tall but can also be installed at 36-inches and 48-inches. The mailbox mounting arm is a full 48-inches allowing your mailbox to sit even further back from the edge of the roadside. It also has an internal anti-theft cable. It is easy to install with no holes to dig or cement to pour. This post is recommended by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FWA) for any situation when public offices replace resident mailbox supports. It is crash-test approved. The product includes: - 4 ft. U-channel post - 1 1/4-inch galvanized pipe mailbox support that swings out of the way when impacted -36-inch mailbox mounting arm which sits further back from the road than other posts -Installation hardware NOTE: This product performs best with mailboxes under 20 lbs. Mailbox sold separately.


April Merrill
Reviewed in the United States on April 5, 2025
Love it
Denise
Reviewed in the United States on July 25, 2024
So my daughter was able to install this mailbox holder but since we have a slope away from the road we need a longer post. You can call the company and get an additional post but it's not cheap. Would be better if they offered an extension on amazon or a couple different height options. Trying to figure out a way to use an iron fence post to extend it.I think the concept is good and it does swing well. Just need to adjust the height somehow.
Woofwoog
Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2022
This product is perfect. It fits my roadside well, it was easy to erect and assemble, and seems very durable. I highly recommend it.
Dug
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022
I have a steep ditch next to my road, so I appreciate the height. I installed it on ground about 18 inches below the road surface and with the bracket sunk the recommended two feet into the ground, but still have the mailbox sitting at about 46 inches above the road surface. It is on the highest setting, using only the two bottom bolt holes on the post and the top holes on the bracket. The thin pipe and long horizontal reach looks great with a jumbo mailbox, almost like it's just floating in the air.
Bee Matrix Systems
Reviewed in the United States on May 3, 2021
Sturdy substantial product, with good instructions. Easy for one person to install. I am very pleased with it.I almost didn’t purchase because I could not find info about how mailbox connects to the pole. I hope my photos explain the required spacing to future buyers. Adding a washer (because the holes are quite big), screw up through the provided metal cross pieces into a mounting plate (wood, metal or plastic) you provide that attaches to the base of a mailbox that you provide.
Nicole B.
Reviewed in the United States on October 13, 2021
This product was straightforward and easy to put up. I've attached the instructions since many people have stated that they didn't receive them in the box.Specific tools needed: 2 x 1/2" wrenches or adjustable wrench(es), screwdriver, saw/circular saw, drill & bits (if you want to drill pilot holes), sledgehammer, tape measureAdditional items to purchase: a piece of wood (to mount physical mailbox onto), screws and/or bolts (to mount mailbox onto the wood and on the brackets)Note: if your post is installed in a ditch, like mine was, you don't want to drive the post 2 feet down right off the get go because you won't be able to back that sucker out!! Start shorter and temporarily install the pipe to see if the mailbox sits in the correct height range (40" - 48" per Post Office standards, ideally between 42" - 46")I thought that I might have to actually dig a hole since I live on a dirt road and I figured that I would get stopped by rocks while driving the post but the sledge did a great job of driving it right in.Mark your post at the 2 ft mark but start shorter if you are installing down in a ditch as you don't want to drive it down that far. If you go too far down you risk your mailbox not being within the specified height if you use all three bolts on the main pole. This was almost an issue for me as the upper hole on the main pole was in the uppermost hole on the ground post.I think that if someone hits by mailbox now they will incur some damage to their vehicle from the heavy gauge pole...and I'm alright with that at this point because I've replaced enough boxes & posts in the last 20 years. Hopefully this will be my last post, although I know that I'll probably have to replace my mailbox as I kept my old XL Rubbermaid one. I'll upgrade to a heavier duty mailbox when the time comes.FYI: The package weighs about 22 pounds NOT 220 pounds as stated.
Keith
Reviewed in the United States on December 1, 2019
This support solved my problems! I have spent decades replacing mailboxes demolished by speeding snow plows, and this solved it, now tried and tested!!
Film and music buff
Reviewed in the United States on October 2, 2019
I will note before I begin that this is only autumn. I got this for winter, and the snow plows going down the road that typically take out our mailbox. Thus it would be hard to give this a full review without winter being here.The pole itself seems sturdy, it's solid. My only complaint was the one of the beackets was bent so something must have run over it. LOL. I don't know how it could have gotten bent because it really is so sturdy. Also one thing everybody should note, which wasn't really clear from the description, is that you need to use wood on the bottom of the mailbox in order to mount it on to this unit. The standard mailbox brackets don't work because the pole itself is too long to fit under and the bracket holes do not line up. So one needs to mount the mail box on wood before its on on the pole.